312 DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Cherleria. 



or the ends of the branches, where they form leafy clusters. 

 Cal. densely hairy and clammy, without ribs, rather longer than 

 the shining, light purple, petals. Caps, as long as the calyx, 

 ovate, of 3 valves. Seeds numerous, compressed, somewhat 

 wedge-shaped, rough at the outer edge with small sharp points. 

 The brilliant Wttlejlowers open in bright weather only. 



10. A. marina. Sea Spurrey Sandwort. 



Leaves semicylindrical, fleshy, pointless. Stipulas mem- 

 branous, sheathing. Seeds compressed, bordered, smooth. 



A. marina. FL Dan. t. 740. Fl. Br. 480. Engl. Bot. v. 14. t. 958. 



Hull. ed.2. v.\. 129. Hook. Scot. 139. Roth Germ. v. 1. 189. 



v.2.p. 1.482. 

 A. rubra /3. Linn. Sp. PL 606. Willd. v. 2. 722. Huds. 193. 



Light/. 230. 

 A. media. With. 422. 

 Spergula maritima, flore parvo caeruleo, semine vario. Dill, in Rait 



Syn. 35 1 . Giss. app. 30. 

 /3. Arenaria media, Linn. Sp. PI. 606, excl. the syn. Willd. v. 2. 722. 

 A. marina. With. 422. Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 114, 

 A. rubra y. Huds. 193, 



Alsine spergulse facie media, Bauh. Pin. 251. Raii Syn. 351. 

 A. Spergula major maritima &c. Moris, v. 2.551. sect. 5. t.23.f. 15. 

 Spergula marina. Dalech. Hist. 1385./. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 



719, 2./. 720, Ger, Em, 1125. n,4. 

 Sea Spurry. Pet. H. Brit. t. 59. /. 7. 



On the sandy sea coast, and in pastures adjacent. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root spindle-shaped. Herb like the preceding, but stouter and more 

 succulent. Leaves convex beneath, smooth, destitute of a ter- 

 minal bristle. Fl. and capsule much larger, especially the latter, 

 which is twice the length of the calyx. Seeds round, flat, smooth, 

 encircled with a membranous border, variable in breadth and 

 colour, even in seeds of the same capsule, as Dr, Stokes first ob- 

 served. In /3 this border is more uniformly dilated, white and 

 striated. But the species of Spergula hereafter to be described 

 invalidate even this, as a specific distinction, and justify Pro- 

 fessor Hooker's doubt, whether both these plants ought not to 

 be considered as varieties of A. rubra. I think nevertheless the 

 leaves, and the different si/e of the capsules, indicate a spe- 

 cific distinction ; and the seeds, though various in their border, 

 never have the shape and roughness of A. rubra. 



237. CHERLERIA. Cyphel. 



Linn. Gen. 227. Juss. 301, Fl. Br. '183. Hall. It. Helv. t. 1. 

 Lam. t. 379. 



