434 
Var. y, triflòra (D.C, prod. 1. p. 404.) stems 2-4-flowered ; 
leaves narrower and recurved. A. trifléra, Lin. mant. 240. 
D.C. fi. fr. 4. p. 788. 2%. H. Native on sandy hills near Fon- 
tainebleau. 
Var. ò, stolonifera (D.C. prod. 1. p. 404.) stems much 
branched ; lower leaves broadish, short, dense ; upper ones very 
narrow, very long, and distant; sepals very narrow. 2%. H. 
Native of Dauphiny, and Siberia on rocks at Tschussowaja. A. 
stolonifera, Vill. ex herb. D.C. A. laxa, Fisch. in litt. 
Great-flowered Sandwort. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1783. Pl. 
4 to 4 foot. 
83 A. He’tmu (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 404.) plant 
clothed with glandular hairs; leaves linear, bluntish, 3-nerved, 
radical ones crowded ; stems 1-3-flowered ; peduncles-very long; 
sepals ovate, somewhat mucronate, obsoletely 3-nerved ; petals 
obovate, twice the length of the sepals ; capsules ovate, in length 
exceeding the calyx. 2.H. Native of the Ural mountains 
in Siberia. Flowers white. 
Helme’s Sandwort. Fi. June, July. Clt. 1822. Pl.4 tot ft. 
34 A, Scanpina’vica (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 399.) leaves awl- 
shaped ; branches 2-flowered ; petals entire ; ovary oblong ; sepals 
oblong, obtuse, striated. %. H. Native of Lapland on the alps. 
A. biflora, Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 52. but not of Lin. 
Stellaria biflora, Lin. spec. 604. Oed. fl. dan. t. 12. Alsinélla 
biflora, Swartz, et Wickstroem. A small plant, with the ap- 
pearance of a species of Sagina. Petals white. 
Scandinavian Sandwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
35 A. LINIFLÒRA (Lin. spec. 608.) stem suffruticose, distorted ; 
leaves filiform, strictly appressed; peduncles twin, terminal, 
short; sepals lanceolate, striated, shorter than the corolla. 
4%. H. Native of Austria, Hungary, and Caucasus. Perhaps 
A. pinif lia, Bieb. Flowers white. 
Flax-flowered Sandwort. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
36 A. macroca’rpa (Pursh, fi. amer. sept. 1. p. 316: but not 
of Horn.) plant tufted ; leaves crowded, awl-shaped-linear, flat, 
with ciliated margins ; peduncles terminal, 1-flowered, leafy ; 
sepals linear; petals ovate, twice the length of the sepals; 
capsules oblong, thrice the length of the calyx. Y.H. Native 
of the north-west coast of America and of Chamisso’s Island. 
Flowers white. This plant approaches near to 4. grandiflora, 
but differs in the long capsule and shape of the sepals materially. 
Habit of a species of Cerdstium. 
Var. B; habit of Cherléria sedoides, 
St. Lawrence. 
Long-fruited Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Pl. 
+ to 4 foot. 
37 A. urta (Wormsk. in fl. dan. t. 1646.) leaves linear- 
awl-shaped, obtuse, with 2 furrows, hairy ; stems hairy, 1-2-3- 
flowered ; sepals 3-nerved, acute, shorter than the capsule ; petals 
oblong, rather shorter than the calyx. %.H. Native of the south 
of Greenland, Lapland, island of St. Paul, and Kamtschatka. 
A. sulcàta, Schlechtend in berl. mag. 1816. p. 212. A. villosa, 
Ledeb. A small plant with reddish flowers. 
Var. 3, glabrata (Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 56.) plant 
smooth. Native of the island of St. Lawrence. 
Hairy Alpine Sandwort. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
38 A. RUBELLA (Smith, engl. fl. 4. p. 267.) plant tufted; 
leaves awl-shaped, obtuse, quite smooth, 3-nerved ; peduncles 
1-flowered, elongated, pubescent; sepals very acute, 3-nerved, 
longer than the elliptical petals ; capsule 4-valved, sometimes 
3-valved, longer than the sepals. 2%. H. Native pf Melville 
Island ; in Scotland on the summit of the Breadalbane moun- 
tains; on Craig Challeach, and on Ben Lawers. A small plant, 
forming a dense tuft. Calyx brownish-purple. Corolla white. 
Anthers red. Alsine rubélla, Wahl. lapp. 128. t. 6. Alsinélla 
rubélla, Swartz. sum. veg. scand. p. 17. A. quadrivalvis, R. 
