94 BRITISH BOTANY. 



A. stricta, Wahl. A. uUginosa, Schl. — e.b.s. 2890. l.b.s. 

 181*. 



A. 1. C. 1. Lat. 54°. Alt.? Tern.? 



Stems prostrate, matted, leafy below, naked above, bearing 

 1-3 flowers on very long pedicels. Leaves without nerves, fili- 

 form, obscurely angled. Sepals ovate -lanceolate, rather acute, 

 without nerves when the plant is fresh (recent), 3-nerved when 

 dry. Petals equal to the sepals, ovate-oblong. Capsule ovate- 

 roundish, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Seeds rugose, obliquely 

 reniform. (Similar to a Spergula, Kitel.) 



Teesdale Moors, Yorkshire. Very rare. Perennial ; June. 



A. fastigiata, Sm.? — A.fasciculata, Jacq. — A.Jacquini, Koch. 

 Level-topped Sandwort. — e.b. 1744. l.b.s. excluded species, p. 

 16. 



Stems solitary or numerous, 4-5 inches high, branched, leafy, 

 round, nearly smooth, often purplish (Sm.). Leaves slender, su- 

 bulate, setaceous, erect, 3-nerved, sheathing at the base. Bracts 

 linear-subulate, equalling or surpassing the pedicels. Flowers in 

 level-topped, crowded panicles (Sm.) (the cymes approximate). 

 Sepals unequal (nearly equal. Smith), lanceolate-subulate, finally 

 indurated at the base (whitish, with one or two green ribs 

 (stride). Petals much shorter than the sepals. Capsule cyKn- 

 drical- conical, shorter than the calyx. Seeds tubercular or 

 toothed. 



Scottish mountains. Annual; June. 



Smith says, " The true A.fasciculata is very different, especially 

 in the long unequal leaves of the calyx, whose lateral ribs are not 

 dilated.^' 



A. Cherleri, Fenzl in Endlicher^s Genera, p. 965. — Cherleria 

 sedoides, Lin. — e.b. 1213. l.b.s. 198. 



A. 4. C. 8. Lat. 56-61°. Alt. 850-1300 yds. Tern. 38-34°. 



Roots densely crowded, bearing close moss-like tufts of leafy 

 stems (Sm.) Stems numerous, short and erect or long and 

 trailing. Leaves rather fleshy, pale green, stt'ongly keeled, mi- 

 nutely fringed or toothed at the edges, contiguous. Flowers poly- 

 gamous or dioecious. Petals absent, when present equal to the 

 calyx and greenish. Stamens 10, glandular. Styles 3. Capsule 

 ovate, 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seeds angular. 



Scottish mountains, in moist spots. Perennial ; July. 



Smith says, " closely allied to Arenariu, but distinguished by 



