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tufted, simple ; leaves awl-shaped, bluntish, quite smooth ; 

 panicle dichotomous ; sepals acute, clothed with glandular pu- 

 bescence, twice the length of the petals ; capsules 3-valved, 

 equal in length to the calyx. If. . H. Native of Sicily. A. 

 Arvatica, Presl. ex Spreng. 



Ami-leaved Sandwort. PL -^ to \ foot. 



46 A. ECHINA'TA (Poir. diet. 6. p. 377.) plant dwarf; stems 

 rather branched, short ; leaves filiform, awl-shaped, hardly 

 pubescent ; flowers somewhat panicled ; peduncles and calyxes 

 glandular, hispid ; corolla equal in length to the calyx ; cap- 

 sules length of calyx. Ij. . H. Native of the Alps of Europe. 

 Flowers white. 



jEc/wnafed-calyxed Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



47 A. PA'TULA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 273.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; stems filiform, panicled, many-flowered ; leaves setaceous, 

 spreading ; petals somewhat emarginate, a little longer than the 

 very acute, striped sepals. l/.H. Native of North America 

 on rocks near Knoxville, Kentucky. Flowers white. This 

 plant resembles A. tenuifolia. 



Spreading-leaved Sandwort. PL -|- to | foot. 



48 A. SAXA'TILIS (Lin. spec. 607.) leaves awl-shaped ; stems 

 panicled ; sepals ovate. "If. . H. Native of Germany, Switzer- 

 land, France, and Siberia. Barrel, icon. t. 580. ? Gmel. sib. 4. 

 t. 63. f. 2. Vaill. par. 7. t. 2. f. 3. Flowers white. 



Stone Sandwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 732. PI. to foot. 



49 A. PE'NDULA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. l.p. 90. t. 87.) stems 

 filiform, rooting, very long, diffuse ; flower-bearing branches 

 erect ; leaves linear, flat, acute, somewhat fasciculate ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, shorter than the petals ; capsules depressed, 

 globose (6-valved ?). If. . H. Native of Hungary on chalky 

 rocks. Flowers white. Filaments of stamens hairy at their base. 



Pendulous Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 8 1 6. PL i to $ ft. 



50 A. TENUIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 667.) leaves awl-shaped, seta- 

 ceous ; stems panicled, forked ; sepals awl-shaped, striated, 

 much longer than the petals ; capsules of 3 valves, hardly 

 exceeding the calyx in length. Q.H. Native of dry barren 

 sandy fields, and on walls in many parts of Europe. In Britain 

 in several parts of Cambridgeshire ; at Oxburgh, Norfolk, 

 Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 219. 

 Fl. dan. t. 389. Alsine tenuifolia, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 2. 364. f. 

 A. viscosa, Schreb. Lips. 30. Petals white. 



Var. a., Vaillantiana (D. C. prod. 1. p. 406.) stems tufted, 

 erect, glabrous, branching at the top. Vaill. par. t. 3. f. 1. 



Var. ft, Barrelieri (D. C. 1. c.) stems much branched, glabrous, 

 rather procumbent. A. Barrelieri, Vill. dauph. 4. p. 634. 

 Barrel, icon. t. 580. Native of Dauphiny. 



Var. y, simpliciuscula (Ser. mss.) stem glabrous, erect, upper 

 part branched ; calyx glabrous ; stamens 3 or 4. 



Var. S, hybrida (D. C. 1. c.) stem straight, glabrous ; calyxes 

 clothed with glandular viscid hairs. A. hybrida, Vill. dauph. 4. 

 p. 634. t. 47. A. pentandra, Duf. ann. gen. 7. p. 292. Native 

 of Dauphiny. 



Var, c, viscidula (D. C. 1. c.) stems erect, upper part branched, 

 and are as well as calyxes covered with viscid hairs. A. visci- 

 dula, Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 219. A. dubia, Sut. fl. helv. ]. 

 E. 266. A. viscosa, Pers. ench. 1. p. 504. Native of Switzer- 

 md. 



Fine-leaved Sandwort. Fl. Ju. July. Brit. PL i to | foot. 



51 A. VILLOSA (Ledeb. ex Steud. nom. 67. descr. ex Fisch. 

 in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 406.) leaves linear, awl-shaped, 3- 

 nerved, ciliated ; stems pubescent, villous ; sepals ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, striated, 3-nerved, with membranaceous 

 margins, longer than the corolla. l/.H. Native of Siberia. 

