Jrenaria.] CARYOPHYLLE^. 97 



FiscK and De Cand., very closely allied plants; as are probably some other Siberian ones. For further 

 observations on our plant, I must refer to Mr. Brown and Dr. Richardson, in the works above quoted, and to 

 the Appendix of Capt. Parry's 2d Voyage. 



Tab. XXXI. A. B. Plants :— natural size. Fig. 1, Flower j Jig, 2, Petal ; fy. 3, Stamen ; Jig, 4, Sepal ; 

 Jig. 5, Capsule : — magnified, , 



7. S* humifma ; glaberrima, caulibus procumbentibus rumosis, foliis ovatis sessilibus 

 subcarnosis, pedunculis solitariis terminalibus abbreviatis unifloris, petalis bipartitis 

 calyce acutiusculo enervi longioribus. — Rottb. in Act Hafn, v, 10. p, 447, t 4. f, 14. 11, 

 Dan, t 578. HooL in Parry's 2d Voy, App, p, 391. Rich, in Frankl \st Joum. App, 

 ed, 2. p, 17. — S. crassifolia. Cham, et Schlecht, in Linncea, v, 1. p. 50. (non Ehrh, et De 

 Cand,) — S. crassifolia, ^. WahL Lapp, p, 125. 



Hab. Sandy shores of the Arctic Sea and Islands. Capt. Sir E. Pany ; J)r, Michardson; Capt. Sir 

 John Franklin and Capt. Bach. — I know not how it is that Botanists have confounded this very distinct 

 species with quite another plant, the S. crassifolia of Ehrhart, which has the habit of Larhrea uliginosa, and 

 is found in moist pastures of Germany. Ours is altogether arctic, and so lleshy in its foliage, that, in drying, 

 the leaves always turn brown. 



8. S, gracilis; glaberrima, caule debili, raiuls sterilibus gemmiferis, foliis lanceolatis 

 subsucculentis, pedunculo elongate solitario unifloro axillari vel terminali, sepalis glabris 

 acutis enervibus petalis bipartitis brevioribus. — Rich, in FrankL 1st Joum. ed. 2. App. 

 p. 17. — /3. foliis minus succulentis siccitute etiam viridibus- 



Hab. About Slave Lake, and between Cumberland House and Hudson's Bay. Dr. Richardson. Drum- 

 mond, — The more usual state of this plant is to have the leaves somewhat fleshy, and like S, kumifusa, turn- 

 ing brown when dry. Some of Mr. Drummond's specimens from the more southern latitudes, have their 

 leaves still green, and rather less fleshy. Both possess terminal and axillary gemmre, by which the plant 

 increases abundantly. It seems always to grow densely tufted. Styles 3. Capsule half as long agjun as the 

 calyXy oblong, thin, membranous, pale greenish-brown, 6-valved. 



9. 5. crispa ; " glaberrima, caulibus diifusis, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis acumi- 

 natis margine repando-undulatis, fioribus solitariis axillaribus, petalis calyce multo brevi- 

 oribusj capsula calycem aequante." — Cham, etSchlecht in Linncea^ v. 1. p, 51. 



Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso, — With this species I am unacquainted. It is probably aUied to the subse- 

 quent one, of which I regret that only very imperfect specimens are known to me ; such, however, as will 

 enable me to draw up the following specific character. 



10. S. ovalifolia ; caule procumbente pubescente, foliis internodio multo brevioribus 

 ovalibus basi apiceque acutis subciliatis, axillis s^pe gemmiferis, pedunculo terminali 

 unifloro, petalis calyce acuminato longioribus. 



Hab. Kotzebue's Sound. Zay and Collie in Capt. Beechey*s Collection.—A few injured stems without 

 a perfect flower are all that I possess. These are 5-6 inches long, ^eak. Leaves J of an inch long, broadly 

 oval, acute at both extremities, single-nerved, evidently reticulated when held between the eye and the light 

 Peduncle terminal, an inch long, solitary, with a single flower, large in proportion to the sisse of the plant. 

 Calyx glabrous ; its sepals acuminate, nerveless, shorter than the white petals^ whose shape I cannot well 



determine. 



8. ARENARIA. Linn, 



Cat 5-sepalus. Pet 5, integra. Sta?n. 10, aut abortu pauciora. Styii 3. Caps. 1- 

 locularis apice 6-3-valvis, polysperma. DC. 



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