280 DICOTYLEDONS. CARYOPH rLLEJE. Arenaria. 



3. C. semidecandruni) hairy viscid suberecr, leaves oblongo- 

 ovate, flowers somewhat panicled shorter than their pedicels, 

 stam. 5, petals hut slightly notched, p. 143. Hills and walls. 



4. C. tetrandrum^ " hairy suhviscid, flowers, quadrifid tetran- 

 drous, petals bifid shorter than the cal." p. 143. Walls and 

 sea> shores. 



** Petals longer than the cal. 



5. C. arvense, leaves linear-lanceolate more or less pubescent 

 especially at the base, petals twice as long as the cal. p. 143. 

 Gravelly pastures, 



6. C. alpinuniy subglabrous or clothed with long white soft silky 

 hairs, leaves elliptical ovate, flowers 1 3, capsule oblong 

 curved, p. 144. Alps. 



7. C. latifolium, clothed with short rigid yellowish pubescence, 

 leaves elliptical ovate, flowers 1 2, capsules ovate, p. 144. 

 Alps. 



8. C. aquaticum, upper leaves cordato-ovate sessile, flowers so- 

 litary, fruit pendulous, p. 144. Watery places. 



10. CHERLERIA. 



Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5, extremely minute, notched. Stam. 

 10. Styles 3. Caps. 1 -celled, opening with 3 valves, many- 

 seeded, Sm. (3-celled, cells 2-seeded, Decand.). 



\. Ch. sedoides. p. \39.-Alps. 



11. ARENARIA. 



Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5, undivided. Slam. 10. Styles 3. 

 Caps, 1 -celled, many-seeded. 



* Exstipulate. Leaves ovate. 



1. A. peploides, leaves ovate acute fleshy, p. 137. Sea-coast. 



2. A. trmerviS) leaves ovate acute petiolate 3- (rarely 5-) nerved 

 ciliated, flowers solitary, calyces rough on the keel with 3 ob- 

 scure ribs. p. 137. Woods. 



3. A. serpyllifolia, leaves ovate acute subscabrous sessile, cal. 

 hairy its outer leaves 5-ribbed. p. 138. Waste places. 



** Exstipulate. Leaves subulate. 



4. A. verna, stems (numerous) panicled above, leaves subulate 

 rather obtuse striated, petals obovate longer than the 3-uerved 

 cal. p. 138. Mountain pastures. 



5. A. te?iuifolia ) stem more or less branched, branches panicled 

 at their extremities^ leaves subulate acute, petals lanceolate 

 much shorter than the lanceolate very acuminated 3-nerved 

 cal. p. 138. Walls and rocks, rare. 



6. A.Jastigiata, stem erect straight, leaves fascicled subulate- 

 setaceous erect, flowers fascicled, cal. much acuminated 



