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CARYOPHYLLEjE. XXXII. ARENARIA. 



60 A. GLA'BRA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 274.) plant very 

 smooth, erectish, many-stemmed ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, flat, 

 spreading ; pedicels 1 -flowered, elongated, divaricating ; sepals 

 oval, bluntish, smooth, shorter than the corolla. I/ . H. Native 

 of North Carolina on rocks. Stellaria uniflora, Walt. fl. carol, 

 p. 141. Flowers white. 



Glabrous Sand-wort. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



61 A. RUPE'STRIS (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 4. p. 8. t. 4. f. 1.) 

 stems ascending ; leaves setaceous, obtuse, somewhat curved, 

 crowded, a little ciliated beneath ; flowers panicled, from 2-4 ; 

 sepals ovate, oblong, rather hairy, 3-nerved ; petals oval-oblong, 

 twice as long as the sepals ; disk glandular under the ovary ; 

 capsules of 3 valves, hardly exceeding the calyx in length. Tf..H. 

 Native of Mount Lebanon. Flowers white. 



Rock Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



62 A. SETA'CEA (Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 220.) stem very 

 much branched ; flowers panicled, fastigiate ; leaves setaceous, 

 in bundles, ciliated at their base, all leaning to one side ; sepals 

 awl-shaped, acute, with white, membranaceous margins, almost 

 equal in length with the petals ; capsules of 3 valves, rising 

 above the calyx. If. . H. Native among stones on dry hills 

 about Paris and Fontainebleau. Flowers white. 



Var. a, pilosa (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) stems 

 hairy at the bottom. "%.. H. A. heteromalla, Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 504. A. saxatilis, Loisel. fl. gall. p. 261. exclusive of the 

 synonymes of Lin. and Vahl. 



Var, ft, rugosa (Ser. mss. in D. C. 1. c.) stem pubescent at 

 the bottom, y.. H. A. heteromalla, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 350. 

 Flowers white. Plant greenish-glaucous. 



Setaceous-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 

 to \ foot. 



63 A. FASCICULA^TA (Gouan. ill. 30.) leaves awl-shaped, 

 setaceous, in bundles ; stems erect, straight, almost simple ; 

 flowers fascicled ; pedicels shorter than the leaves ; sepals 

 unequal, acuminated, somewhat membranaceous, with two narrow 

 lines, almost twice the length of the obtuse petals ; capsules of 

 3 valves, shorter than the calyx ; seeds kidney-shaped, rough, 

 with rather serrated margins. $ . H. Native in sandy or gra- 

 velly sunny places, in many parts of Europe, particularly about 

 Montpeiier, Austria, and Carniola. In Scotland on rocks in 

 Fifeshire and the mountains of Angus-shire. Jacq. austr. 2. t. 

 182. A. fastigiata, Smith, engl. bot. t. 1744. Alsine mucro- 

 nata, Lam. diet. 4. p. 310. Stellaria rubra, Scop. earn. 1. p. 

 316.1.17. Stems often purplish. Petals white. 



-FasczcW-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June. Scotland. PI. % ft. 



64 A. FASTIGIA'TA (Lin. syst. nat. ed. 12. vol. 3. p. 733. 

 Smith, fl. grsec. 442.) stem fastigiate, leafy, pubescent, viscid, 

 villous ; panicle leafy ; sepals linear-lanceolate, very long, 

 ciliated ; petals very short ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, ciliated, 

 connate. Q. H. Native of Asia Minor. Flowers in racemose 

 panicles. 



Fastigiate Sandwort. PI. i foot. 



65 A. FRANKLINI (Hook. fl. bor. amer. t. 35.) root fusiform; 

 stems numerous ; panicle fastigiate, crowded ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminated ; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the 

 sepals ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, finely ciliated. at the base and 

 connate; capsule 6-valved at the apex. I/ . H. Native of North 

 America in the arctic regions. Flowers white. 



Franklin's Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. 1. foot. 



66 A. FILIFOLIA (Forsk. descr. p. 211. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 33. 

 t. 12.) leaves setaceous, crowded, 2-ribbed; stems suffruticose, 

 forked ; peduncles terminal, 1-2-flowered ; sepals very narrow, 

 equal in length with the corolla. y. . H. Native of Arabia on 

 Mount Boka. Petals white. 



Thread-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. -I to ^ foot. 



