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few-flowered, with spreading branches.—2| Sterile grounds, Arc. Am. to Car. 
Stem 8—10’ high. Leaves 5—8” long, very narrow and acute, rigid, sessile, 
1-veined, much fasicled in the axils. Petals obovate-oblong, twice as long as 
the sepals, white. May, Jn. 
3. A. GREENLANDica. Spreng. (A. Glabra. Bw.) Greenland Sandwort. 
Glabrous; sfs. numerous, low, filiform, suberect; Jvs. linear-subulate, 
flat, spreading; pedicels 1-flowered, elongated, divaricate; sep. veinless, ovate, 
obtuse, membrane-margined, much shorter than the petals —2| 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. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 
St. dichotomous, spreading ; dvs. ovate, acute, subciliate; cal. acute, sub- 
striate ; pet. shorter than the calyx; caps. ovate, 6-toothed——@ By roadsides, 
and in sandy fields, Ms. to Ga. Stems numerous, downy, with reflexed hairs, 
a few inches in length. Leaves 2—3” long, 3 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. Side-flowering Sandwort. 
Erect., slightly pubescent; vs. oval, obtuse ; ped. lateral, 2—3-flowered. 
—1 A slender, upright species, found in damp, shady grounds, N. States, and 
Brit. Am. Stem 6—10’ high, nearly simple. Leaves elliptical, rounded at 
each end, 6—10” long, 4 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 
10, inserted into a glandular disk ; styles 3—5 ; capsule 3—5-valved, 
many-seeded.—® Herbs of the sea-coast, with fleshy leaves. 
A. PEPLOIDES. DC. eae Linn. Honckenya. Ehrh. and 1st. 
edit.) Sea Chickweed.—Very fleshy; st. creeping, with erect, subsimple 
branches; dvs. 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, 4 as wide, abruptly pointed, clasping at base, shorter than the internodes, 
Flowers small, white, axillary, on short pedicels. Jl. 
5. SAGINA. 
Lat. sagina, any kind of food or nourishment, 
Sepals 4—5, united at base; petals entire, 4 or 5, or 0; stamens 
410; styles 4—5 ; capsule 4—5-valved, many-seeded.— Fs. solitary. 
1. S. pRocuMBENS. Creeping Peariwort. 
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.1.! N. Y. to 8. 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. pecumpens. T. & G. (Spergula saginoides. Linn.) Pearlwort. 
St. decumbent, ascending, mostly glabrous; lws. linear-subulate, very 
acute; ped. much longer than the leaves; pet. and sep. 5; sta. 10.—@ Sandy 
fields, U.S. and Can. Stem 2—3’ long. Flowers axillary and terminal. Pe- 
tals white, hardly as large as the sepals. Jl. Apparently a variety of S. pro- 
cumbens. § ? 
3. S. APETALA, 
_ Erect and pubescent; dvs. linear-subulate ; ped. elongated, ascending in 
fruit; sep. and sta, 4; pet. very minute or 0.—@ Sandy fields, N. J., Penn. 
