ROBINSON. — ALS1NE.E. 291 



late. — Ginelin, Fl. Sib. iv. 160 (proposed as genus). Arenaria § Am- 

 modenia, Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 151. Honkenya, Ehrh. Beitr. ii. 

 ISO. Hulianthus, Fries, Fl. Hall. 75. Adenarium, Raf. Journ. Phys. 

 1818, 259. — A single stout fleshy species of maritime habitat, with 

 axillary flowers. 



A. peploides, L. Perennial, glabrous: stems a span in height, 

 stout, angled : leaves thick, ovate or obovate, 1 -nerved, shortly pointed, 

 clasping at the broad base : sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3£ lines 

 in length, about equalling the petals. — Spec. 423; Pursh, Fl. 317. 

 Alsine peploides, Crantz, Inst. ii. 406. Honkenya peploides, Ehrh. 

 1. c. ii. 181 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 176; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 

 358 ; Gray, Gen. ii. 32, t. 110. Adenarium peploides, Raf. 1. c. 259. - 

 Seashores, from New Jersey and Washington State, Henderson, 

 northward. (Northern Europe and Asia.) On the Northwest Coast 

 the commoner form is 



"Var. major, Hook. Taller: leaves longer, often 15 lines iu 

 length, oblong or oblanceolate, more pointed and decidedly narrowed 

 to the base. — Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 102. A. Sitchensis, Dietr. Syn. PI. 

 ii. 1565. Honkenya oblongifolia, Tovr. & Gray, Fl. i. 176. Honkenya 

 peploides, var. oblongifolia, Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 358. 



§ 3. Merckia. Styles 3-5 ; ovary 3-5-celled : capsule large, de- 

 pressed-globose, somewhat inflated, many-seeded ; seeds not strophio- 

 late. — Fisch. ex Cham. & Schlecht, Linnosa, i. 59 (as genus). 

 Fenzl, 1. c. i. 359 ; Pax iu Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. iii. 

 lb, 84. Arenaria § JSIerckia, Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 151. — A 

 single glandular and slightly fleshy species of the Northwest. 



A. physodes, Fisch. Perennial, cespitose; stems weak, decum- 

 bent, 3-6 inches in length: leaves ovate, cuspidately pointed, 4-6 lines 

 long: flowers solitary at the summit of the stem or becoming lateral : 

 sepals lance-oblong, acute, 3 lines in length, equalling or slightly ex- 

 ceeding the petals: capsule 4 lines (said to hecome half an inch) in 

 diameter. — Fisch. in DC. Prodr. i. 413; Wats. Bibl. Index, 97. 

 Merckia physodes, Fisch. 1. c. i. 59 ; Hook. 1. c. i. 103 ; Torr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 176. Stellaria ovalifolia, Hook. 1. c. i. 97 ; Hook. & Arn. 

 Bot. Beech. 122. — Brit. Columbia to N. Alaska; July, August. 



§ 4. Euarenaria. Styles normally 3 : capsule ovoid, dehiscent by 

 three two-toothed or cleft valves ; seeds not strophiolate. — Arenaria 

 of many authors, as Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 360; Regel, Radde's 

 Relsen in Ost-Sib. i. 334; Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf 

 iii. 1 b, 84, etc. 



