CARYOPHYLLEZ. | val 
Herba perennis (?), ramosa, plus minusve hispidulo-pilosa, ramis angulatis debilibus, 6-12 poll. 
longis, reptantibus, ad nodos radicantibus. Folia subsessilia, distantia, obovato-oblonga, circiter 
3 lin. longa. Flores apetali, axillares, solitarii, 1-14 lin. longi, pedicellati pedicellis gracilibus, 
3-6 lin. longis; sepala 5 (vel interdum 4), ovato-oblonga vel lanceolata, obtusa, margine late 
scariosa, integra, dorso fere carinata, hispidula; stamina 10 (vel interdum 8), sepalis breviora, 
filamentis filiformibus; ovarium globosum, stylis 3, a basi distinctis. Capsula polysperma ; 
semina compressa, longe funiculata. 
SoutH Mexico, valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 47 and 53). Hb. Kew. 
10. Arenaria scopulorum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 31. 
SoutH Mexico, near the region of perpetual snow, on the peak of Orizaba (Schiede 
& Deppe), Toluca, 8800 feet (Heller).— ANDES OF PERU, &c. 
11. Arenaria, sp. (affinis A. striate, Michx.). 
SoutH Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 821). Hb. Kew. 
12. Arenaria, sp. 
SoutH Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 702). Hb. Kew. 
6. HYMENELLA. 
Hymenella, Moc. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. i. p. 889; Benth: et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 150 (under 
Arenaria). . 
The only species :— 
1. Hymenella mehringioides, Mog. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. i. p. 390. 
Triplateia diffusa, Bartl. in Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 11, t. 50. 
_ Sourn Mexico, Tacubaya, valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 42, 43), Santa Fé (Bourgeau, 
272, 279), San Gerdnimo (Bourgeau, 554), Morelia, 6000 to 7000 feet (Galeotti, 4417). 
Hb. Kew. 
7. SAGINA. 
Sagina, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 176; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 151. 
A genus of about eight species, inhabiting the temperate and cold regions of the 
Northern hemisphere, and one widely dispersed in the Southern hemisphere. 
1. Sagina linnzi, Presl, Relig. Henk. ii. p. 14. 
Spergula saginoides, Linn. 
Var. 8. mexicana, Presl, J. c. 
Mexico (Henke). 
2. Sagina procumbens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 185.. 
Sourn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller). Hb. Kew. 
A very widely dispersed plant in both hemispheres, and in northern and southern 
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