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D E N T A R IA digitàta.
Fimered-leaved Toothwort.
Linnean Class and Order. T E T R A D Y N A M IA S IL IQ U O S A .
Natural Order. C R U C IE E RÆ . B C . syst. nat. 2 . p. 139.
Subordo I . P L E Ù R O R H L Z EÆ . Cotyledones planæ, accumbentes.
Radicula lateralis nempè rimæ cotyledonum incumbens. Semina compressa,
interdùm marginata.
Tribus I . A r a b i d e æ seu Pleurorhizeæ Siliquosæ. Siliqua plus mi-
11Ì1S elongata, linearis aut teres, bilocularis, bivalvis, dehiscens, septo lineari,
stylo abbreviato, valvulis planis convexis aut subcariuatis. Semina
in quoque loculo plurima, 1 -2 seriaba, ovalia aut orbiculata, compressa,
sæpè marginata. Cotyledones planæ accumbentes. DC. syst. veg. 2. p .l6 1 .
D E N T A R L A . Calyx basi æqualis, erectus. Pétala unguiculata,
limbo obovato aut ferè obcordato. Stamina libera, edentula. S iliqua sessiles,
lanceolatæ, apice attenuatæ, compressæ, valvis planis enerviis septo
angustioribus elasticè sæpè revolutis ; stylo filiformi ; stigmate subsimplici.
Funiculi umbilicales alato-dilatati. Semina ovata, immarginata, uniseri-
alia. Cotyledones crassiusculæ, accumbentes.—Tranci radicales carnosi,
horizontales, irregulariter dentati, parcè fibrillosi. Scapi erecii, apice ra-
cemum gerentes. Eolia radicalia nulla aut panca longe petiolata ; caulina
in medio scapi scepiùs tria alterna aut verticillata, petiolata, palmatim
pinnatìmve secta. P edic elli filiformes, ebraeteati. Plores albi, aut sub-
ochroleuci aut subpurpurascenies. DC . syst. veg. 2 . p. 271.
D . digitata, foliis caulinis plurimis alternis petiolatis palmatim 5-sectis ;
segmentis oblongo lanceolatis acuminatis grosse serratis. DC. syst. veg.
2. p . 276. Prodr. syst. veg. p . 155.
Dentaria digitata. Lam. diet. 2 . p. 268. D C .f i.fr . ed. 3. v. 4. j>.686. Swt.
hort. brit. p. 20. edit. 2. p. 24.
Dentaria pentaphyllos. Scop. earn. ed. 2. n. 814. Vili, dauph. 3. p. 364.
A it. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2 . p. 387. Willd. spec. 3. p. 480. Bot. mag. t. 2202.
Cardamine pentaphylla. Brown hort. kew. ed. 2 . v. 4. p. 101.
Ferennìal. Root horizontal, bearing numerous large, thick,
fleshy, roundish scales, intermixed with the fibres. Sterns
erect, simple, from 6 inches to a foot, or a foot and half in
height, the upper part somewhat flexuose, naked at the base,
smooth, of a pale glaucous colour. Leaves three on the
upper part of the stem, alternate, petiolate, palmately divided,
generally into five segments, sometimes the upper
one producing only three, and the lower one I’arely producing
seven : segments oblongly lanceolate, tapering to the