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terminal, very short, 1 -flowered; sepals 1 -nerved. !(. ? H. 

 Native of the Altaian mountains at Sajan. Petals white. 

 Sajan Sand wort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



74 A. JU'NCEA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 309.) stems erect, 

 simple ; leaves linear, setaceous, rough, ciliated ; panicle dicho- 

 tomous, pubescent ; sepals acute, villous, obscurely 3-nerved, 

 almost equal in length to the corolla. O ? H. Native of Tauria. 

 Petals white. 



Rush-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ to | foot. 



75 A. VERTICILI,A'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 725.) leaves awl- 

 shaped, stiff) spinose, and are as well as the flowers disposed in 

 whorls ; peduncles 4-flowered, somewhat capitate ; sepals linear, 

 awl-shaped, pungent ; petals lanceolate. Tj . H. Native of 

 Armenia between Erzerum and Tocat. Petals white. 



JVhorled-leaved. Sandwort. FL June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 J foot. 



76 A. FILIFO'RMIS (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 4. p. 8. t. 3. f. 2.) 

 stem simple, filiform, naked at the top ; leaves setaceous, acumi- 

 nated ; panicle somewhat dichotomous, few-flowered ; sepals 

 elliptical, glabrous ; petals oval-oblong, tapering to the base, 

 twice as long as the sepals ; capsules of 3 -valves (longer than the 

 calyx?) seeds kidney-shaped. Q. H. Native of the island of 

 Cyprus. Petals white. 



/zft/brm-stemmed Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. -J to \ ft. 



77 A. PHARNACEOIDES (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 408.) 

 leaves filiform, mucronate, somewhat fasciculate ; stem branched ; 

 flowers somewhat umbellate ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; petals twice 

 as long as sepals. Q? H. Native of the Levant. Stems and 

 peduncles partly clothed with glandular hairs. Flowers white. 



Pharnaceum-like Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



78 A. PI'CTA (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 439.) stems leaf- 

 less, dichotomous, hairy towards the top ; leaves tufted, awl- 

 shaped; petals emarginate, veiny on the under surface. O- H. 

 Native of the island of Cyprus in fields. Petals white, but 

 veined on the under surface with red. 



jPamterf-petalled Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



79 A. MARGINA V TA (Bieb. in herb. Willd. ex Schlecht. berl. 

 mag. 1816. p. 212. but not of D. C.) stems ciliated; leaves 

 linear awl-shaped, smoothish ; sepals acute, edged. l . H. 

 Native of Eastern Siberia. Plant small, almost woody, much 

 branched. Petals white. 



.Erfged-sepalled Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



80 A. CANE'SCENS (Vahl. herb, ex Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 

 964. in add.) leaves awl-shaped, fleshy ; sepals nerved, one- 

 half shorter than the petals. % . H. Native ? A. macrocarpa, 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 964. but not of Pursh. Flowers white. 



Canescent Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. ft. 



81 A.? JURE'SSI (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag.1816. 

 p. 212.) leaves linear, awl-sbaped, leaning rather to one side; 

 sepals lanceolate. I/ ? H. Native of Portugal on mount Gerez. 

 Petals white. Plant dwarf, tufted. 



Juress's Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



82 A. PU'LCHRA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 212.) plant erect, glabrous; leaves linear, awl- shaped; 

 flowers panicled ; sepals membranaceous, edged, shorter than the 

 petals. 1{. ? H. Native on mount Ararat. Flowers large, white. 



Fair Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. -|- foot. 



83 A.? ARMERI'NA (Bory, ann. gen. sc. ph. 3. 1820. p. 5.) 

 stems diffuse, woody ; leaves connate, linear, acute, stiff, when 

 old recurved ; flowers capitate. T? . F. Native of Spain in 

 hedges near Sierra Nevada. Petals white. 



Sweet- William Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Shrub \ foot. 



84 A. EXTE'NSA (Duf. ann. gen. 7. p. 291.) plant regularly 

 pubescent, diffuse, branched ; stems elongated ; leaves linear ; 

 flowers loosely panicled ; petals length of calyx ; capsules ob- 

 versely conical, inclosed within the calyx. ^ ? H. Native of 



Spain on arid hills in the province of Valentia. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. 



Extended Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. J foot. 