Native of the island of 
CARYOPHYLLE. 
*sule 3-valved. 
XXXII. Arenaria. 
Br. in append. to Parry’s voy. p. 13.—D. Don, in eng. bot. 
suppl. t. 2638. 
Red Alpine Sandwort. Scotland. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 
39 A. Ro’ssn (R. Br. 1. c.) quite smooth ; leaves triquetrous ; 
awl-shaped, bluntish, awnless, nerveless, scarcely equalling the 
flower in length; peduncles 1-flowered, elongated ; petals ob- 
long, a little longer than the obsoletely 3-nerved sepals. 2. H. 
Native of Melville Island. A small tufted herb. Calyx pur- 
plish. Corolla white. Ovary 1-celled. The 4. Róssü of 
Richardson in Franklin’s journey, p. 738. differs from this in its 
larger stature, and in the capsule being 3-valved. Alstne stricta 
differs from it in its larger size and in the leaves being acute. 
Ross’s Sandwort. Pl. 1 to 2 inches. 
40 A. ve'Rna (Lin. mant. 72.) plant tufted, many-stemmed ; 
leaves awl-shaped, bluntish ; stems panicled, elongated ; sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, with 3 remote equal ribs, longer 
than the obovate petals; capsules cylindrical, of 3 valves, 
longer than the calyx. 2%. H. Native of the mountainous 
parts of Europe. In Britain about the lead-mines in Derby- 
shire, as well as in Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Wales. In 
Scotland on Arthur’s Seat, and many other hills near Edinburgh. 
Smith, engl. bot. t. 512. Jacq. austr. t. 404. A. saxatilis, 
Huds. ed. 1. p. 168. Penn. tour. in Wales, t. 2. f. 1. A. 
junipérina, With. p. 424. A. laricifolia, With. p. 404. A. 
divaricata, Adams, ex Fisch. in litt. A. flaccida, Schleich. 
Flowers small, white. 
Var. PB, cespitisa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 405.) stems very leafy ; 
calyxes and peduncles smoothish. A. ceespitdsa, Ehrh. herb. 
55. D.C. fi. fr. 5. p. 613. 
Var. y, minor (D.C. prod. 1, p. 405.) stem dwarf, 1-flowered. 
H. 
Spring Sandwort. Fl. May, Aug. Brit. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
41 A. Gera’ror (Willd. spec. 2. p. 729.) plant erect, 
branched; leaves linear-aw]-shaped, 3-nerved ; peduncles twin, 
terminal, 1-flowered ; sepals acuminated, 3-nerved, with mem- 
branaceous margins. XY. H. Native of the alps of Austria 
and France. A. linifldra, Jacq. aust. t. 445.—Gerard. gallo- 
prov. 405. no. 7. t. 15. f.1.2 Flowers white. Perhaps only 
a variety of 4. vérna. 
Gerard’s Sandwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. 4 foot. 
42 A. ramosi’ssima (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 24.) stems very 
much branched, elongated, panicled ; Jeaves awl-shaped, bluntish, 
nerved, recurved; petals ovate, hardly equalling the sepals in 
length; sepals acuminated, striated, and are hispid as well as 
peduncles ; capsules of 3 valves. &. H. Native of Hungary. 
Horn. hort. hafn. p. 964, Link. enum. 1. p. 431. This is very 
like A. vérna, but it is of a more loose habit. 
Mosi-Branched Sandwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 
to 4 foot. 
43 A. E’Lecans (Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 57.) 
tufted, many-stemmed, smooth; leaves linear, obtuse, thickish ; 
peduncles terminal, solitary; sepals lanceolate, awl-shaped, 
acuminated, rather keeled; petals exceeding the calyx; cap- 
4Y. H. Native of the Bay of St. Lawrence. 
Plant smooth. Like 4. vérna. 
Elegant Sandwort. PI. 4 foot. 
44 A. mr'sripa (Lin. spec. 608.) plant tufted, erect, many- 
stemmed, pilose, hispid ; panicle dichotomous; leaves awl- 
shaped, and are hispid as well on the under surface of the 
sepals, hardly striated; corolla exceeding the calyx; capsules 
somewhat globose, of 3 valves, hardly longer than the calyx. 
Xy. H. Native about Montpelier in chalky places. Habit of 
Spérgula. Stems simple, with a few scattered hairs. Flowers 
white. D. C. fi. fr. 4. p. 789. 
Hispid Sandwort. F]. June, July. Pi. 4 to 4 foot. 
45 A. SUBULÆFO LIA (Presl, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 182.) stem 
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