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1 02 C ARYOPHYLLE^. [Merchia. 



dimculis dichotomis subbifloris, sepalis llnearibus brevibus obtusis niargine membrana- 

 ceis, petalis calyce vix longioribus, capsulis ovatis obtusis calycem aequandbus (S^valvi- 

 bus?) DC—Poir. Diet v. 6. p. 362. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p, 411. 



Hab. Canada. (Poiret.) 



17 . A. Purshiana ; caule dichotomo diffuso, foliis ovalibus subacutis, pedunciilis al- 



ternis axillarlbus solitariis eloiigatis, calycibus acutis, petalis longltudine calycis. De 



Cand. Prodr, v, 1. p, 414. — A. thymifolia. Pursh, FL Am, v. 1. p. 318. (non Sibth. 

 and Sm.) 



Hab. Sea-sbore of Labrador. Herb. Banks. (^Pursh.) 



18. A. lateriflora ; minute pubescens, caule erecto gracili dichotome ramoso, foliis ob- 

 longo-ellipticis obtusis ciliatis pateiitibus, pedunculis lateralibus terniinalibusque elongatis 

 bifloris, sepalis ellipticis obtusis enerviis corolla subdimidio brevioribus. (Tab. XXXVI.) 



Linn, Sp. PI p. 605. Pursh, FL Am. v. 1, j9. 317. Bigel Fl. Bost ed. 2. j9. 181. Goldie, 

 in Edin, Phil, Journ. v, 6. p, 327. Chain, et Schlecht, in Linna^a, v. 1, p. 57, 



Hab. From the United States to lat. 60°, and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains in the woody 

 districts. Dr Jlichardson ; Drummond; and others. Unalaschka. (Z>r. Fischer.') 



Tab. XXXVI. Fig, 1, Flower; Jig. 2, Sepal; Jig, 3, Stamen; Jig, 4, Pistil; ^^, 5, Leaf: — magnijied, 



19. A, macrophylla; caule gracili erecto dichotome ramoso, foliis patentibus lanceo- 

 latis glabris basi apiceque acuminatis, pedunculo terminal! 2-3-floro3 sepalis ovatis acu- 

 minatissimis corolla capsulaque subrotunda multo longioribus. — a, foliis angustioribus. 

 (Tab, XXX VIL A.) — /3. foliis brevioribus latioribusque, (Tab. XXXVII. B.) 



Hab. «. North -West America, in shady woods; and /3. hanks of the Saskatchawan. Douglas. — Habit of 

 the preceding, yet very distinct. Here the plant is M'holly glabrous, the leaves are acuminated at both 

 extremities, the sepals of the calyx are totally diflferent, and longer than the corolla. I possess the same 

 plant from Kamtschatka, gathered by Wormskiold. 



Tab. XXXVII. A. Arenaria macrophylla, «. — B. var. )3. — Fig. 1, Flower, fully expanded; Jig. 2, View of 

 the outside of the calyx and corolla ;^^. 3, Stamen; Jig. 4, Leaf: — all more less magnijied. 



20. A, peploides ; glabra, foliis ovatis oblongisve acutis carnosis, floribus subsolitariis 

 breviter pedunculatis, sepalis obtusis coroUam subaequantibus. — Linn, Sp, PL p, 605. 

 FngL Pot, t 189. Pursh, Ft, Am, v, 1. p, 317. Torrey, FL of Un, St, v, 1. p. 453. BigeL 

 Fl, Bost. ed. 2, p. 181. De Cand, Prodr. v, 1. p, 413. Mich, in FrankL \st Journ, ed, 2. 

 App, p. 18, Cham, et Schlecht in Linncea^ r. \* p* 57, — Adenarium peploides. Rqfin, De 

 Cand, Prodr, v, 3, p. 366. — ^, major ; foliis unciam longis. 



Hab. Sea-shores, everywhere. — ^/3. De Fuca's Straits. Dr. Scouler, 



9. MERCKIA. Fischer, 



Cat 5-sepalus5 persistens. Cor, 5-petala5 petalis unguiculatis, integris. Stam, 5, cum 

 petalis alternantia, filamentis subulato-filiformibus, antheris medifixis subglobosis, loculis 



appositis, Styli 3. 



umbilicat 



fecte trilocularis, trivalvis, dissepimentis bipartibilibus; spermophorum centrale basale 

 parvum liberum. Semina numerosa minuta pyriformia, embryone uncinato peripherico 



