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membranaceous margins ; petals hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 capsules ovate, obtuse (of 5 valves ?) equal in length to the 

 calyx. 0. H. Native of Canada. Petals white. 

 Box-leaved Sandwort. PI. creeping. 



106 A. SERPYILIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 606.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 sessile, rough, ciliated, and smooth ; stems panicled ; sepals 

 hairy, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, 3 outermost 5-nerved, green, 

 opaque, almost double the size of the corolla ; capsules 

 ovate, 6-valved at apex, equal in length to the calyx ; seeds 

 exactly kidney-shaped, wrinkled. Q. H. Native throughout 

 the whole of Europe, on walls and dry sandy ground, common, 

 as well as in North America in cultivated ground, and on road 

 sides from New York to Carolina. Smith, engl. bot. t. 923. 

 Curt. lond. fasc. 4. t. 32. FI. dan. 977. Stellaria serpyllifolia, 

 Scop. earn. no. 544. Flowers white, solitary. 



Var. ft, viscida (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 411.) stems 

 dwarf; leaves and calyxes full of nerves and clammy. 



Wild-Thyme-leavedSandtvfort. Fl. July. Britain. PI. ft. 



107 A. PURSHIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 414.) 

 stem dichotomous, diffuse ; leaves oval, acutish ; peduncles alter- 

 nate, axillary, solitary, elongated ; sepals acute, length of petals. 

 0. H. Native of Labrador on the sea-shore. A. thymifolia, 

 Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 317. but not of Sibth and Smith. 

 Petals white. 



Pursh's Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. -J to ^ foot. 



108 A. THYMIFOLIA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 441.) stems numerous, 

 slender, panicled ; leaves narrow-spatulate, smooth, 3-nerved ; 

 petals unguiculate, ovate, longer than the 3-nerved sepals. . 

 H. Native of Candia. Flowers small, white ; anthers brown- 

 ish. Like A. serpyllifolia. 



Thyme-leaved Sandwort. PI. -g to \ foot. 



109 A. COIMBRICE'NSIS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 200. phyt. lus. p. 

 1 79. t. 73.) leaves fleshy, lanceolate, nerveless, glabrous on the 

 under surface, but pubescent on the upper surface ; stem pa- 

 nicled, dichotomous, erect ; petals twice as long as the sepals ; 

 capsules 6-valved at the apex ; sepals bluntish, nerveless, 

 shorter than the corolla. . H. Native of Portugal in sandy 

 ground near Coimbra and elsewhere. Petals white. 



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



110 A. PUBE'SCENS (D'Urv. enum. pi. arch. p. 50.) plant pu- 

 bescent ; leaves ovate, acute, on short footstalks ; stems spread- 

 ing, branched, elongated ; sepals acute, shorter than the corolla. 

 T; . H. Native of the island of Cos on the summits of the 

 mountains at the height of 1 200 feet above the level of the sea. 

 Flowers white. Very like A. ciliata, but differing in all parts of 

 the plant being densely clothed with down ; the leaves are nar- 

 rower, and the sepals are not striped. 



Pubescent Sandwort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PL i foot. 



111 A. CINE'REA (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 811.) plant grey, hairy ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliated, upper ones distant, lan- 

 ceolate, acute ; flowers in dichotomous panicles, on long pedun- 

 cles ; sepals lanceolate, acute, somewhat keeled, almost one-half 

 smaller than the corolla ; capsules ovate, equal in length with the 

 calyx, of 6 valves ; valves callose at the apex. If. . H. Native 

 of the south of France. Flowers white. 



Cinereous Sandwort. Fl. April, Aug. PI. -j foot. 



112 A. BREVICAU'LIS (Sternb. in Spreng. pi. min. cog. 1. p. 

 31.) leaves oblong, acutish, 3-nerved, ciliated, somewhat imbri- 

 cate ; stems prostrate ; sepals lanceolate, acuminated, striped, 

 exceeding the petals in length, with membranaceous margins. 

 1? ? H. Native of the Alps of Rhaetia. Petals white. Very 

 like A. ciliata, but differing in the stems being erect, leaves 

 blunt, 1 -nerved ; sepals smaller, and petals 1 -nerved. 



Short-stemmed Sandwort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PI. ft. 



