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ARABIS L. 



Arabis lyrata L. Lyre-leaved Rock Cress. 



Arabis lyrata Linnjeus, Sp. PI. 665. 1753 [Canada]. — Barton, Fl. Phila. II. 56 

 1S18. — Knieskern 7. — Britton 48. 



Sandy or rocky soil of the Northern and Middle districts, and 

 occasional on the Coast strip. 



Fl. — ^Mid-April to early June, and sporadically into July. 

 Fr. — Late May to mid- July, 



Middle District. — Bordentown, Medford, Westville, Washington Park, 

 Woodbury, 3 miles south Mickleton, Bridgeton (NB). 



Coast Strip.—Sea Bright (NB), Avalon, Mays Landing (NB). 



Arabis laevigata (Muhl.). Smooth Rock Cress. 



Arabis Icevigata "Muhlenberg," Willdenow, Sp. PI. 3:543. 1801 [Pennsyl- 

 vania].- — Britton 48. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the northern counties, rare south- 

 ward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — ^Mid- April to late May. Fr. — July to> August. 



Middle District.— New Egypt. 



Arabis canadensis L. Sickle-pod. 



Arabis canadensis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 665. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 48. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the northern counties, occasional 

 southward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Late May to early July. Fr. — August to September. 

 Middle District.— Two miles north Mullica Hill (C), Swedesboro.* 



Family CAPPARIDACE^. Capers. 



POLANISIA Rafinesque. 



Poianisia graveolens Raf. Clammy-weed. 



Polanisia graveolens Rafinesque, Am. Journ. Sci. I. 378. 1819. — Willis 8 



[Newburgh on the Hudson, Harrisburg on the Susquehanna]. 

 Polanisia dodecandra Britton 53. 



,Sancly shores, Bergen Co., and at Long Branch, Monmouth 

 Co., according to Willis' Catalogue; rare. 



Possibly not a native, though other species with the same 

 general range find their northernmost records in sporadic occur- 

 rences in New Jersey. 



* The record for Arabis hirsuta Swedesboro, Lippincott (KB), proves to 

 be this species. 



