. Flowers of the field. Botany. t6 CRUCfFER.'E pinnace; leaflets 7â13, ovate or ob!ong, sub-cordate, sinuate-den- tate, glabrous.âAbundant in rivulets and extensively cultivated as a salad. The only plant likely to be mistaken for it by watercress gatherers, Apium nodiflbrum (see p. 204), has hollow leaf-stalks, and serrated leaflets, which watercress has not. (Name from nasiii tortus, a distorted nose, on account of the pungent pro-. CHEfnANTHL-S CIIEIRT {M'nilfltn^^EI'). perties of the genus. The possession of sinular caused a M'idely dissimilar plant, the Tropiepluiii nl our gar
. Flowers of the field. Botany. t6 CRUCfFER.'E pinnace; leaflets 7â13, ovate or ob!ong, sub-cordate, sinuate-den- tate, glabrous.âAbundant in rivulets and extensively cultivated as a salad. The only plant likely to be mistaken for it by watercress gatherers, Apium nodiflbrum (see p. 204), has hollow leaf-stalks, and serrated leaflets, which watercress has not. (Name from nasiii tortus, a distorted nose, on account of the pungent pro-. CHEfnANTHL-S CIIEIRT {M'nilfltn^^EI'). perties of the genus. The possession of sinular caused a M'idely dissimilar plant, the Tropiepluiii nl our gardens, tf) be aiso originally called Nasturtiuifi.)âFl. MayâOctober. Perennial. â "--- pio'cvers yellow, 2 R. svh'esfi-is (Creeping Yellow Cress).âKliizome creeping; teni'ti deeplypinnatil'id ; Icaf-sei^iiients lanceolate ",/;W'(Vtminute ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; pihls linearâWatery places.â V\ JuneâSeptember. Perennial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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