67 A. MUCRONA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 791.) leaves setaceous, 



not ciliated at the base ; stems tufted, prostrate at the base ; 

 panicle rather forked ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; sepals 

 acuminated, somewhat membranaceous, with 2 lateral ribs, 

 awned, longer than either the petals or capsule ; capsules of 3 

 valves. 0. H. Native about Montpeiier on rocks. A. fascicu- 

 lata/3, rostrata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 504. Alsine mucronata, Gouan. 

 ill. 22. A. mutabilis, Lapeyr. abr. 256. Petals white. Perhaps 

 only a variety of A.fasciculata. 



Afc-onate-sepalled Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ to ^ ft. 



68 A. OLOMEKA'TA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 350. suppl. p. 311.) 

 plant pubescent, hoary ; leaves awl-shaped, straight ; flowers on 

 very short pedicels, disposed in glomerate heads ; sepals 

 scariose, with 2-stripes, acuminated, much longer than the 

 petals ; capsule 3-valved. Q. H. Native of Tauria on calca- 

 reous rocks. Petals white. Allied to A.fasciculata, but dif- 

 fers in the stem being branched from the base. 



Var. /3, elatior (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) panicle 

 rather looser; pedicels longer. O- H. Native among rocks 

 about Odessa. 



Glomerate-flowered Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. i to | foot. 



69 A. LARI'CINA (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaca. 1. p. 57.) de- 

 cumbent ; leaves stiff, awl-shaped, ciliated, with bundles of small 

 leaves in the axillae ; flowers few, terminal ; petals twice the 

 length of the calyx ; seeds disk-formed, ciliated. l/.H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia. Spergula laricina, Lin. spec. 631. Smith, icon, 

 ined. 1. p. 18. t. 18. Lam. ill. t. 392. f. 3. Spergula arenarioides, 

 Herb. Willd. 



Larch-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PL -|- to -J foot. 



70 A. ULIGINOSA (Schleich. cent. exs. 1. no. 47. D. C. fl. fr. 

 4. p. 786. icon. pi. gall. p. 14. t. 46.) stem erect, branched from 

 the base ; leaves linear, bluntish ; branches naked ; peduncles 

 twin, 1 -flowered, generally terminal, furnished with two bracteas 

 at the base of each ; sepals lanceolate, nerveless, hardly longer 

 than the ovate petals ; capsules ovate, of 3-valves, equal in length 

 to the calyx ; seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, orange-coloured. 

 %. H. Native of Jura, Siberia, and Lapland, in turfy bogs. 

 Spergula stricta, Swartz, act. holm, and in Schrad. journ. 1800. 

 vol. 2. p. 256. Petals white. 



Var. (3, purpurata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 407.) stems 

 and calyxes purple. A. muscorum, Adams ex Fisch. in litt. 

 Bog Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. | foot. 



71 A. POLYGONOI'DES (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 241. t. 15.) 

 plant procumbent ; leaves linear, obtuse, ciliated ; peduncles 

 either in twos or threes, 1 -flowered, furnished with two bracteas 

 at the middle of each ; sepals oblong-linear, obtuse, without 

 nerves, hardly shorter than the corolla ; capsules ovate, of 3 

 valves, hardly exceeding the calyx ; seeds somewhat disciform, 

 black. I/ . H. Native of Switzerland in stony places. A. 

 obtusa, All. ped. t. 64. f. 4. Stellaria ciliata, Scop. fl. earn, 

 ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 315. no. 536. t. 17. Stellaria biflora, Gun. fl. 

 norv. 1. p. 45. no. 91. Petals white. 



Var. J3, occulta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 408.) peduncles very long, 

 1 -flowered. I/. H. Native of Siberia on the Altaian moun- 

 tains. A. occulta, Fisch. in litt. Petals white. 



Polygonum-like Sandwort. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1822. PI. -t ft. 



72 A. BAVA'RICA (Lin. atncen. 4. p. 315.) leaves linear, semi- 

 cylindrical, fleshy, obtuse, longer than the spaces of the stem 

 between the leaves ; stems branched, somewhat dichotomous, 

 hard, jointed; peduncles terminal, generally in pairs, y.. H. 

 Native of Bavaria and Siberia. Saxifraga Bavarica, Ray, hist. 

 1033. A. Ponae, Rchb. icon. t. 138. Petals white. Seeds 

 few. 



Bavarian Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. foot. 



73 A. SAJANE'NSIS (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 200.) leaves linear, bluntish ; stems procumbent ; peduncles 



