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striate ; cymes few-flowered. Stems 8 — 10 inches high, with erect, very n-jv- 

 row leaves, clustered in dense tufts in each axil, generally shorter than the 

 internodes. May. Jn. Per. Straight Saiid-icori. 



3, A. lateriflo'ra. 



Leaves oval, obtuse ; pr.duncks lateral, 2-flowered. An erect, slender spe- 

 cies. G — 10 inches high, slightly pubescent, found in damp, shady grounds. 

 Leaves oblong-oval, opposit«, on very short petioles. Peduncles axillary, 

 dividing into 2 or more pedicels, one of them with a minute pair of bracts near 

 the middle and a white flower. Calyx leaves oval, united at base, obtuse, 

 nervless, shorter than the corolla. Jn. Per. Sidc-jloicering Sand wort. 



4. A. serpyllifo'lia. 



Stem diohotomous, spreading ; leaves ovate, acute, subciliate ; cabjx acute, 

 sub-striate; -petals shorter than the calyx; capsule ovdie, G-toothed. _ Byroad 

 sides and in sandy fields. Stems numerous, downy with reflexed hairs, a few 

 inches in length, with sessile, acute leaves and axillary, Vv'hite flowers. Jn. 

 Ann. Thymc-haved Simd-tcort. 



3. HONCKE'NYA. 



Sepals 5, united at base; petals 5, unguiculate, entire; sta- 

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

 3 — 5-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded. 



Perennial herbs of the sea-coast, with fleshy leaves. 



H. PEPLOI'dES. Dc. Arenaria peploides. L. 



Leaves ovate, acute, fleshy; sepals obtuse, ribless, exceeding the petals. 

 Abundant on the sea-coast and other sandy soils. The plant is smooth, fleshy 

 in all its parts, near a foot in length, with forked branches. Flower small, 

 white, axillary. Jl. Sea duckweed. 



4. SAGl'NA. 



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

 4 — 10; styles 4 — 5; capsules 4 — 5-valved, many-seeded. 



Lat. sagina, any kind of food or nourishment ; from the nourishing qualities 

 of some of the species. Flowers solitary. 



1. S. PROCU'MBENS. 



Stems procumbent, glabrous ; petals very short ; stamens, sepals and petals 

 4 or 5. A small weed with slender, creeping stems 3 or 4 inches long, found 

 in dry pastures and by road-sides. Leaves very small, linear, mucronate-poinf- 

 ed, connate or opposite. Flowers white and green, axillary and terminal, 

 on peduncles larger than the leaves. Jn. Per. Creeping Pearlwort. 



2. S. DECU'MBENS. T. ^- G. Spergula saginoides. L. 



Stems decumbent, ascending, mostly glabrous ; hates linear-subulate, vcrj'- 

 acute ; peduncles much longer than the leaves ; petals and sepals -5 ; stamens 

 10. Grov/s in sandy fields, flowering in July. Stem 2 or 3 inches long. 

 Flowers axillary and' terminal. Petals white, hardly as large as the sepals. 

 Ann. Apparently a variety of S. procumbens. Decumbent Pearlwort, 



