436 
60 A. cra‘sra (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 274.) plant very 
smooth, erectish, many-stemmed ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, flat, 
spreading ; pedicels 1-flowered, elongated, divaricating ; sepals 
oval, bluntish, smooth, shorter than the corolla. .H. Native 
of North Carolina on rocks. Stellaria unifléra, Walt. fl. carol. 
p.141. Flowers white. 
Glabrous Sand-wort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
61 A. rups’stris (Labill. pl. syr. dec. 4. p. 8. t.4. f. 1.) 
stems ascending ; leaves setaceous, obtuse, somewhat curved, 
crowded, a little ciliated beneath ; flowers panicled, from 2-4 ; 
sepals ovate, oblong, rather hairy, 3-nerved ; petals oval-oblong, 
twice as long as the, sepals; disk glandular under the ovary ; 
capsules of 3 valves, hardly exceeding the calyx in length. %. H. 
Native of Mount Lebanon. Flowers white. 
Rock Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
' 62 A. sera`cea (Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 220.) stem very 
much branched ; flowers panicled, fastigiate ; leaves setaceous, 
in bundles, ciliated at their base, all leaning to one side ; sepals 
awl-shaped, acute, with white, membranaceous margins, almost 
equal in length with the petals; capsules of 3 valves, rising 
above the calyx. 2%.H. Native among stones on dry hills 
about Paris and Fontainebleau. Flowers white. 
Var. a, pilosa (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) stems 
hairy at the bottom. 2%. H. A. .heteromalla, Pers. ench. 1. 
p- 504. A. saxatilis, Loisel. fl. gall. p. 261. exclusive of the 
synonymes of Lin. and Vahl. 
Var. B, rugdsa (Ser. mss. in D. C. 1. c.) stem pubescent at 
the bottom. 2%. H. A. heteromalla, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 350. 
Flowers white. Plant greenish-glaucous. 
Setaceous-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. 
to 4 foot. 
63 A. Fascicuta‘ta (Gouan. ill. 30.) leaves awl-shaped, 
setaceous, in bundles; stems erect, straight, almost simple ; 
flowers fascicled; pedicels shorter than the leaves; sepals 
unequal, acuminated, somewhat membranaceous, with two narrow 
lines, almost twice the length of the obtuse petals ; capsules of 
3 valves, shorter than the calyx ; seeds kidney-shaped, rough, 
with rather serrated margins. &. H. Native in sandy or gra- 
velly sunny places, in many parts of Europe, particularly about 
Montpelier, Austria, and Carniola. In’ Scotland on rocks in 
Fifeshire and the mountains of Angus-shire. Jacq. austr. 2. t. 
182. A. fastigiata, Smith. engl. bot. t. 1744. Alsine mucro- 
nata, Lam. dict. 4. p. 310. Stellaria rùbra, Scop. carn. 1. p. 
316. t. 17. Stems often purplish. Petals white. 
Fascicled-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June. Scotland. Pl. 3 ft. 
64 A. rasticia‘ta (Lin. syst. nat. ed. 12. vol. 3. p. 733. 
Smith, fl. græc. 442.) stem fastigiate, leafy, pubescent, viscid, 
villous; panicle leafy; sepals linear-lanceolate, very long, 
ciliated ; petals very short ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, ciliated, 
connate. ©. H. Nativeof Asia Minor. Flowers in racemose 
panicles, 
Fastigiate Sandwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
65 A. Frankui ni (Hook. fl. bor. amer. t. 35.) root fusiform ; 
stems numerous ; panicle fastigiate, crowded ; sepals Janceolate, 
acuminated ; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the 
sepals ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, finely ciliated at the base and 
connate; capsule 6-valved at the apex. Y.H. Native of North 
America in the arctic regions. Flowers white. 
Franklin’s Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. + foot. 
66 A. riLIròLIA (Forsk. descr. p. 211. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 33. 
t. 12.) leaves setaceous, crowded, 2-ribbed; stems suffruticose, 
forked ; peduncles terminal, 1-2-flowered ; sepals very narrow. 
equal in length with the corolla. 4%. H. Native of Arabia on 
Mount Boka. Petals white. 
Thread-leaved Sandwort. FI. June, July. Pl, + to 4 foot. 
