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Show 24.8 The The BRITISH It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in May. The whole plant has fome fome general refemblance of/hepberds purfe, but that it is {maller, and in all parts more delicate. of the ca flender; and the The feed-veflels are long and the : y n. brow feeds are fmall and . + the north b in April : rs fF flowe d ,.an Wal f o Wales of ive i a.native It is kind in’ fpring, sat umi, Johnfton Ray. calls, it Nafurtium petre at a time, again{t the s have renin other moft and refs; rockc obnfton’s 7 y+ and, in all obftruction A C firf n.w20 perfo the of r i honou in ; the fame name by urine; and they reco obfervedthe, plant. cures performedby it. en of the virtues | There has not been much writt DLV 1S,1.0 N,.. IL BOR TES Ho G.-E The root is compofed of numerous fmall fibres, with fome few thicker and longer among them. The firft leaves rife in a clutter, and they on are very beautifully difpofed: three grow each footftalk, in the manner of the leaves of trefoils, and thefe are fhort, broad, and ofa figure irregularly approaching to oval, or rounded: they are of a deep green at firft, and when they have ftood fome time they become purplih: their tafte is difagreeable, and acrid after they 2. Irregular-leaved Ladyfmock. Cardamine The rootis long, flender, and white. The firft leaves rife in a {mall tuft, and have long footftalks : they ufually ftand three on each ftalk ; but the divifion is not fo perfect ar folute as in the {preceding fpecies: thefe rather feem three parts of an entire leaf, whereas in thofe HE flower is compofed of four petals regularly difpofed crofs-ways ; thefe are of an oval, but fomewhatoblong figure, obtufe, and undivided ; and they ftand ereét, as do alfo their {mall bottoms: the cup is formed offour little, ereét, oblong leaves, and falls with the flower: the feedvefiel is very long, flender, and of a {fquared fhape, but two of the ridges are very faint: the feeds are numerous and fmall. ‘Linnzus places this among the tetradynamia Siliquofa, the flower having fix threads, of which four are longer than the other two, and the feed-vefiél being a regular pod. As we have no fingle word in Englifh for the name of this genus, it will be proper to ufe the Latin name furritis. The ftalk rifes in the midft oft f weak, flender, branched, andeight or ten high. Da V TS LOW , 4. Flat-podded Ladyfmock. 2. Trifoliate Ladyfmock with pointedleaves. mine foliis pinnatis sp fe is compreffis. : 4 The root is a long, flender fibre, with a few little threads. Therootis compofed of a multitude offibres. The firft leave: re fi The firft leaves are of an extremely beautiful The firft leaves rife in a/thick tuft, and ftand form and_difpofitic they lie flat upon the onvlong, flender, weak, purplith footftalks, three ground, and are very numerous; fo that they on each: they are broad at the bafe, ferrated at ates iu TAtoo 5 form a clofe circle: they are long, and. very the edges, and they terminate in a fharp point, narrow: and theyare divided with which, from the middle Jeaf of the three, is larity in the pinnated manner: th pi ufually longer than on the others. twelve or more on each, with an.odd one at th¢ The ftalks rife among thefe, and are round, end: they are narrow, and each has afing! purplith. toward the bottom, and very much ticulation, and no more, on each fide, and branched. near the bafe. The leaves ftand alternately on them, and per8 ‘ The ftaik is round, flender, weak, andfcarce fectly refemble thofe fromthe root, three broad, at all branched; it is eight inches high, and of a ferrated, and pointed ones ftanding on every footpale green, italk. ai There are only two or three leaves on i thefe refemble thofe from the root, but th € tops of the ftalks and are fhorter and broader in the whole, the divibranches. fions or’ pinnze being fewer in number, and The pods are long and flender, and the feeds longer. ; are round and purplifh, The flowers ftandin little ft at the topol native of Africa, and flowers.in June le } the ftalk, and are fmall and w! Noakurt;: Z Us i it Naffu rtium Afric anum florib us The feed-veffels are large, and very iis ternatis Chriftophoriane facie. and the feeds are fimall and brown . I iek BR I-01 SA Turritis vulgaris. 5.P EC. ES, The leaves on thefe are few, and ftand irregu- 1. CommonTurritis. The leaves ftand irregularly on it, andare of an irregular form ; fome toward the lower part are trifoliate, or have a ternate divifion as t t the root ; and others have two pairs of | They have noleaves, except near the bottom, fegments, and an odd one at the end; but thefe, as the divifions of the others, are not cut to the where there ftand three upon a footftalk, as in thofe from the root, which they in all other re- rib; there runs an edge fromoneto the other. