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CRUCIFERAE. 



VOL. II. 



10. Arabis canadensis L. Sickle-pod. 

 Fig. 2078. 



Arabis canadensis L. Sp. PI. 665. 1753. 



Stem nearly simple, i-3 high, pubescent below, gla- 

 brous above. Basal leaves narrowed into a petiole, 

 blunt but sometimes acutish, dentate or lyrately lobed, 

 3'-?' long; stem-leaves sessile, not clasping, lanceolate 

 or oblong, narrowed at each end, toothed, or the upper 

 entire, pubescent; pedicels hairy, ascending and 2"-^" 

 long in flower, spreading or recurved and 4"-6" long in 

 fruit; flowers greenish-white, 2"-$" long; petals twice 

 as long as the calyx; pods 2'-$' long, ii"-2" broad, 

 scythe-shaped, pendulous; seeds in I row in each cell, 

 oblong, wing-margined ; style almost none. 



In woods, Maine, Vermont and Ontario to Georgia, west 

 to Minnesota, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. Ascends to 

 4200 ft. in North Carolina. June-Aug. 



ii. Arabis Drummondii A. Gray. Drum- 

 mond's Rock-cress. Fig. 2079. 



A. Drummondii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 187. 

 1866. 



Tnrritis stricta Graham, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 

 1829 : 350. Not Arabis stricta Huds. 



Biennial, glabrous throughout, or the basal 

 leaves sometimes sparingly pubescent; stem erect, 

 8'-3 tall, slightly glaucous. Basal leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, long-petioled, dentate or entire, those 

 of the stem lanceolate to oblong, erect or nearly 

 so, entire, sessile, sagittate ; flowers pink or 

 nearly white, 4"-5" long, their pedicels erect; 

 fruiting pedicels and pods erect or in age slightly 

 spreading; pods 2'-^' long, $"-ii" wide, rather 

 blunt ; seeds in 2 rows in each cell, winged. 



Cliffs and rocky soil, Quebec to Connecticut, On- 

 tario, northern Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, British Co- 

 lumbia, Oregon, south in the Rocky Mountains to 

 Colorado and Utah. May-Aug. 



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12. Arabis brachycarpa (T. & G.) Britton. 

 Purple Rock-cress. Fig. 2080. 



Turritis brachycarpa T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 79. 1838. 

 A. confinis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 466. 1887. 

 A. brachycarpa Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 174. 1894. 



Biennial, somewhat glaucous, generally pur- 

 plish, glabrous except at the base, simple or 

 sparingly branched, i-3 high. Basal leaves 

 stellate-pubescent, obovate or spatulate, i'-3' long, 

 dentate, narrowed into a petiole ; stem-leaves 

 sessile, glabrous, auricled at the base, lanceolate 

 or oblong-linear, about i' long, entire or with a 

 few teeth ; pedicels spreading, 3"-5" long in fruit ; 

 flowers white or pink, 4" broad; petals twice the 

 length of the calyx ; pods narrowly linear, nearly 

 straight, i'-4*' long, i" wide or less, spreading 

 or loosely ascending; seeds in 2 rows in each 

 cavity, oblong, wing-margined. 



Sandy or rocky soil, Quebec to Manitoba, Assini- 

 boia, Vermont, western New York, Illinois, Minne- 

 sota, and in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. June- 

 July. 



