278 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
ARABIS: CILIATA  R. a 
[To the Revue de Botanique Systématique for May, 1903, M. Georges 
Rouy contributes an article on Arabis ciliata R. Br., specimens 
of Which, collected on sandhills in South Kerry, June 24th, 1902, 
by the Rev. E. S. Marshall, I lately had the pleasure of coni- 
municating to M. Rouy. The article possesses considerable in- 
terest, and I have therefore prepared the follow wing notice, which 
is, in fact, all but a literal translation, feeling assured that it cannot 
fail to be te to British botanists.—Frepericx TownsEnp. | 
Almost always in exchange catalogues, and even in some 
floras, the name Arabis ciliata R. Br. is given for the alpine species 
A. ciliata of Koch, and of most botanists of Central Europe, but not 
of Robert Brown, and to which Shuttleworth, wi 1835, in private 
communications, and, in 1838, Godet i abe m. Vég. Vase. Cant. 
Neuchatel, p. 38, gees the name 4. arc with & var. —- 
they have in their herbaria the rare A.e spi 8 
have only the 4. arcuata Shuttleworth, at ily extended distribution. 
- arcuata is well known both merous specimens sen 
y Rouy & Fouc., Flor. de Fr. i. p. 216. But it is quite otherwise 
with A, ciliata R. Br., which is an inhabitant of sandy and rocky 
ground on the sea- -coast in a limited area in the east of Ireland and 
in Pembrokeshire. 
Prof. Babington’s short diagnosis in his Manual is sufficient to 
distinguish 4, ciliata from other species of the British flora, but it 
e numerous allied subspecies, rns, and vars. M. Rou 
tae: ABI 3 af ». Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. ii. v. iv. p. 107; 
Godet, Fl. Fars: p. 88 (in annot.); Eng. Bot. t. 1746; Babington, 
Mannal of Brit. "Bot. t. ed. viii. p. 27. Plant 8-20 centim. (33-8 i in.) 
in height. Stems simple, glabrous or hirsute below ; when in flower 
lax, erect, not arcuate above; when in Jruit stiff, raceme equalling or 
hairs on both upper and under surfaces (var. hispida Syme); root- 
aren in & rosette, oblong or spathulate, subsessile or eel into 
but short petiole, = or rsaage denticulate ; stem-leaves 
ve aaa eae sessile, narrow ow, with more or less roun 
treneate base, not auricled, usb a inferior ones anion 
bobtuse ; upper sublinear, Poona and acute. Flowe 
sepals equal at their base, / anceolate, _ purplish Faia ee their 
upper half; petals white, o th narrow limb, linear-oblong, erect. 
ms ; tte Beas: in.), erect, éciiligsinies to the axis of 
the raceme ; pouches erect, very torulose, tetragonous, short, 20-25 
