It is usually kept in the stove with other Jamaica plants, and propagated by layers.
We cannot see the propriety of applying foliis enerviis to the description of this species, since Linnæus himself, in his Sp. Pl. describes the leaves as trinervia; three strong ribs they always have, and usually two others near the margin which are finer.
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Cardamine Trifolia. Three-Leaved Cuckow-Flower.
Class and Order.
Tetradynamia Siliquosa.
Generic Character.
Siliqua elastice dissiliens valvulis revolutis. Stigma integrum. Cal. subhians.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CARDAMINE trifolia foliis ternatis obtusis, caule subnudo. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 593. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 387.