12 hi. crucifeile. [ Cardamine . 
backwards. Seeds numerous, forming one series in each cell, flattened ; coty- 
ledons accumbent. 
A very extensive genus, especially in temperate regions. Common in England. 
Stems slender. Leaves pinnate 1. C. hirsuta. 
Stem 0. Leaves spathulate 2. 6’. depressa. 
Stem stout, tall. Leaves sinuate-lobed 3. C. stylosa. 
Stem very short and stout. Leaves long, deeply toothed 4. C.fastigiata. 
1. C. hirsuta, Linn. ; — Fl.N.Z. i. 13. Avery variable, slender, branched, 
rarely simple, glabrous or slightly hairy annual, 12-18 in. high, erect or de- 
cumbent, sometimes assuming a perennial rootstock, especially near the sea. 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets few, opposite or alternate, entire or lobed, orbicular 
oblong ovate or cordate, usually on slender petioles, sometimes reduced to 
one. Flowering branches sometimes reduced to capillary 1 -flowered scapes. 
Flowers small, white (sometimes 4-androus in Europe). Pods f-l| in. 
long, slender, on slender pedicels, obtuse or produced into acuminate styles. 
Seeds small, pale yellow-red. 
Var. a. debilis. Erect or generally decumbent, much branched. Leaflets in several pairs, 
rounded or cordate. Pods very slender, with long slender styles. — C. debilis, Banks ; 
Sisymbrium heterophyllum, Forst. 
Var. f). corymbosa. Smaller in all its parts, with few-flowered corymbs. Leaflets 2 pairs. 
Pods with short styles. — C. corymbosa, FI. Antarct. i. 6 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 686. 
Var. y. subcarnosa, FI. Antarct. i. 5. Erect, rather fleshy, with stout branches and pe- 
tioles. Leaflets in several pail's, obovate or oblong. Flowers numerous, larger, in a dense 
corymb. Styles very short, stout. 
Var. S. uniflora. Very small, the leaves reduced to 1 pinnule, and the stem to a 1- 
flowered scape. 
Abundant throughout the islands, in all situations, especially moist or shady, Banks and 
Solander, etc. Var. a, the most frequent; var. /3, in woods ; var. y, a southern succulent 
form, found in Campbell’s Island, and probably also in the Southern Island, and elsewhere ; 
var. 5, rather a reduced state than a distinct race. A very common plant in all temperate 
and cold, and many warm parts of the world ; the succulent forms are an excellent cress. 
In Britain and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, this plant is an annual, in the more 
equable climate of the southern usually a perennial. 
2. C. depressa, Hook. f. FI. Antarct. i. 6. A glabrous or pilose 
stemless perennial. Leaves crowded, rosulate, 1-2 in. long, spathulate, 
entire or crenate, sinuate or lobulate, obtuse or retuse, narrowed into long 
or short petioles. Flowering stems ^-4 in. high, erect or ascending, few- 
flowered. Flowers small, white. Pods in. long, erect, rather stout; 
styles short, stout. 
Var. a. depressa. Glabrous, larger. Leaves entire or lobulate. — C. depressa, FI. Antarct. 
i. 6. t. 8 and 4 B. 
Var. 0. stellata. Pilose, smaller. Leaves nearly quite entire. — C. stellata, Hook. f. ; FI. 
Antarct. i. 7. t. 4 A. 
Middle Island : var. a, Lake Tennyson and Wairau mountains, alt. 4-5000 ft., Travers ; 
Hopkins river, Lake Okau, etc ,,Haast ; Otago, wet places in the Lake district, Hector and 
Buchanan. Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Islands, a and /3, abundant, J. 
I). H. I suspect that this will prove a reduced form of C. hirsuta, a Tasmanian variety 
of which plant approaches it iu foliage. 
3. C. stylosa, DC. — C. divaricata, FI. N. Z. i. 19. Perennial ?, tall, 2 
to 3 ft. high, glabrous, stout, branched, leafy. Leaves 3 to 5 in. long, linear- 
spathulate or oblong, sagittate at the base, quite entire or toothed, or sinuate 
or lobed or almost pinnatifid at the base. Kacemes elongated. Flowers 
