Vou. II.] 
PINK FAMILY. 
6. Arenaria vérna L. Vernal Sand- 
wort. (Fig. 1504.) 
Arenaria verna L,. Mant. 72. 1767. 
Arenaria hirta Wormsk.; Hornem. Fl. Dan. 
1646. 
Perennial, densely tufted, flowering stems 
erect or ascending, 1/-5’ high, branching, gla- 
Leaves subulate- 
‘linear, rather rigid, imbricated below, more dis- 
tant above, 2’’-4’’ long, the upper a little shorter 
and broader than the lower; flowers 2’/—3/” 
broad, numerous in loose cymes; pedicels 2//-4/’ 
long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 1}2//-2// 
long, 3-ribbed; petals slightly longer than the 
sepals; capsule 3-valved, exceeding the sepals; 
brous or sparingly pubescent. 
seeds rugose. 
In rocky places, Smuggler’s Notch, Vt.; Mt. 
bert, Gaspé, Quebec; Labrador and arctic America, 
Also in 
Summer. 
south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona. 
northern and alpine Europe and Asia. 
WY 
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8. Arenaria stricta Michx. 
Arenaria stricta Michx.F1. Bor. Am. 1: 274. 1803. 
Alsine Michauxii Fenzl, Verbr. Alsin. table, p. 
18. 1833. 
Arenaria Michauxii Hook. f. Trans. Linn. Soc. 
23: 287. 1867. 
Perennial from a short root, tufted, slender, 
erect or ascending, glabrous, dark green, 6’— 
16’ high, simple or nearly so to the diffuse 
cymose bracted inflorescence. Leaves slen- 
der, rigid, subulate or filiform, broadest at 
the sessile base, 4/’-10’’ long, distinctly 1- 
ribbed, spreading, with numerous others 
fascicled in the axils; pedicels 3/’-18’’ long; 
flowers 4//-5’’ broad; calyx ovoid-oblong in 
fruit; sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, 3-ribbed, 2’’ long, about half the length 
of the petals and slightly shorter than the 
ovoid pod; sceds minutely rugose. 
In dry, rocky places, especially limestone 
bluffs, Ontario and Vermont to Virginia, west to 
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. June-July. 
pl. 
Al- 
7. Arenaria Caroliniana Walt. Pine- 
barren Sandwort. (Fig. 1505.) 
Arenaria Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 141. 1788. 
Arenaria squarrosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 273. 
1803. 
Perennial from a deep root, tufted, more or 
less glandular-pubescent, base woody, flower- 
ing stems ascending or erect, 4/-10’ high, 
nearly simple up to the cymose inflorescence. 
Lower leaves subulate, rigid, 2’’-3’’ long, chan- 
neled on the inner surface, keeled by the promi- 
nent midrib, densely imbricated; upper leaves 
similar, distant; cymes terminal, few-flowered; 
pedicels ascending or erect; flowers 5//-8/’ 
broad; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerveless; 
petals oblanceolate, 3-4 times as long as the 
calyx; pod short-ovoid, twice as long as the 
calyx, 3-valved; seeds very nearly smooth. 
In dry sand, southeastern New York, pine bar- 
rens of New Jersey, south near the coast to Florida 
and Georgia. May-July. 
Rock Sandwort. (Fig. 1506.) 
