Arenaria gothica. Fries, in Great Britain. 253 



It seems to me that the plaut may yet be found elsewhere, 

 and what should be looked for is a stouter plant than A. 

 serpyllifolia, with flowers the size of A. ciliata and ^4. 

 norvegica ; any large-flowered form resembling A. serpyllifolia 

 should be gathered and carefully examined. 



In tlie Isle of Gothland, off the Swedish Coast, it grows on 

 calcareous rocks, and among stones, with such plants as Jasione 

 montana, Sccleranthus, Cerastium, Poa hulhosa, Scdum, &c., 

 in several situations on the island. On the mainland my 

 good friend Dr Nordstedt of Lund tells me it occurs in 

 Kinnekulle, in West Gothland, "on limestone about 250-400 

 feet above the sea-coast (very seldom on sandstone at 230 

 feet) where nearly nothing else grows, also where it will be 

 depastured, nevertheless it has flowers from the middle of 

 May to late in October. It is a more lively green than A. 

 serpyllifolia, among which it grows." 



It occurs on the borders of Lake Joux, Canton Vaud ; 

 Switzerland, and also from Eeculet in the French Jura 

 (Nyman in Supp. Consp. Fl. Europ., 1889, p. 66) by 

 Bonnet. 



These are the only known localities, so that the plant is 

 of interest from its remarkably restricted geographical 

 distribution. 



It is closely allied to A. norvegica. Gunner, A. multicatdis, 

 Wulf, and A. ciliata, L.; probably its true place is with A. 

 norvegica, either as a sub-species of A. ciliata, or as a variety. 

 Mr J. G. Baker considers that A. ciliata includes the type, 

 and A. gothica, A. multicaulis and A. norvegica as varieties. 



I give a few references where information can be found 

 respecting the plant. 



Arenaria gothica. Fries, Mant. 2. pp. 33-34, 1839. 



Eothesay in The Naturalist, 1889, pp. 335-336. 



Baker, J. G., in do. pp. 337-339. 



Whitwell in Jour, of BoL, 1889, pp. 354-359. 



A. gothica, Fr., Zetterstedt, om vaxt pa Vestcrgotlands, 



p. 44, 1876. 

 A. ciliata, L. )S. Wahl., Nyman, Bidr. Gottlands FL, p. 



141, 1842. 

 A. ciliata, L. /3. gothica, Fr., Eiscn and Stuxherg 

 Gotlands Faner-och Thall. p. 29, 1869. 



