. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. CRUCIFERAE. 7. Cardamine bellidifolia L. Alpine Cress. Fig. 2089. Cardamine bellidifolia L. Sp. PI. 654. 1753. Perennial, tufted, glabrous, 2-5' high, with fibrous roots. Lower leaves long-petioled, .ovate, obtuse, the blades 4"-8" long, 3"-4" broad, abruptly contracted into the petiole, entire, or with a few rounded teeth; upper leaves similar, sh
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. CRUCIFERAE. 7. Cardamine bellidifolia L. Alpine Cress. Fig. 2089. Cardamine bellidifolia L. Sp. PI. 654. 1753. Perennial, tufted, glabrous, 2-5' high, with fibrous roots. Lower leaves long-petioled, .ovate, obtuse, the blades 4"-8" long, 3"-4" broad, abruptly contracted into the petiole, entire, or with a few rounded teeth; upper leaves similar, shorter- petioled; flowers 1-5, white; petals about twice the length of the calyx; pods erect, linear, i'-ii' long, i" wide, narrowed at each end; pedicels i"-3" long; style stout, less than i" long. itains, N. H.; Mt. Katahdin, the Canadian Rocky Moun- .ins; California. Also in Europe and Asia. July. 8. Cardamine Douglassii (Torr.) Britton. Purple Cress. Fig. 2090. Arabis rhomboidea var. purpurea Torr. Am. Journ. T. & G Fl. N. A. itt. & 83. Y. Acad. 111. Fl. 2: Sci. 4: 66. 1&2Z. Arabis Douglassii Ton As synonym. 1838. Cardamine Douglassii Sci. 9: 8. 1S89. C. purpurea Britton, ir 139. 1897. Glabrous or somewhat pubescent, generally slender, 6'-ls' high, perennial by tuberiferous rootstocks. Basal leaves slender-petioled, about l' broad, ovate or orbicular, cordate, thickish; lower stem-leaves similar, but short-petioled, the upper sessile, mostly close together, dentate or entire; pedicels 4"-i2" long; flowers purple, showy, 5"-lo" broad; pods nearly erect, i' long, l" broad, pointed at each end; pedicels 4"-!2" long; style 2" long. In cold springy places, Quebec and arctic Amer- ica to the Canadian Rocky Mountains, south to Maryland, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Blooming two or three weeks earlier than the next, and more abundant Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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