67 A. mucrona‘ra (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 791.) leaves setaceous, 
Clt.? Pl. 4 
CARYOPHYLLEA. XXXII. ARENARIA. 
not ciliated at the base; stems tufted, prostrate at the base; 
panicle rather forked ; peduncles longer than the leaves; sepals 
acuminated, somewhat membranaceous, with 2 lateral ribs, 
awned, longer than either the petals or capsule; capsules of 3 
valves. ©. H. Native about Montpelier on rocks. A. fascicu- 
lata B, rostrata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 504. Alsine mucronata, Gouan. 
ill. 22. A. mutdbilis, Lapeyr. abr. 256. Petals white. Perhaps 
only a variety of 4. fasciculata. 
Mucronate-sepalled Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
68 A. cromera ra (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 350. suppl. p. 311.) 
plant pubescent, hoary ; leaves awl-shaped, straight ; flowers on 
very short pedicels, disposed in glomerate heads; sepals 
scariose, with 2-stripes, acuminated, much longer than the 
petals; capsule $-valved. ©. H. Native of Tauria on calca- 
reous rocks. Petals white. Allied to 4. fasciculata, but dif- 
fers in the stem being branched from the base. , 
Var. B, elatior (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) panicle 
rather looser; pedicels longer. ©. H. Native among rocks 
about Odessa. 
Glomerate-flowered Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
69 A. rarYcına (Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 57.) de- 
cumbent ; leaves stiff, awl-shaped, ciliated, with bundles of small 
leaves in the axillee; flowers few, terminal; petals twice the 
length of the calyx ; seeds disk-formed, ciliated. X4. H. Na- 
tive of Siberia. Spérgula larícina, Lin. spec. 631. Smith, icon. 
ined. 1. p. 18. t. 18. Lam. ill. t. 392. f. 3. Spérgula arenarioides, 
Herb. Willd. 
Larch-like Sandwort. Fi. June, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
70 A. urrernòsa (Schleich. cent. exs. 1. no. 47. D. C. fl. fr. 
4. p. 786. icon. pl. gall. p. 14. t. 46.) stem erect, branched from 
the base; leaves linear, bluntish ; branches naked ; peduncles 
twin, 1-flowered, generally terminal, furnished with two bracteas 
at the base of each ; sepals lanceolate, nerveless, hardly longer 
than the ovate petals ; capsules ovate, of 3-valves, equal in length 
to the calyx ; seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, orange-coloured. 
u.H. Native of Jura, Siberia, and Lapland, in turfy bogs. 
Spérgula stricta, Swartz, act. holm, and in Schrad. journ. 1800. 
vol. 2. p. 256. Petals white. 
Var. B, purpurata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) stems 
and calyxes purple. A. muscodrum, Adams ex Fisch. in litt. 
Bog Sandwort. . Fl. June, July. Cit.1819. Pl. 4 foot. 
71 A. potyconorpgs (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 241. t. 15.) 
plant procumbent; leaves linear, obtuse, ciliated; peduncles 
either in twos or threes, 1-flowered, furnished with two bracteas 
at the middle of each; sepals oblong-linear, obtuse, without 
nerves, hardly shorter than the corolla; capsules ovate, of 3 
valves, hardly exceeding the calyx; seeds somewhat disciform, 
black. Y. H. Native of Switzerland in stony places. 
obtusa, All. ped. t. 64. f. 4. Stellaria ciliata, Scop. fl. carn- 
ed. 2. vol. 1. p. $15. no. 536. t. 17. Stellaria bifldra, Gun. fl. 
norv. l. p. 45. no. 91. Petals white. . 
Var. B, occúlta (D.C. prod. 1. p. 408.) peduncles very long; 
l1-flowered. Y%.H. Native of Siberia on the Altaian moun- 
tains. A. occilta, Fisch. in litt. Petals white. 
Polygonum-like Sandwort. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1822. Pl. 4 ft- 
72 A. Bava’rica (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 315.) leaves linear, semi- 
cylindrical, fleshy, obtuse, longer than the spaces of the stem 
between the leaves; stems branched, somewhat dichotomous, 
hard, jointed; peduncles terminal, generally in pairs. %- H. 
Native of Bavaria and Siberia. Saxifraga Bavarica, Ray, hist. 
1033, A. Pònæ, Rchb. icon. t. 138. Petals white. Seeds 
ew. 
Bavarian Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
73 “A. Sasane'nsis (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
p- 200.) leaves linear, bluntish ; stems procumbent ; peduncles 
