The flowers have the taste of water-cress, with a degree of sweetness, which that plant does not possess, more particularly resident in the spur of the calyx or nectary; hence are sometimes used in sallads, and hence the plant acquires its name of Nasturtium.
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Agrostemma coronaria. Rose Cockle, or Campion.
Class and Order.
Decandria Pentagynia.
Generic Character.
Calyx 1-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 5 unguiculata: limbo obtuso, indiviso.
Caps. 1-locularis.