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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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r more erect. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette,those of the upper part of stem narrow, clasping, more or less arrow-shaped. Those of the rosette lyrate, feather-formed, somewhat hairy.Pod triangular or pear-shaped, several seeds in each cell. C. Bursa-Pastoris, Med. Pfl. Gatt. (Fig. 6, pi. 54.) ShepherdsPurse. Very common in waste places. 3. THLASPI, L. Plant i to 11 ft. high. Lower leaves with leaf stalks, pear-shaped,upper stem leaves arrow-shaped without leaf-stalks, toothed or distantlydentate. Pod round or pear-shaped. T. arvense, L. Field Penny Cress. Pods nearly round, with a ratherdeep sinus at apex and with a broad margin of wing-like expansion.Flowers and pods crowded on a long slender stem. In waste places. June-Aug 4. CORONOPUS, Gaertn. Diffuse, 3 to 15 in. high. Leaves crowded, feather-formed. Flowersin crowded clusters quite small. Stamens 2 to 4. Pods with the lateraldiameter greater than tlie longitudinal. Valves of the pod rough, de-pressed at apex. MUSTARD FAMILY 277
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Plate 541 Lepidium virginicum. 2. Barbarea vulgaris. 3. Sisymbrium officinale4. Brassica nigra. 5. Cakile cdentula. G. Capsella Bursa-Pastoris. 7. Lrys-inum cheiranthoides. 8. Roripa hispida. 278 CRUCIFERAE 1. C. didymus, (L.) J. E. Smith. Lesser Water Cress. Tufted,spreading on the ground, slightly hairy. Flowers quite small. Nat-uralized; in waste places. 2. C. procumbens, Gilbert. Swines Cress. (C. coronopus, \h.)Karst.) Similar to No. 1. Pod with an elevated point at apex. Nat-uralized; in waste places. second group Fruit oval or globular, not flattened or only sliglitly so Flowers white or purple 5. CAKILE, Geertn. Diffuse, smooth, fleshy, witli purple or whitish-purple flowers. Podstwo jointed, the upper joint larger. C. edentula, (Bigel.) Hook. (Fig. 5, pi. 54.) American SeaRocket. Very flesliy and brandling. Leaves long and narrow, roundedat apex, border sinuous or notched. Pod of two joints, each with a singleseed. Sands at the sea shore. 6. SUBULARIA, L. Small aquatic plant.

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