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large, ^ in. across, on slender stalks ; petals longer than the sepals. 

 — Rocky places in mountainous districts; rare. — Fl. May — 

 September. Perennial. 



2. M. rubella (Alpine Sandwort).— Smaller in all its parts, more 

 yellow-green and less compact in growth, with blunt leave's^ and 

 petals shorter than the sepals, is very rare, being confined to the 

 summits of some of the Scotch mountains. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



3. M. stricta (Bog Sandwort). — A loosely-tufted form with 

 ascending sterns^ veinless leaves and flowers i — 3 together, on 

 slender stalks. — Grows by a stream in Teesdale. — Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



4. M. tennifblia (Fine-leaved Sandwort). — An erect, slender 

 plant, 4 — 6 in. high ; stem much forked ; leaves acute, 3 — 5-veined ; 

 flowers small, numerous, in the forks of the stem ; petals shorter 

 than the sepals. — Dry places, chiefly in the eastern counties ; rare. 

 — Fl. May — August. Annual. 



8. Cherleria (Cyphel).^ — A tufted perennial mountain plant, 

 w4th awl-shaped leaves, solitary flowers generally apetalous and 

 dioecious ; sepals 5 ; disk of 

 5 interstaminal glands ; 

 stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; cap- 

 sule 3-valved, few-seeded. 

 (Named in honour of Jean 

 Henri Cherler, a botanist 

 who died in 16 10.) 



I. C. sedoides (Mossy 

 Cyphel). — A densely-tufted, 

 yellow-green prostrate plant 

 forming cushions 6 — 12 in. 

 across^ with a long tap root ; 



leaves crowded, narrow, cherleria sedoides {Mossy Cyphel). 



ciliate ; flowers solitary, 



greenish, being generally apetalous and dioecious ; capsule and 



seeds small. — Summits of Scottish mountains. — Fl. June — August. 



Perennial. 



9. Arenaria (Sandwort). — Small herbs often tufted, with 

 broad leaves and y^Mil^ flowers in dichasial cymes ; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5, entire or slightly notched 3 disk annular; stamens 10, rarely 5 ; 

 styles 3 ; capsule short, with 3 valves, which are bifid, many-seeded. 

 (Name from the Latin arena^ sand, many species growing in 

 sand.) 



