ARABIS

(Lat.), n. f. A?r(a’r)'asb-i?s. So called because delighting in a sandy soil, like that of Arabia. Fr., arabette. Ger., Gdnsekraut, Gänsekre e. A genus of cruciferous plants, belonging to the tribe Arabidee, established by Linnæus, characterized 1. Aqueous (q. Fr., Sp., ardbico. Arabian, by their erect sepals, their linearly-compre ed siliques, their valves each provided with 1 to 3 longitudinal veins, the single row of seeds in each cell, and the accumbent or oblique cotyledons. [B, 34.]— A. All i on i i (P2 Candolle]. Fr., arabette d’All i on i. Syn.: Turri tis strict a [All i on i]. A perennial species with white flowers, growing in the meadows of Piedmont. [B, 214.]—A. arenosa [Scopoli]. Syn.: Sisymbrium are no sum [Linnæus]. A species found in the sandy limestone regions of Europe; used for the same purposes as À. sagittata. (H. Baillon (L, Ci It is closely allied to, if not identical with, the 4. lyrata. |B.J—A. can a dens is [Linnæus). The sickle pod; a species growing throughout the eastern sections of the United States, distinguished pra long drooping scythe-shaped pods. [B, 34.]—A. chinensis [Rottler]. A species used in India as a stomachic, in the form of alivérie (q. v.).,79; L, 105.]—A. ciliata [Koch]. A sgecies found in rocky districts throughout middle Europe, with oblong, dentate or entire, ciliate leaves, of which those wing upon the stem are se ile and rounded at the base, and with rovided with a border and non-alate. There are 2 varieties, A. ci ata var. pap i [Koch], the A, ciliata of R. Brown, and Turritis ciliata (Schleïch.] (seu rupestris Hoppe], seu alpina [Linneeus], with glabrous stem and leaves, airy at the edges only; and À. ciliata, var. hirsuta, [Koch], the Turritis alpestris [Schleich.], which has both stem and leaves covered all over with short rough hairs. {B, 178; H. Baillon (L, 87).]— A. glabra [Bernhardi]. See A. perfoliata.—A. hirsuta. 1. Of De Candolle, the A. ciliata, var. hirsuta, 2. Of Scopoli,a European and American Srecies resembling the A. sagittata, but with auriculate or cordate leaves and with seeds alate at the apex and not punctate. The stem and leaves are hirsute, except in the variety A. hirsuta, var. glaberrima, in which the leaves are glabrous or ciliate at the edges only, 3, Of Smith, a variety of A. sagittata. [B, 34, 178, 214.]—A. long i siliqua [Wallroth]. See A. sagittata.— A. lyrata [Linnzeus), The wall or rock-cre ; a species characterized by the smooth entire upper leaves, by the lyrate ion of the radical leaves, and by the absence of border from the seeds. It grows in the northern parts of the United States and in Canada, [B, 34; L, 65.]—A. perfoliata [Lamarek}. Syn.: Turritis glabra, ‘A European species, used for the same purposes as À. sagittata. [H. Baillon (L, 87).J—A. rose a [De Candolle]. Fr., arabette rose. A Cal a brian species with purplish-rose-colored flowers. [B, 214.|— A. sagittata [De Candolle]. Syn.: Turritis multiflora. A's pecles Frowing| throughout rocky districts in Europe, with stem hairy below, glabrous above, finely dentate amplexicaul, saggitate cauline leaves, and oblong-ovate radical leaves tay ring to a petiole, straight erect siliques, and finely-punctate seeds with narrow alæ. The seeds contain a fixed oil used like rape-seed oil, and the whole plant contains a volatile stimulant principle having properties like those of oil of mustard. [B, 46, 178.)—A. thalian a |Linnæus]. Syn.: Con ring i a thalian a [Reichenbach], Sisymbrium thalianum Gay], Mouse-ear cre ; a European species, naturalized in the nited States, having the same uses as A. sagittata. [B, 34; H. Baillon (L, 87).|—A. turrita (Linnaeus) ‘A European ‘species with deeply cordate amplexicaul hairy cauline leaves petiolate radical leaves, and seeds provided with broad membranous ale. [B, 178.) ARABIST,n. A?r’a?b-i2st. Fr,, arabiste. An adherent of the Arabian school of medicine. [A, 385; L, 42,]