MUSTARD FAMILY 
( Cruciferce) 
(A) Toothwort; Crinkleroot (Dentaria diphylla ). 
During the latter part of April or in May we will find 
white, crosslike flowers of Toothwort often growing side 
by side with Anemones. Its stem is stout and smooth, 
and rises to heights of 8 to 12 inches. Two 3-parted, 
notched-edged leaves with short stems, are set oppo¬ 
sitely on the flowering stalk, above the middle; other 
larger, similar ones are on long petioles from the root- 
stalk. Its root is crinkled and with toothlike append¬ 
ages. It is found in rich woods from N. S. to Minn, 
and southwards. 
(B) Whitlow Grass (Draba verna) (European) is 
a weed that we find along roadsides, waste places or 
barren fields. The flowers are small, and the four white 
petals are deeply notched. The scape is from 1 to 5 
in. high. The leaves are all basal, lance-sliaped and 
lobed or toothed. 
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