Sagina. XXLIL CARYOPHYLL^ JE.L, 189 



lew-flowered, with spreadmg branches.— '2|. Sterile groimds, Arc. Am. to Car. 

 Stem 8 — 10' high. Leaves 5 — 8" long, very narrow and acute, rigid, sessile, 

 1-veined, much lasicled in the axils. Petals obovate-oblong, twice as long as 

 the sepals, white. May, Jn. 



'S. A. Greenlandica. Spreng. (A. Glabra. Bw.) Greenland Sandwm-t. 



Glabrous; sts. numerous, low, filiform, suberect; Ivs. linear-subulate, 

 flat, spreading; pedicels 1-flowered, elongated, divaricate; scp. veinless, ovate, 

 obtuse, membrane-margined, much shorter tlian the petals. — % Summits ol' high 

 mountains, N. H ! N. Y., N. to Greenland. It grows in tufted masses, cou- 

 ■&isting of exceedingly numerous stems about 3' high, and sprinkled over with 

 large (8" diam.) white flowers with yellow stamens. Aug. 



4. A. sERpyi.LiFOLiA. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



St. dichotomous, .spreading ; Ivs. ovate, acute, subciliate ; cal. acute, sub- 

 striate ; pet. shorter than the calyx.; caps, ovate, 6-toothed.— (I) By roadsides, 

 and in sandy fields, Ms. to Ga. Stems numerous, downy, with reflexed hairs, 

 a few inches in length. Leaves '2 — 3" long, J as wide. Flowers on axillary 

 ■and terminal peduncles. Petals white, oval, mostly much shorter than the 3 — 

 5-veined, acuminate, hairy sepals. Jn. 



5. A. LATERIFLORA. Side-Jlowering Sandwort. 



Erect., slightly pubescent; Irs. oval, obtuse ; ped. lateral, 2 — 3-flowered. 

 — % A slender, upright species, found in damp, shady grounds, N. States, and 

 Brit. Am. Stem 6—10' high, nearly simple. Leaves elliptical, rounded at 

 each end, 6 — 10" long, J as wide, on very short petioles. Peduncles terminal 

 and lateial, 2 — 3' long, dividing into 2 or more fililbrm pedicels, one of them 

 with 2 bracteoles in the middle. Flowers 4" diam., white. Petals more than 

 twice as long as sepals. Jn. 



3. ADENARIUM. Raf. 



Sepals 5, united at base ; petals 5, unguiculate, entire ; stamens 

 10, inserted into a glandular disk ; styles 3 — 5 ; capsule 3 — 5-valved, 

 inany-seeded. — ® Herbs of the sea-coast, withjleshy leaves. 



A. PEPLoiDEs. DC. (Arenaria. Linn. Honckenya. Wirh. and 1st. 



edit.) Sea Chickwccd.— Very fleshy; st. creej^ng, with erect, subsimple 

 branches ; Irs. ovate, obtuse, veinless, exceeding the petals.— Abundant on the 

 Atlantic coast! N. J. to Lab. Upright stems a foot high. Leaves 5— 7— 10" 

 long, § as wide, abruptly pointed, clasping at base, shorter than the internodes. 

 Flowers small, white, axillary, on short pedicels. Jl. , 



5. S A GIN A. 



Lat. sa^ina, any kind of food or nourishment, 



Sepals 4—5, united at base ; petals entire, 4 or 5, or ; stamens 

 4 — 10 ; styles 4—5 ; capsule 4 — 5-valved, many-seeded. — Fls. solitary. 



1. S. PROCiiMBKNS. Creeping Pearhcort. 



St. procumbent; glabrous; pet. very short; sta., scp. and pet. 4 or 5.— (g) 

 A small weed, with slender, ci^eping stems 3 or 4' long, found m damp places, 

 R I I N Y to S Car. W. flBbregon. Leaves very small, Imear, mucronate- 

 pointed, connate or opposite. Flowers v.'hite and green, axillary, on peduncles 

 longer than the lea.ves. Jn. 



2. S. DEcuMBENS. T. & G. (Spergula saginoides. Linn.) Pearhom-t. 

 St. decumbent, ascending, mostly glabrous ; Ivs. Imear-subulate very 



acute; ped. much longer than the leaves; pet. andsc;;. 5; sta 10.— (I) Sandy 

 fields, U. S. and Can. Stem 2—3' long. Flowers axillary and termmal Pe- 

 tals white, hardly as large as the sepals. Jl. Apparently a variety ot b. pro- 

 cmnbens. ^ "? 



3. S. APETALA. . . 



Erect and pubescent; Ivs. linear-subulate; ped. elongated, ascenamg in 

 fruit; scp. and sta. i; pet. very minute or 0.—® Sandy fields, N. J., Penn 