 Flowers white. 



Villous-stemmeA Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PL **>! foot. 



52 A. CALYCI'NA (Poir. voy. 2. p. 167. diet. 6. p. 370.) plant 



very smooth ; leaves grassy, short ; peduncles very long, gene- 

 rally 1 -flowered ; sepals lanceolate, . very acute, with mem- 

 branaceous margins ; petals oblong, narrow, much shorter than 

 the calyx ; capsules oval, of 5 valves, almost equal in length to 

 the calyx. O- H. Native of Barbary. Petals white. 



Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL 



| to f foot. 



53 A. ? SPINULIFLORA (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 406.)plant 

 very smooth ; leaves filiform, obtuse ; flowers dichotomously- 

 panicled, numerous, small ; sepals lanceolate, membranaceous, 

 pellucid, with long points ; petals very short ; stamens 5 ? 

 Native of the Levant. Petals white. 



Spiny-flowered Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PL ^ to foot. 



54 A. TRIA'NDRA (Schrank. hort. monac. t. 30.) stem dicho- 

 tomous, diffuse ; leaves flat, linear, very narrow ; corolla smaller 

 than the calyx ; flowers triandrous ; capsules of 3 valves. 

 Q. H. Native? Minuartia tenuifolia, Mart. hort. erlang, 

 p. 44. ex Schrank. 1. c. Petals white. Perhaps only a variety 

 of A. tenuifolia. 



Triandrous Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL ^ 

 to \ foot. 



55 A. EMARGINA V TA (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 202.) stems erect ; 

 leaves linear, bluntish ; sepals lanceolate ; petals emarginate. 

 shorter than the calyx. Q. H. Native of Portugal on dry 

 hills beyond the Tagus, and of Algiers. Stems racemose, clammy. 

 Leaves sessile. Petals reddish, emarginate. Schlecht. in berl. 

 mag. 1816. p. 212. ? 



Emarginate-petaXled Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PL \ to \ ft. 



56 A. MEDITERRA'NEA (Ledeb. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 431.) 

 stem very much branched ; leaves linear, recurved ; sepals 

 striated, with long points and membranaceous margins, much 

 longer than the corolla ; capsules longer than the calyx. Q. H. 

 Native ? This was sent under the name of A. calyclna, see 

 Horn. hafn. and A. calyclna, Pers. Peduncles very long. 

 Petals white. 



Mediterranean Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PL \ to \ ft. 



57 A. RECU'RVA (All. ped. no. 1713. t. 89. f. 8.) leaves ra- 

 dical, crowded, recurved, awl-shaped, leaning rather to one 

 side ; stems tufted, simple, generally 3-flowered ; sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, striated, covered with glandular hairs as well as the 

 peduncles ; petals ovate, a little longer than the sepals ; capsules 

 ovate, of 3 valves, shorter than the calyx ; seeds somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, hardly dotted. If. H. Native of the higher 

 Alps of Europe in stony meadows, particularly in Switzerland, 

 Italy, Austria, and Moravia. Jacq. coll. 1. p. 244. t. 16. f. 1. 

 There is a variety of this plant with from 1-8 flowers on each 

 stem. Flowers white. 



Var. /3, hispidula (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 406.) stems, 

 leaves, and peduncles covered with glandular hairs. If. . H. 

 Native of Vallais. Flowers white. 



Recurved-leaved Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 822. PL ! ft. 



58 A. HIRSU'TA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 349.) plant hairy ; leaves 

 awl-shaped, 3-nerved, bluntish ; lower leaves imbricate, re- 

 curved; stems declinate ; panicle many-flowered, dichotomous; 

 sepals acute, somewhat 5-nerved, hairy, almost equal in length 

 to the corolla ; capsule 3-valved ; seeds rather disciform, with 

 echinated margins. % . H. Native of Tauria on high moun- 

 tains. Flowers white. Perhaps only a variety of A. recurva. 



Hairy Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL % foot. 



59 A. CALYCULA'TA (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 7.) plant somewhat 

 pubescent ; leaves thickish, somewhat fasciculate, semicylin- 

 drical, awl-shaped, curved ; sepals lanceolate, elongated, acutish, 

 5-nerved, with membranaceous margins ; petals entire ; capsules 

 ovate, longer than the calyx. 7f . H. Native of Hungary. 

 Flowers white. 



Calculated Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL ft. 

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