85 A. ? RAFINESQUIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 409.) 

 leaves imbricated, awl-shaped, acute ; stems sparingly branched, 

 rather erect ; peduncles solitary, terminal, almost naked, 1 or 3- 

 flowered; stamens 8 or 10. % ? H. Native of North America 

 in New Jersey. A. imbricata, Rafinesque journ. bot. 1. p. 229. 

 suppl. 5. p. 8. but not of Bieb. Petals white. 



Rafinesque' s Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. |. foot. 



86 A. ? CHERLE'RIJE (Fisch. in litt. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 409.) 

 plant small, tufted ; leaves linear, awl-shaped, curved at the 

 points ? rather imbricate ; flowers terminal or somewhat corym- 

 bose ; sepals oblong, bluntish, rather membranaceous, twice as 

 long as the narrow petals. Q. H. Native, of Siberia. A. 

 Dahiirica, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 398. Petals white. 



Var. a, unifldra (D. C. 1. c.) flowers solitary, terminal ; stem 

 almost wanting ; leaves curved at the points. O- H. Native 

 of Dahuria on rocks near Graadina. Habit of Cherleria sedoides, 

 Petals white. 



Var. f$, fasciculata (D. C. 1. c.) flowers somewhat umbellate ; 

 stem elongated ; leaves not curved at the points. O- H. Native 

 of Dahuria, very common in places exposed to the sun. Petals 

 white. 



Cherleria-like Sandwort. Fl. March, May. PI. -5- to -| foot. 



3. Leaves lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, oval, spatulate or 

 roundish. The plants of this division are easily known from the 

 rest in the leaves neither being grassy nor setaceous, 



87 A. TETRA'QUETRA (Lin. spec. 605.) leaves ovate, keeled, 

 recurved, edged, imbricated in four rows ; stems straight, pu- 

 bescent ; flowers somewhat capitate ; sepals stiff, acute, keeled, 

 ciliated, almost equal in length to the corolla ; capsules ovate, 

 truncate, of 6-valves, with the valves callose at the apex ; seeds 

 kidney-shaped, very rough. 1(L. H. Native of France and the 

 shores of the Mediterranean on sterile mountains. Flowers white. 



Var. a, laxifdlia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 409.) leaves distant; 

 heads many- flowered ; stems elongated. 1. H. Native of 

 Piedmont, Pyrenees, and about Montpelier. All.ped.no. 1718. 

 t. 89. f. 1. Magn. p. 53. icon. 



Var. ft, densifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves densely imbricated ; 

 heads few-flowered ; stems short. A. imbricata, Lag. in litt. 

 Gypsophila aggregata, Lin. spec. 581. 2/.H. Native of the 

 shores of the Mediterranean. 



Square-stemmed Sandwort. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. ^ to -| ft. 



88 A. AMA'BILIS (Bory. ann. gen. sc. phys. 3. 1820. p. 5.) 

 leaves triangular, concave, acute, revolute ; stems branched, 

 level topped, tufted, naked at the bottom ; peduncles almost 

 wanting, leafy ; sepals rigid. If.. H. Native of Spain at Sierra 

 Nevada. Petals white. Perhaps A. imbricita, Lag. ann. 5. 

 p. 278 ? 



Lovely Sandwort. Fl. Aug. PI. J foot. 



89 A. GIESE'KII (Horn. fl. dan. t. 1518.) plant glandular, 

 hispid ; leaves linear-lanceolate, stiff", 3-nerved ; peduncles very 

 long, almost naked, 1 -flowered ; sepals lanceolate, acute, 3- 

 nerved, longer than the corolla ; capsules of 3, rarely of 6-valves, 

 almost twice as long as the calyx ; seeds kidney-shaped, rough- 

 ish. "11 . H. Native of Greenland. Petals white. 



Gieseke's Sandwort. PI. ^ foot. 



90 A. RUBICU'NDA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 399.) stem erect, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate-linear, pubescent ; pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered, elongated ; sepals acuminated, hairy, 

 shorter than the corolla. I/ . H. Native of Siberia. A. pur- 

 purea, Willd. herb. Flowers purplish. 



Reddish-fiowered Sandwort. PI. J foot. 



91 A. MUSCORUM (Fisch. in litt. but not of Adams, D. C. 



