Tab. 7913. 

 DRABA Gilliesii. 



Native of Chili. 



Nat. Ord. Crucieer.e. — Tribe Alyssine,e. 

 Genus Dbaba, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 74.) 



Dbaba (Leucodrabra) Gilliesii; perennis, molliter substellatim pubescens, 

 caule pedali erecto basi ramoso folioso, foliis l-lg-poll. longis sessilibus 

 v. semiamplexicaulibus patulis ovatis oblongisve acutis undulatis 

 remote dentatis infimis nunc breviter petiolatis lrete viridibus, racemis 

 elongatis laxe multifloris, no rib us \-% poll, latis longe pedicellatis, petalis 

 \ poll, longis oblongis apice rotund atis, petalis sepalis multo majoribus 

 ulbis, ovario laxe stellatim pubescente, stylo elongato filiformi, siliculis 

 i~i poll- longis ellipsoideis planis acutis stylo persistente terminatis 

 tortis, seminibus oblongis ■£$ poll, longis compressis pallide castaneis. 



D. Gilliesii, Hook, et Am. in Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. iii. (1833) p. 137. Walp. 

 Rep. vol. i. p. 157. Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. vol. ii. p. 236. C. Gay, Fl. 

 Ghil. vol. i. p. 154. Eeiche, Flora de Chile, vol. i. (1896) p. 112. 



D. araucana, Phil, in Anal. Univ. Ghil. 1872, p. 672. 



D. Davila?, Phil. I.e. 



D. rosulata, Phil, in Linneea, vol. xxviii. (1856) p. 669. 



D. stolonifera, Barn, ex G. Gay, I.e. p. 155. 



The foregoing synonymy is that of the " Index Kew- 

 ensis," but I have not succeeded in ascertaining on whose 

 authority the reductions were made, and I have not been 

 able to examine the specimens critically. 1 had hoped to 

 get the views of Dr. E. Gilg, of Berlin, who is engaged on 

 a monograph of the Andine species of Draba, on this 

 point; but as no reply has been received, he was probably 

 from home when the application reached Berlin. Iu 

 Reiche's recent "Flora de Chile" (vol. i. p. 112), however, 

 D. stolonifera, Barn., D. rosulata, Phil., and D. colchaguen- 

 sis, Phil., are reduced to D. Gilliesii. On the other hand, 

 D. araucana, Phil., and D. Davilse, Phil., are treated as 

 distinct species ; the former described as differing from 

 D. Gilliesii in having flat pods, and the latter in having 

 numerous stems from the same root. D. Gilliesii, as re- 

 presented in the accompanying plate, is an interesting 

 example of cultivation, being nearly three times the size 

 of the wild specimens, and a really attractive plant. 

 September 1st, 1903. 



