Sagina. XXIIl. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 189 



few-flowerod, with sprcadinj^ branches. — %. Sterile grounds, 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 obovatc-oblong, twice as long as 

 the sepals, white. May, Jn. 



3. A. Greenlandica. Spreng. (A. Glabra. Bu\) Greenland Sandwort. 

 Glabrous ; s/s. numerous, low, fililorm, subcrect ; Ivs. linear-subulate, 



flat, spreading; pedicels 1-flowercd, elongated, divaricate; scp. veinle.ss, ovate, 

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

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

 sisting of exceedingly numerous stems about 3' high, and .sprinkled over with 

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



4. A. sERPYLLiFOLiA, Thymc-lcavcd Sandivort. 



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

 striate ; pel. shorter than the calyx ; caps, ovate, 6-toothed. — ® By roadsides, 

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

 a lew inches in length. Leaves 2 — 3" long, ^ 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. Sldc-flovxring Sandioort. 



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

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

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

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

 and lateral, 2 — 3' long, dividing into 2 or more filiform 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 

 1 0, inserted into a glandular disk ; styles 3 — 5 ; capsule 3 — 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. — ® Herbs of the sea-coast., withfieshy leaves. 



A, PEPLoiDEs, DC. (Arenaria. Liym. Honckenya. 'EJirh. and \st. 



edit.) Sea ChicJcweed. — Very fleshy ; st. creeping, with erect, subsimple 

 branches ; Ivs. 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, h as wide, abruptly pointed, clasping at base, shorter than the intemodes. 

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



5. SAGlNA. 



Lat. sagina, 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. PROCUMBENs. Creeping Pearhcort. 



St. procumbent ; glabrous ; pet. very short ; sta., sep. and pet. 4 or 5.— @ 

 A small weed, with slender, creeping stems 3 or 4' long, found in damp places, 

 R. I. ! N, Y, to S. Car., W. to Oregon. Leaves very small, linear, mucronate- 

 pointed, connate or opposite. Flowers white and green, axillary, on peduncles 

 longer than the leaves. Jn. 



2. S. DECCMBENS, T. & G, (Spergula saginoides. Linn.) Pearlworf. 

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



acute ; ped. much longer than the leaves ; pet. and .<;ep. 5 ; sta. 10. — (i) Sandy 

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

 tals white, hardly as large as the sepals. Jl, Apparentlv a variety of S. pro- 

 cumbens. ^ 1 



3. S. APETALA. 



Erect and pubescent ; Ivs. linear-subulate ; ped. elongated, ascending iu 

 fruit; scp. and sta. 4; pet. very minute or 0,-0 Sandv fields, N. J,, Penn. 



