ARABIS STRICTA. BRISTOL ROCK-CRESS.
ARABIS stricta; foliis radicalibus lyrato-dentatis, hispidis: caulinis superioribus integris, glabris.
ARABIS stricta, foliis dentatis obtusis hispidis; radicalibus sublyratis, caulibüs hispidis; petalis erectis.
Smith Fl. Brit. vol. 2.p . 712. Aiton Hort. Keto. ed. 2, vol. 4. p. 106.
ARABIS stricta, foliis dentatis hispidis; radicalibus spatulatis, caulinis semi-amplexicaulibus oblongis,
siliquis ancipitibus erectis. Hudson Fl. Angl. ed. 2. vol. l.p . 292.
ARABIS stricta. Willd. Sp. PI. vol. 3. p. 539■ With. Bot. ed. 5. vol. 3 ■ p. 728. Valleys Maritime
Plants, t. 5. Engl. Bot. t. 614. Shicrcliffi’s Bristol Guide, p. 83. cum leone.
Lamarck Fl. Fr. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 677- Lam. Fl. Gall. p. 375. Deslongch. Fl.
Gall. p. 417.
ARABIS hispida. Ait. Hort. K m . ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 400. (nequaquam Linn.) Martyn Mill. Diet.
ARABIS hirta. Lamarck Diet. vol. \.p . 280.
ARABIS multicaulis, foliis radicalibusscabris, dentatis, dentibusciliatis. Hall. H ist. Helv. vol. l. p . 197.
TURRITlS Raii. Fill. Dauph■ vol. 3. p. 326. t. 38.
HESPERIS alpina minor, flore albo, siliquis longis. Raii Syll. Stirp. p. 296.
CARDAMINE pumila, bellidis folio, alpina. Raii Syn. ed. Q.p. 172. ed. 3. p. 300 ?
Class a nd Ord e r . TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA.
[Natural Order. CRUCIFERÆ, Tourn. Adans. Juss. Lam. D e Cand. SILIQUOSÆ, Linn.]
G e n . Cha r. Siliqua linearis stigmate subsessili coronata, valvis venosis vel nervosis. Semina uniseriata.
Cotyledones accumbentes. Calyx erectus. Br. in Hort. K m .
Radix perennis, simplex, fibrosa, fusca.
Caules simplices, vel plurimi ex eadem radice, quatuor-
ad sex-unciales, erecti, flexuosi, teretes, subra-
mosi, inferne hispidi, fusco-purpurei, superne
glabri, virides.
Folia radicalia numerosa, stellatim disposita, horizon-
talia, vix unciam longa, ovato-lanceolata, subpe-
tiolata, obtusa, lyrato-dentata, hispida pilis al-
bidis rigidis, in parte superiori plerumque sim-
plicibus, margine subtusque bi- rarius tri-furcis,
segmentis patentibus: color viridis, inferne sajpe
purpurascens.
Folia caulina oblonga, pauCa, alterna ; inferiora hispida,
superiorä integerrima, glabra.
Root perennial, simple, fibrous, of a brownish colour.
Stems simple, or many proceeding from the same root,
from four to six inches long, erect, flexuose,
round, somewhat branched, below hispid, and of
a brownish purple colour, upwards smooth and
RadioAL leaves numerous, disposed in a stellated manner,
horizontal, about an inch long, ovato-lan-
ceolate, somewhat petiolate, obtuse, lyrato-den-
tate, hispid with white stiff hairs or bristles,
which - on the superior surface of the leaf are
usually simple, whilst at the margins and beneath
they are bi- or rarely trifid, with the segments
spreading. Colour green, often purplish
beneath.
Ca u l in e leaves few, oblong, alternate; the inferior
ones hispid; those above entire and smooth.
Flores pauci, quipque ad decern, corymbosi, demum
race mo si.
Calyx quadri-partitus; foliola erecta, ovata, glabra,
viridia, margine diaphana, alba.
Corolla (pro ratione plantse) magna, albo-lutescens, li-
gulata, limbo erecto, integro.
Sil iq u a erecte, striatse, lineares, subcompressee.
Flowers few, from five to ten, disposed in a corymbus,
a t length in a raceme.
Calyx four-cleft; the leaflets erect, ovate, smooth,
green, the margin diaphanous and white.
Corolla (in proportion to the size of the plant) large,
yellowish white, ligulate, the limb erect, entire.
Se ed -pods erect, striate, linear, somewhat compressed.
Calyx. F ig 2. Petal. Fig. 3. Nectariferous Glands. % . 4. Stamens. Mg. 5. Anthers. % . 6. Geraten.
tinri.fi I it ° ">'s piutit as tltc Tumi,a Raii, in the full persuasion that it is the one meny
1 1 ? 115 Car<lam"‘‘ I“"'"1«, MM'S folio, alpina; and Sir James Smith is inclined to he of the same
M l ’ ‘hat synonym has so frequently been quoted under the Cardaminc bellidfoHa. These two plants
M B M BW i W dAnei?"t t l l e shaPe and superficies of the leaf. To the Arabia hispida (Cardaminc has- ,
closer ■ ■ ■ Cdrdam.m p e lrm both of which we have received from Iceland, our plant has a much
bv die colour of tb ^ fl ^ be r ? • t“? ? distinguished by the leaves being much more toothed, more hispid, and
t o r i i L * (lowers, which in this is white, in the other of a blueish or purple tint. The figure of the leaves,
W i M B t0 dishuguish Arabia stneta from Arabia thaliana, which is moreover an annual plant, and
underside of the leavtS ° eaVeS ulll' ers“ J. lr,lid> whilst d,ose oldy are s0 in Arabia strida which clothe the
r iJ o f ? ®f,lllri'=h°r is- ?“?led > Decandoile as a variety o f this plant, although we have the autho-
E,v l,P , nmltl for “ usidunng them distinct, the latter of whom has figured Schleicher’s plant in
theSappearance „ f lh . ■ nUme °f r '"'n t‘oallma.. When cultivated in gardens, our plant assumes very much
the H1*1— ISB m°ia common Tu rn to lunula, which is very properly made an Arabia in the last edition of
me Idol liia Kmensis; but its stems are remarkably leafy. a r e a