138 DEC AND. TKIGVN. 



Stems 1 f. high, slender, much branched, pubescent. Upper leaves 

 sessile. Flowerstallcs one inch or more long, from the forking of 

 the extremities of the stem j in fruit spreading, the upper part de- 

 flexed. Petals oblongo-obovate, white, scarcely longer than the 

 acute segments of the cal. 



3. A. serpyll'ifotia (Tliyme-leavcd Sandivorl), leaves ovate acute 

 subscabrous sessile, calyx hairy its outer leaves 5 -ribbed. 

 Lig/ilf. p. 230. E. B. . 923. 



HAB. Walls and dry waste places, frequent. Fl. June. . 



Two to six inches high, erect or procumbent, much branched, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves small, rather rigid. Flowers white, on short stalks 

 from forkings of the upper part of the stem or the axils of the 

 leaves. Petals as long as the cal. 



** Ex stipulate. Leaves subulate. 



4. A. vcrna (vernal Sondtvort) 9 steins (numerous) panicled above, 

 leaves .subulate rather obtuse striated, petals obovate longer 

 than the 3- nerved cal. Lig/Uf. p. 23 1 (and p. 232 A. laricifo- 

 Ua.). E. B. t. 512. 



HAB. Mountainous pastures, as Arthur's Seat,&c., Llghtf. King's Park 

 . and Blackford hill, Edinb., plentiful, Maugh. Fl. May, June. If. 

 Stems 3 4 inches high, slightly hairy, as well as the ovato-accumi- 

 nate cal. and peduncles. 



5. A. tenuifolia (fine-leaved Sandwort), stem more or less 

 branched, branches panicled at their extremities, leaves subu- 

 late acute, petals lanceolate much shorter than the lanceolate 

 very acuminated 3-nerved cal. Light/, p. 1 102. E. B. *. 219. 



HAB. Walls, rocks and stony barren soils, but rare j Cramond island 

 in the Forth, Mr. Yalden. Near Petty cur harbour, G. Don. FL 

 June, July. 0. 



Stems 4 6 inches high, throughout remarkably slender, especially the 

 peduncles j glabrous. 



(j. A.fffstigiata (level-lopped Sandwort), stem erect straight, 

 leaves fascicled subulato-setaccous erect, flowers fascicled, cal. 

 much acuminated (white) with 2 central (green) nerves twice 

 as long as the ovate petals. E. B. t. 1744. A.jasciculala 

 Jacq. and Dccand. ; not Linn, according to Sm. 



HAB. Fifeshivc ; and rocks on the Angus -shire mountains, G. Don. 



, P/.June. 0. (< Decand.) 



Four to six inches high, more or less branched. Very peculiar in its 

 habit and characters, and unlike any other British species. " Seeds 

 beautifully toothed, on long stalks." Sm. 



*** Stipules at the base of each pair of leaves. 



7. A. rulra (purple Sandwort), stems prostrate, leaves narrow 

 linear acute plane somewhat fleshy tipped with a very minute 

 bristle, stipules ovate cloven, capsule as long as the cal., seeds 

 compressed angular rougbisb. Lightf. p. 230. E. B. t. 8^2. 



HAB. Gravelly or sandy soils, frequent. Fl. June. 0. 



Very much branched and spreading. Stipules a pair of ovate, acute, 