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk and fpects alfo perfectly refemble. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in branches, and are-fmall and white. The feed-veffels are long and flender, and the a tuft, and are large and white. feeds are {mall and round. The feed-yeffel is long’ and flender ; and the It is a native of the Pyrenzean mountains, and feeds are fmall and brown. It is frequent in many of the northern parts of flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Nafturtium Alp: Europe among rocks; and flowers in May. refedz folio; and others in general copyt C. Bauhine calls it Naj/turtium alpinumtrifolium, Clofius and others, Cardamine alpina trifolia. See eS ming nin XV. the three are abfolutely diftin& leaves. Hive been fome time in the mouth. The ftalks are round, weak, of a purplifh colour, and fix or eight inches high. Cardaminetrifoliata foliis acuminatis. 7 DS MUSTARD. © UMARRI Td18s EO REIGN 1. Round-leaved trifoliate Ladyfmock. 772e-> ¢ Cardamine trifolia.. 249 Gronovius calls it Alumfoliis radicalibus pinnatis in orbem pofitis caulinis lanceolatis filiquis comprefis. We, Virginian Ladyfmock, N TOWER HUE ARSBSA 4, FC The root is a clufter of fmall fibres: the firft leaves are numerous, and they form a thick and large tuft: they are oblong, confiderably broad; pointed at the ends, not at all divided at the edges, and they have nofootftalks: their colour is a pale green, and they are rough on the fur- face. In the centre of this tuft rife the ftalks, which are ufually numerous: they are round, upright, not at all branched, and a foot and half high. The leaves on thefe differ altogether from thofe whichrife from the root: they are of a heart-fa- fhioned fhape; but they run out into a long point; and they are ofa bluifh green colour, and perfectly fmooth. The flowers and feed-veffels, when the plant has been fomelittle time in flower, ftand at the rop of the ftalk in a long fpike, refembling a tower, or othertall, upright building, whence the plant has ics name: the flowers are fmall and white. The pods are very long and flender, and they ftand parallel to the ftalk, and at no great diftance fromit. The feeds are fmall, very numerous, and round. It is common in our northern countries, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Brafica folvefris fo gris bifpedis. Others, Turritis vu 2. Jageed-leaved Turritis, Tur Theroot is long, flender, andfur: with many fibres. The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft, and have no footftalks: the broadeft ‘in the middle, ferrated at the fharp-pointed : their colouris a pale gre! The are numerous, uf » and abowr ten inches hi larly : they are of an oblong, and fomewhat oval figure, and are ferrated at the edges, and poifted at the end, The flowers ftand at the tops of thé ftalks, andare fall and white. The feed-veffels are flender and long; and thé feeds are very fmall and brown. It is found on walls, and on ‘dry ditch ‘banks in many places, and flowers in May. C. Bauhine calls it Ery/imo fimilis hirfuta nonlacinata alba; but this, though copied by fome, is an ill chofen, as well as aukward name; th plant is much more like the common turritis, g. Oval-leaved Turritis Turritis foliis ov The root is fmall and thready. The firft leaves are difpofed irregularly in a little tuft: they are fupported on fhort, flender footftalks, andare of an oval form, obtufe at the end, very flightlyferrated at the edges, and fome. what hairy : their colouris a faint green, and they are of a tenderfubftance. The ftalks rife in the centne of this tuft four orfive together: they are very flender, upright, and of a whitifh green. The leaves ftandirregularly on them, and are numerous : they are alfo of an oval figure, but they have no footftalks ; and theyare of a pale glofly green colour, and not at all hairy. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftock in a little tuft, and they are fmall and white. Thefeed-veflels are long andflender, and they and out fromthe ftalk : whentheplant has been a little while in flower, there is a kind of {pike of thefe, a third part of its length. The feeds are {mall and yellowifh, We have it on ant-hills, in dry paftares, and on ditch banks in fome places, It flowers in April. Petiver calls it Surritis minor foliefa. Ray, Brafice |