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Crinkle-Root. Toothwort. Pepper-Root

Dentaria diphylla. Mustard Family.

Rootstock.--Five to ten inches long; wrinkled; crisp; of a pleasant, pungent taste. Stem.--Leafless below; bearing two leaves above. Leaves.--Divided into three toothed leaflets. Flowers.--White; in a terminal cluster. Calyx.--Of four early-falling sepals. Corolla.--Of four petals. Stamens.--Six; two shorter than the others. Pistil.--One. Pod.--Flat and lanceshaped. The crinkle-root has been valued-not so much on account of its pretty flowers which may be found in the rich May woods--but for its crisp edible root, which has lent savor to many a simple luncheon in the cool shadows of the forest.