16 CRUCIFER. [Matthiola. 
[Marrutota sinuata R. Br. Sea Stock.—This con- 
spicuous plant is recorded by Dr. Smith in his Hist. of Kerry, 
1756, p. 378, No. 56, as growing ‘‘ near Beal Castle, towards 
the Shannon mouth.”’ It is certainly not there now, nor is 
there any record of its having been seen there since his time. 
M. sinuata is recorded also by the late Rev. W. Raymond 
in a marginal note in his copy of Bentham’s British Flora 
as growing on the “Strand, Banna, July 4th, 1878” ; 
unfortunately, no specimen was kept, and the plant has not 
been seen there since. It is difficult, therefore, to determine 
whether these records were merely errors or whether they 
may be taken as further proof of the undoubted decrease 
of this plant in Ireland. The following statement of Dr. 
Smith concerning this “‘ Great sea stock gillyflower with the 
sinuate leaf” is worthy of mention, although its accuracy 
might be questioned by patriotic French botanists :—‘‘ M, 
Tournfort informs us in his travels, that except Pinks and 
Gillyflowers, they had no other beautiful flowers in France, 
but what originally came from the Levant. A virtuoso of 
Paris in 1615, brought from thence, the Indian Chestnut, 
and double Anemonies, Tubroses, Hyacinths, Narcissuses, 
and even the Flower de Luce came from the same country.” 
NASTURTIUM R. Br. 
N. officinale R. Br. Radicula Nasturtium-aquaticum 
Rendle & Britten. Water Cress. 
Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Ditches, streams and damp places. Common. 
Peren. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 750 feet in the Roughty valley (R.W.S.), 
and probably higher. 
First record in 1883: Archdeacon Wynne, Journ. Roy. 
Meteor. Soc., No. 49. 
Both the small-leaved, slender form, of drier situations— 
var. microphyllum Reichb., and the large-leaved luxuriant 
var. siifolium Reichb., occur, but appear to be only states 
caused by situation. The Water Cress has given its Irish 
name Biolar or Biller to several small streams in Kerry, 
two at least in the neighbourhood of Killarney being known 
as Bilrook or Billerook. 
N. palustre DC. Radicula palustris Moench. 
Districts — — — — V. VI. VII. VIII — 
Native. Marshy spots, muddy pond-sides, &c. Rare. 
Peren. June—August. 
