138 DECAND. TRIGYN. 



Stems I f. Iiig'li, slender, much branched, pubescent. Upper leaves 

 sessile. FlowcrstaUcs one inch or more long, Irom the forking of 

 the extremilies of the stem ; in fruit spreading, the upper part de- 

 flexed. Petals oblongo-obovate, white, scarcely longer than the 

 acute segments of the cak 



3. A. ierpyllifuLia {Thy me-lenved Sandwort), leaves ovate acute 

 subscabrous .sessile, calvx hairy its outer leaves 5-ribbed. 

 Lighif. p. 230. E. B. }. 923. 



Has. Walls and dry waste places, frecpicnt. H. .Tune. ©. 



Two to six inches high, erect or procumbent, much branched, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves small, rather rigid. Flowers while, on short stalks 

 from forkings of the. upper part of the stem or the axils of the 

 leaves. Petals as long as the cal. 



"•■^ Exslipulate. Leaves si(hulafe. 



4. A. ver7ia {vernal Sandivort), sten^ss (numerous) panieleu above, 

 leaves subulate rather obtuse striated, petals obovate longer 

 than the 3-nervcd cal. Lighif. p. 23 1 (and p. 232 A. laricijh- 

 lia.). E.B.i.o\2. 



Hab. Mountainous pastures, as Artliur's Seat, &c., Light f. King's Park 

 and Blackford hill, Edinb., plentiful, Maitgh. Fl. May, June. 1/ . 



Stents 3 — '1 inches high, slightly hairy, as well as the ovato-accumi- 

 nate cal. and peduncles. 



5. A. teniii folia [finc-leaved Saiidtvort), stem more or less 

 branched, branches pauicled at their extremities, leaves subu- 

 late acute, petals lanceolate much sliorter than the lanceolate 

 very acuminated 3-nerved cal. LighlJ'. p. 1 102. E. B. I. 219. 



Had. Wails, rocks and stony barren soils, but rare 5 Cramond isln.nd 

 in the Forth, Mr. Yulden. Near rcttycur harbour, G. Don. Fl. 

 June, July. 0. 



Stems 4 — G inches high, throughout remarkably slender, especially tlie 

 peduncles ; glabrous. 



6. A. fasligiata {level-topped Snndivort), stem erect straight, 

 leaves fascicled subulate-setaceous erect, flowers fascicled, cal. 

 nuicii acuminated (vvliite) with 2 central (green) nerves twice 

 as long as the ovate petals. JS. i>. ^. 1/44. yL-J'asciciilata 

 Jacq. and Decand. ; not Linn, according to Sin. 



Hab. Fifeshire ; and rocks on the Angus-shire mountains, G. Don. 



i7.June. ©. (c? Decand.) 

 Four to six inches high, more or less branched. Verj' peculiar in its 



habit and characters, and unlike any otlicr British species. " Seeds 



beautifully toothed, on long stalks." Sm. 



•x-y,->; Siipulcs (if the base of each pair of leaves. 



7. A. rubra {purple Sandwort), stems prostrate, leaves narrow 

 linear acute plane somewhat fleshy tipj)ed with a very minute 

 bristle, stipules ovate cloven, cajisule as long as the cal., seeds 

 compressed angular roughish. Ligktf. p. 230. E. B. t. 852. 



Hab. Gravelly or sandy soils, frequent. F/. June. ©. 



^ ery much branched and spreading. Sfipules a pa.ir of ovale, acate. 