113 A. SCA'BRA (Poir. diet. 6. p. 377.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, spreading, scabrous ; stem simple, very short ; peduncles 



panicled, dichotomous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, striped, rough, 

 with membranaceous margins, shorter than the corolla. If. ? H. 

 Native of the Alps of Europe. Flowers white. 



Scabrous-]eaved Sandwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1822. PL $ ft. 



114 A. REDO'WSKII (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaen, 1. p. 58.) 

 leaves elliptical, acute at both ends, mucronate, membranous, 

 ciliated at the base ; stems procumbent, tufted; sepals ovate, 

 acuminated, shorter than the corolla ; petals longer than the 

 calyx. Tf.. H. Native of Siberia. Like A. ciliata. 



Redorvski's Sandwort. PI. procumbent. 



115 A. CRE'TICA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 396.) stem tufted; 

 leaves crowded, oblong, acute, stiffish, smooth ; peduncles ter- 

 minal, usually 1 -flowered, clammy-pubescent ; sepals keeled, 

 acutish, shorter than the corolla. If. H. Native of Candia. 

 A. hirta, Sieb. 



Cretan Sandwort. PI. -j foot. 



116 A. CILIA'TA (Lin. spec. 608.) leaves ovate or obovate, 

 roughish, with a few hairs, 1 -nerved, and ciliated ; stems pro- 

 cumbent ; flowers usually solitary; sepals ovate, acute, 5-7- 

 ribbed ; petals obovate, twice as long as the sepals ; capsules 

 ovate, of 6-valves, equal in length to the calyx, if.. H. Native 

 of Europe on high mountains. In Ireland upon the limestone 

 cliffs of a high mountain adjoining to Ben Bulben, in the 

 county of Sligo. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1745. Fl. dan. t. 346. 

 Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 245. t. 16. f. 1. Fl. dan. t. 346. A 

 thick, tufted, spreading, procumbent plant. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, multicaulis (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 783.) leaves pulpy 

 and somewhat leathery, and with the sepals scarcely nerved. 

 A. multicaulis, Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 248. 1. 17. f. 1. Flowers 

 white. 



Ciliated-\ea.\ed Sandwort. Fl. July, Sep. Ireland. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



117 A. SCOPULORUM (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. 

 p. 31.) stems elongated, much branched, procumbent; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, acute, 1-nerved, membranaceous, with the 

 margins and the back ciliated ; calyx glabrous, shorter than the 

 petals ; capsules containing only 2 or 3 seeds ; seeds smooth, 

 shining. If. F. Native of the Andes of Peru at the height 

 of 5100 feet. A. digyna, Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 

 1816. p. 201. Flowers white. 



Rocky Sandwort. PI. procumbent. 



118 A. DECUSSA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. in berl. mag. 

 1816. p. 35.) plant very much branched, creeping; branches 

 hairy ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, mucronate, with thickened 

 margins, 1-nerved, stiff, ciliated ; petals longer than the sepals ; 

 ovary containing 4 or 5 seeds. I/ . F. Native of Mexico near 

 Moran at the height of 3990 feet above the level of the sea. 

 H. B. and Kunth, gen. et spec. 6. p. 34. Petals white. 



Decussate-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. PI. 5 to ^ foot. 



119 A. SE'RPENS (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 

 32.) plant much branched, creeping, glabrous ; leaves oblong, 

 somewhat spatulate, obtuse, rather fleshy, veinless, ciliated at 

 the base ; petals hardly longer than the sepals ; capsules con- 

 taining generally about 15 seeds ; seeds smooth, shining. If. 

 F. Native of Peru at the bottom of mount Chimborazo, at the 

 height of 4920 feet. Flowers white. 



Serpent Sandwort. PI. creeping. 



120 A. RADDIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 412.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the base, ciliated ; stems very long, 

 branched, prostrate, glabrous, quadrangular ; peduncles axillary, 

 1 to 3-flowered ; flowers apetalous. ? F. Native of Madeira. 

 Sepals lanceolate, pellucid, with three green nerves. Bracteas 

 two, somewhat similar to the sepals. A. alsinoides, Raddi brev. 

 osserv. p. 13. but not of Willd. 



Raddi's Sandwort. PI. prostrate. 



121 A. NORVE'OICA (Gunn. fl. norv. 2. no. 1100. t. 9. f. 7-9. 



