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3. Arabis amplexicaulis, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 136. Glabrous 
or slightly stellately hairy. Stem 6-18 in. Leaves with a white 
bloom on the lower surface : radical obovate-oblong, 1J-4 in., 
coarsely toothed ; stem-leaves smaller, toothed, usually pointed, 
basal lobes obtuse. Mowers white, J in. diam. Pods l|-3 in., 
spreading. Seeds in one row. 
Narkunda ; April-June. — W. Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft. 
4. CARDAMINE. From cardamon , a Greek name for some 
kind of Cress ( Lepidium ). — Temperate regions. 
Annual or perennial herbs ; glabrous or with a few simple 
scattered hairs. Stems leafy, erect, sometimes weak and half 
decumbent, usually branched. Leaves stalked, pinnately lobed, 
radical ones sometimes numerous and spreading ; in G. impatiens 
the stem-leaves have two long narrow lobes at the base of the 
stalk, these are absent in the other species. Flowers usually white 
or tinged with violet, racemed. Sepals equal at the base. Petals 
clawed. Style usually short, stigma simple or 2 -lobed. Pods 
linear, long, flat, sometimes bursting elastically. Seeds in one 
row; radicle accumbent. 
Flowers ^ in. long. Petals nearly erect. 
Stem-leaves not lobed at the base. 
Segments broadly ovate with a few large, lobe-like 
teeth, terminal one broad, very obtuse. Pods 
obtuse . . . . . . . . 1. C. sylvatica. 
Segments oblong-ovate, crenate, terminal one 
lanceolate, tapering. Pods pointed . . . 2. G. oxycarpa. 
Stem-leaves lobed at the base . . . . . 3. C. impatiens. 
Flowers nearly J in. long. Petals spreading . . . 4. C. macrophylla. 
1 . Cardamine sylvatica, Link ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 138, under 
C. hirsuta. Stem 6-12 in., weak. Leaves 2-6 in., radical few, 
stem-leaves not lobed at the base ; segments about 7, of the lower 
leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, with a few large, lobe-like teeth, 
of the uppermost often narrowly oblong, terminal segment largest, 
obtuse or rounded. Flowers white, ^ in. long. Petals longer 
than the sepals, nearly erect. Stigma almost sessile. Pods 
J-l in., obtuse, erect. 
Simla, Chadwick falls ; March. — All temperate regions (Britain). 
2. Cardamine oxycarpa, Hook. f. Anders. ; FI. Br. Ind. 
-i. 138, under G. hirsuta. Stem 6-18 in., erect. Leaves 2-3 in., 
radical few ; stem-leaves not lobed at the base ; segments about 7, 
oblong-ovate, crenate, the terminal one much the longest, tapering. 
Flowers white, ~ in, long. Petals longer than the sepals, nearly 
erect. Style distinct. Pods 1-1 £ in., pointed, erect at first, 
ultimately spreading. 
Simla, Narkunda ; July. — Hilly districts throughout India, ascending to 
9000 ft. 
