Class X. Order HI. 109 



ARENARIA MARINA. Sm. Sea saiidivort. 



Leaves semicylindrical, fleshy, awuless ; sti- 

 pules scarious, sheathing ; seeds compressed, mar- 

 gined, glabrous. Sm. 



A more succulent, fleshy plant than the last. Stems pros- 

 trate or decumbent, smooth. Leaves short, fleshy, roundish, 

 not ending in a bristle. Flowers pale red, expanded as well 

 as the last in clear weather, and closed in foul. Salt marshes. 

 July. By some this is considered a variety of the last. 



ARENARIA LATERIFLORA. L. Side flowering sandwort. 



Leaves ovate, obtuse ; peduncles lateral, two 

 flowered. L, 



A slender, delicate species, with white flowers. Stem 

 erect, smooth, filiform, four or five inches high. Leaves op- 

 posite, oval, smooth, nearly sessile. Peduncles or flowering- 

 branches axillary, very slender, divided about half way, their 

 fork furnished with two minute leafets. Each part of the fork 

 bears a flower. In wet shady places. June. Perennial. 



134. STELLARIA. 

 STELLARIA MEDIA. Sm. Chickiccea'. 



Leaves ovate, stems procumbent, with an alter- 

 nate ? lateral, hairy line. Sm. 



Sljn. jiLSINE MEDIA. L. 



Chickweed grows in almost every situation, even between 

 the bricks in the side walks. Its spreading stems are remark- 

 able for a hairy line extending from joint to joint, and occupy- 

 ing the two sides alternately. On breaking the stem an elas- 

 tic, fibrous substance is drawn out, which retracts when liberat- 

 ed. Leaves opposite, ovate, pctioled, entire. Peduncles axil- 

 lary and terminal, one flowered. Petals white, deeply cleft, so 



