Tab. 5836. 

 ARENARIA purpura scens. 



Purple Alpine Sdndtvorf. 



Nat. Ord. Caryophylle,e. — Decandria Trigynia. 



Gen. Char. — Sepala 5, rarius 4. Petala totidem, integra v. leviter emar- 

 ginata v. rarius 0. Stamina 10, rarius 8, v. abortu pauciora. Discus sta- 

 minifer annularis, nunc vix conspicuus, nunc inter stamina in glandulas 

 prominentes plus minus expansus. Ovarium 1-loculare. oo-ovulatum ; 

 styli 3, rarius 2, v. in floribus nonnullis 4-5. Capsula globosa ovoidea 

 v. breviter oblonga, in valvas tot quot styli integras 2-dentatas 2-fidaa v. 

 2-partitas (valvis tunc integris dictis stylis duplo pluribus) breviter v. saepius 

 infra medium dehiscens. Semina reniformi-globosa v. a latere compressa, 

 tuberculata v. lasvia. — Herbae annua vel perennes, nunc f/raciles v. rigida 

 foliis subulatis parvisve, nunc rarius diffused v. ccespitoscB foliis latioribvs, Std- 

 lariis nonnullis similiores. Flores terminales cijmoso-paniculati v. capitati, 

 rarius axillares subsolitarii. Petala alba v. rarissime rubra. 



Arenaria purpurascens ; csespitosa, decumbens, ramis erectis 2-3-floris, 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glabris, pedicellis tomentosis folia 

 vix superantibus, sepalis lanceolatis laevibus margine scariosis corolla 

 longioribus, capsulis ovato-cylindricis semi-sexvalvibus calycem longe 

 superantibus, valvis acutis, seminibus reniformibus. 



Arenaria purpurascens ; Ramond in DC. Flore Francaise, vol. iv. p. 785 ; 

 DC. Prodr. vol i. p. 410 ; DC. Ic. Gall. tab. 45. 



Arenaria cerastoides, Pers. Ench. vol. i. p. 502. 



Cerastium Ramondi, Fenzl. 



A native of the lofty mountains of the Pyrenees, where it 

 forms large patches, fed by rills from the melting snows, 

 conspicuous from its multitude of star-like pale pink flowers, 

 with deep red stems, stamens, and pistils— characters which 

 give it a very sparkling appearance on a rockwork. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Backhouse, of York, for the specimen now 

 figured, which flowered in May, 1869. 



may 1st, 1870. 



