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CARYOPHYLLE^E. XXXII. ARENARIA. 



3 A. DAHU'RICA (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) leaves 

 awl-shaped, filiform, serrulated ; stems erect, simple ; panicle 

 dichotomous, few-flowered ; peduncles and calyxes covered with 

 clammy down ; sepals lanceolate-linear, nerved, hardly equal in 

 length with the petals. 3. H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers 

 white. 



Dahurian Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. i foot. 



4 A. CUCUBALOI'DES (Smith, icon. ined. 1. p. 17. 1. 17.) leaves 

 awl-shaped, filiform, serrulated ; stems erect, simple ; panicle 

 dichotomous, rather lax ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; petals obovate, 

 twice the length of the calyx. 3. H. Native of Armenia. 

 Calyx clammy. Flowers white. 



Cucubalus-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot 



5 A. OTITOI'DES (Adams, ex Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 402.) leaves awl-shaped, filiform, serrated ; stems erect, 

 simple ; panicle dichotomous, crowded, many-flowered ; sepals 

 lanceolate, keeled, scarcely longer than the obovate petals ; styles 

 protruding a great length. If. . H. Native of Siberia. Very 

 like A, graminif olla in the stems and leaves, but the flowers are 

 very small, more numerous, and more densely crowded. Flowers 

 white. 



Otites-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. | 

 to f foot. 



6 A. HOLO'STEA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 345.) leaves awl-shaped, 

 filiform, roughish on the margins ; stems erect, simple ; panicle 

 few-flowered ; sepals acuminated, nerveless, shorter than the 

 obtuse petals. I/ . H. Native of Caucasus and Iberia. Flowers 

 like those of Stellaria Holostea. Sepals green on the back, but 

 with the margins white. Petals white. 



Stitch-wort-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. -| foot. 



7 A. RI'GIDA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 346. suppl. p. 309.) leaves 

 linear-setaceous, ciliary-scabrous ; stems erect, rigid, simple ; 

 panicle trichotomous, pressed together, glabrous ; sepals acute, 

 somewhat keeled, hardly exceeding the corolla. If. . H. Native 

 in the Ukraine in sandy places. Bracteas larger than in A . 

 graminifblia and longifblia. Flowers white. A. Holostea, 

 Beaupre. in litt. 



.Rigid-stemmed Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. j ft. 



8 A. FORMOSA (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) leaves 

 linear-setaceous, ciliary-scabrous ; stems erect, simple, and are 

 as well as peduncles clothed with viscid hairs ; panicle tricho- 

 tomous, few-flowered ; sepals thick, obtuse, inner ones very 

 broad, and covered with glandular hairs on their back, one-half 

 shorter than the obovate petals. If. . H. Native of Dahuria. 

 Plant habit and size of Scheuchzeria, palustrls. Flowers large, 

 white. 



Handsome Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. to 

 1 foot. 



9 A. LYCHNI'DEA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 346. suppl. p. 309.) 

 plant tufted ; leaves awl-shaped, radical ones in bundles, linear- 

 setaceous, ciliary-scabrous ; stem erect, rather hispid ; panicle 

 di-trichotomous, few-flowered, divaricating after flowering; sepals 

 ovate, rather acute, one-half shorter than the obovate petals. 

 It. H. Native of Caucasus and Iberia. A. airsefolia and se- 

 tacea ; Fisch. in litt. Flowers in threes, white, about the size of 

 those of A. Austriaca. Pedicels villous. 



Var. p,glabra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) plant glabrous. A. 

 Laxmanni, Fisch. in litt. 



Lychnis-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PL ^ foot. 



10 A. GMELI'NI (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) leaves 

 linear, obtuse ; stems jointed ; panicle trichotomous, somewhat 

 corymbose ; sepals lanceolate, green, with scarious margins ; 

 petals obovate, twice the length of the calyx. 7; . H. Native 

 of the Ural mountains, especially on a mountain called Tagannai. 

 Gmel. sib. 4. p. 144. t. 61. f. 1. Flowers white, very like those 

 of Gypsophila repent.- 



Gmelin's Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. foot. 



