414 DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Arenaria. 



Fl. dan. 7A:V,-Pet. 59 . 7~H. ox. v. 23. 15. 



Leaves frequently longer than the joints. Woodwards 



Leaves and fruitstalks woolly and clammy. Linn. Stamens va- 

 riable in number. Relhan. Seeds bordered. Flowers purplish. 

 A. rubra, fi Linn, — Salt marshes, and on the sea coast, com- 

 [Portreath, near Redruth, Cornwall. Mr. Watt. — In a 

 iarsh near Shirley Wich, Staffordshire. St. Teignmouth, 



mon. 



Water 



P. May— Oct.* 



rt/bra* A. Leaves thread-shaped^ opposite, but half the length of 



the joints of the stem : stem prostrate: calyx as long 



me'dia. 



as the capsule. 



7 



Stipule membranaceous, sheathing. Linn. Stamens 5 ; styles 

 from 3 to 5. Haller. Stems smooth. Leaves flatted, smooth, 

 terminated by a little sharp point. Calyx leaves spear-shaped, 

 concave, membranaceous at the edge, clammy, and beset with 

 minute hairs with globular heads. Summits woolly. Petals 

 purple. 



Purple Spurrey y or Sandwort. Sandy meadows and corn- 

 fields. A. June — Aug. 



A. Leaves strap-awl-shaped, 6 in a whirl: stem upright: 



capsules twice the length of the calyx. 



Ephem* act. nat. cur. 5./. 6'. /. 4. (ReichardandGmelin.) 



Smaller than A. marina* Stem 9 knots more distant than in 

 A. rubra. Flonvers somewhat smaller than in either. Seeds 

 smaller than those of A. marina, variable in shape, but in general 

 not bordered. Ray. Resembles A. marina, but less branched; 

 stems more bent, pubescent. Flowers white ; petals scarcely 

 larger than the calyx. Seeds bordered. Linn. Pistils 5. Pol- 

 lich. Lower leaves expanding, reflected, upper ones about the 



length of the joints. Stamens A, 5, or/. Petals purple. Seeds 



flat, between half heart-shaped and kidney-shaped, the circular 

 edge downy, with an elevated rounded border, the straight 

 edge plain, dark brown ; some encompassed with a membranace- 

 ous border, deeper than half the breadth of the seed, white, with 

 radiated scores, toothed at the edge. So remarkable a difference 

 in structure one might have expected to afford a mark of specific 

 distinction, but, though generally the two kinds of seeds are 

 found on different plants, yet they are sometimes seen in the same 

 seed-vessel. Dr. Stokes. Spergula maritima flore parvo caeruleo, 

 semine vario, Ray Syn. 351, according to Hudson. 



It is succulent, and very much resembles Samphire, and consider- 

 able quantities of it are actually pickled and sold lor that plant. Mr. 



Watt, , s 



