CARYOPHYLLEZX. XXXII. ARENARIA. 
membranaceous margins; petals hardly longer than the calyx; 
capsules ovate, obtuse (of 5 valves?) equal in length to the 
calyx. ©. H. Native of Canada. Petals white. 
Box-leaved Sandwort. Pl. creeping. 
106 A. sERPYLLIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 606.) leaves ovate, acute, 
sessile, rough, ciliated, and smooth; stems panicled; sepals 
hairy, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, 3 outermost 5-nerved, green, 
opaque, almost double the size of the corolla; capsules 
ovate, 6-valved at apex, equal in length to the calyx; seeds 
exactly kidney-shaped, wrinkled. ©. H. Native throughout 
the whole of Europe, on walls and dry sandy ground, common, 
as well as in North America in cultivated ground, and on road 
sides from New York to Carolina. Smith, engl. bot. t. 923. 
Curt. lond. fasc. 4. t. 32. Fl. dan. 977. Stellaria serpyllifolia, 
Scop. carn. no. 544. Flowers white, solitary. 
Var. B, viscida (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 411.) stems 
dwarf; leaves and calyxes full of nerves and clammy. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Sandwort. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 4 ft. 
107 A. Pursuia‘na (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 414.) 
stem dichotomous, diffuse ; leaves oval, acutish ; peduncles alter- 
nate, axillary, solitary, elongated ; sepals acute, length of petals. 
©. H. Native of Labrador on the sea-shore. A. thymifolia, 
Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 317. but not of Sibth and Smith. 
Petals white. 
Pursh’s Sandwort. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
108 A. THYMIFÒLIA (Smith, fl. grec. t. 441.) stems numerous, 
slender, panicled ; leaves narrow-spatulate, smooth, 3-nerved ; 
petals unguiculate, ovate, longer than the 3-nerved sepals. ©. 
H. Native of Candia. Flowers small, white ; anthers brown- 
ish, Like 4. serpyllifolia. 
Thyme-leaved Sandwort. PI. 4 to 4 foot. 
109 A. Comsrice’nsis (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 200. phyt. lus. p. 
179. t. 73.) leaves fleshy, lanceolate, nerveless, glabrous on the 
under surface, but pubescent on the upper surface; stem pa- 
nicled, dichotomous, erect ; petals twice as long as the sepals ; 
capsules 6-valved at the apex; sepals bluntish, nerveless, 
shorter than the corolla. ©. H. Native of Portugal in sandy 
ground near Coimbra and elsewhere. Petals white. 
Coimbra Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 foot. 
110 A. puse’scens (D’Urv. enum. pl. arch. p. 50.) plant pu- 
bescent ; leaves ovate, acute, on short footstalks ; stems spread- 
mg, branched, elongated ; sepals acute, shorter than the corolla. 
%. H. Native of the island of Cos on the summits of the 
mountains at the height of 1200 feet above the level of the sea. 
Flowers white. Very like 4. ciliata, but differing in all parts of 
the plant being densely clothed with down ; the leaves are nar- 
rower, and the sepals are not striped. 
Pubescent Sandwort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
111 A. cine'rea (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 811.) plant grey, hairy ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliated, upper ones distant, lan- 
ceolate, acute; flowers in dichotomous panicles, on long pedun- 
cles ; sepals’ lanceolate, acute, somewhat keeled, almost one-half 
smaller than the corolla ; capsules ovate, equal in length with the 
calyx, of 6 valves; valves callose at the apex. Y.H. Native 
of the south of France. Flowers white. 
Cinereous Sandwort. Fl. April, Aug. Pl. 4 foot. 
112 A. srevicav'tis (Sternb. in Spreng. pl. min. cog. 1. p. 
$1.) leaves oblong, acutish, 3-nerved, ciliated, somewhat imbri- 
Cate ; stems prostrate; sepals lanceolate, acuminated, striped, 
exceeding the petals in length, with membranaceous margins. 
h ? H. Native of the Alps of Rhætia. Petals white. Very 
like 4. ciliata, but differing in the stems being erect, leaves 
blunt, 1-nerved ; sepals smaller, and petals 1-nerved. 
Short-stemmed Sandwort. FI. May, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 ft. 