11 A. CEPHALOTES (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 346. suppl. p. 309.) 

 leaves awl-shaped, filiform, ciliary-scabrous ; stems thick, 

 erect, simple; head of flowers terminal, fascicled, hemisphe- 

 rical ; sepals acuminated, almost equal in length with the 

 corolla. If.. H. Native of Tauria in fields. Bracteas striated. 

 Flowers white. This is the most elegant species of the whole 

 genus. 



Headed Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. | to foot. 



12 A. DIANTIIOIDES (Smith, icon. ined. p. 16. t. 16.) leaves 

 awl-shaped, filiform, ciliary-scabrous ; stems erect, simple ; 

 flowers in heads ; bracteas ventricose, exceeding the peduncles ; 

 sepals ovate, obtuse ; petals obovate, 3-times longer than the 

 calyx. l/.H. Native of Armenia. Flowers white. 



Pink-like Sandwort. PI. \ to -J foot. 



13 A. GYPSOPHILOI'DES (Schreb. act. nov. acad. N. C. no. 6. 

 4. p. 139. ex Willd. spec. 2. p. 723.) leaves linear, radical ones 

 setaceous ; panicle rather pubescent ; sepals ovate, mucronate, 

 hardish ; petals lanceolate, thrice as long as the calyx. If. . H. 

 Native of the Levant. Flowers white. 



Gypsophila-like Sandwort. PI. \ foot. 



14 A. CAPILLA'RIS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 380.) lower leaves in 

 tufts, very long, capillary ; stem rather naked, terminated by a 

 3-flowered umbel ; peduncles elongated, 1-flowered, capillary; 

 bracteas membranaceous, glabrous ; petals ovate, rather crenu- 

 lated, twice as long as the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Siberia. 

 A. Sibirica, Pers. ench. 1. p. 504. Flowers white. 



Capillary-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. ^ to i foot. 



ISA. PINIFO'LIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 348.) stems distorted, 

 ascending, few-flowered, pubescent ; leaves setaceous, stiff", stem 

 ones straight ; sepals obtuse, striated, villous, shorter than the 

 corolla. "%.. H. Native of the alps of Caucasus. Calyx green, 

 with the stripes obliterated from short, rather clammy down. 

 Petals white. Peduncles terminal, twin, much longer than the 

 corolla. 



Pine-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. | 

 to | foot. 



16 A. SUBULA'TA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 403.) leaves 

 setaceous, stiff", mucronated, striated, lower ones in bundles ; 

 stems panicled, few-flowered ; sepals lanceolate, much shorter 

 than the petals ; capsules ovate, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 If. . H. Flowers white. 



Far. a, glandulifera (D. C. prod. 1. p. 403.) stems, peduncles, 

 and sepals clothed with glandular hairs ; panicles 3-5-flowered. 

 Tf. . H. Native of Siberia in the regions about the Baical. A. 

 pungens, Steph. ex Stev. in litt. A. viscosa, Fisch. in litt. A. 

 setacea, Adams, ex Fisch. 



Far. ft. glabrata (D. C. 1. c.) plant very smooth ; flowers 1-3. 

 11 . H. Native of Eastern Siberia. 



Ami-shaped-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. 



to 



foot. 



17 A. PU'NCENS (Clem, in Lag. gen. et spec. 15. but not of 

 Steph.) leaves awl-shaped, and are as well as sepals mucro- 

 nately pungent ; petals longer than the calyx ; styles 3-4. 

 l/.H. Native of Spain on the summits of the mountains in 

 the province of Granada. Flowers white. 



Pungent-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. J foot. 



18 A. NARDIFO'LIA (Led. Hook. fl. bor. amer. t. 32.) tufted ; 

 leaves awl-shaped, pungent ; stem erect, 3-flowered ; petals 

 oblong, obtuse, twice the length of the obtuse sepals ; capsule 

 3-valved. "if. . H. Native of North America on the Rocky 

 Mountains, and on the north-west coast ; also of Siberia. Flowers 

 white. 



Nardus-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 

 ^ to foot. 