113 A. sca‘pra (Poir. dict. 6. p. 377.) leaves lanceolate, 
acute, spreading, scabrous ; stem simple, very short; peduncles 
439 
panicled, dichotomous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, striped, rough, 
with membranaceous margins, shorter than the corolla. X% ? H. 
Native of the Alps of Europe. Flowers white. 
Scabrous-leaved Sandwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1822. Pl. 4 ft. 
114 A. Repo’wsku (Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea, 1. p. 58.) 
leaves elliptical, acute at both ends, mucronate, membranous, 
ciliated; at the base ; stems procumbent, tufted; sepals ovate, 
acuminated, shorter than the corolla; petals longer than the 
calyx. Y%.H. Native of Siberia. Like 4. cilidta. 
Redowski’s Sandwort. Pl. procumbent. ‘ 
115 A. Cre’rica (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 396.) stem tufted; 
leaves crowded, oblong, acute, stiffish, smooth; peduncles ter- 
minal, usually 1-flowered, clammy-pubescent ; sepals keeled, 
acutish, shorter than the corolla. %. H. Native of Candia. 
A. hirta, Sieb. 
Cretan Sandwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
116 A. cixta‘ta (Lin. spec. 608.) leaves ovate or obovate, 
roughish, with a few hairs, l1-nerved, and ciliated; stems pro- 
cumbent ; flowers usually solitary; sepals ovate, acute, 5-7- 
ribbed; petals obovate, twice as long as the sepals; capsules 
ovate, of 6-valves, equal in length to the calyx. 4%.H. Native 
of Europe on high mountains. In Ireland upon the limestone 
cliffs of a high mountain adjoining to Ben Bulben, in the 
county of Sligo. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1745. Fl. dan. t. 346. 
Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 245. t. 16. f. 1. Fi. dan. t. 346. A 
thick, tufted, spreading, procumbent plant. Flowers white. 
Var. B, muliicailis (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 783.) leaves pulpy 
and somewhat leathery, and with the sepals scarcely nerved. 
A. multicadlis, Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 248. t. 17. f. 1. Flowers 
white. 
Ciliated-leaved Sandwort. 
cumbent. 
117 A. scorpuLorum (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer, 6. 
p. 31.) stems elongated, much branched, procumbent ; leaves 
lanceolate-linear, acute, 1l-nerved, membranaceous, with the 
margins and the back ciliated ; calyx glabrous, shorter than the 
petals; capsules containing only 2 or 3 seeds; seeds smooth, 
shining. %.F. Native of the Andes of Peru at the height 
of 5100 feet. A. digyna, Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 
1816. p. 201. Flowers white. 
Rocky Sandwort. Pl. procumbent. 
118 A. pecussa‘ra (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. in berl. mag. 
1816. p. 35.) plant very much branched, creeping ; branches 
hairy; leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, mucronate, with thickened 
margins, 1-nerved, stiff, ciliated ; petals longer than the sepals ; 
ovary containing 4 or 5 seeds. Y%.F. Native of Mexico near 
Moran at the height of 3990 feet above the level of the sea. 
H. B. and Kunth, gen. et spec. 6. p. 34. Petals white. 
Decussate-leaved Sandwort. Fi. June, July. Pl. } to 4 foot. 
119 A. se’rpens (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 
82.) plant much branched, creeping, glabrous; leaves oblong, 
somewhat spatulate, obtuse, rather fleshy, veinless, ciliated at 
the base ; petals hardly longer than the sepals; capsules con- 
taining generally about 15 seeds; seeds smooth, shining. 2%. 
F. Native of Peru at the bottom of mount Chimborazo, at the 
height of 4920 feet. Flowers white. 
Serpent Sandwort. PI. creeping. 
120 A. Rappia‘na (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 412.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the base, ciliated ; stems very long, 
branched, prostrate, glabrous, quadrangular ; peduncles axillary, 
1 to 3-flowered; flowers apctalous. © ? F. Native of Madeira. 
Sepals lanceolate, pellucid, with three green nerves. Bracteas 
two, somewhat similar to the sepals. A. alsinoides, Raddi brev. 
osserv. p. 13. but not of Willd. 
Raddi’s Sandwort. Pl. prostrate. 
121 A. Norve’eica (Gunn, fi. norv. 2. no. 1100. t. 9. f. 7-9. 
Fl. July, Sep. Ireland. Pl. pro- 
