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* A T o stipides. 



1. A. peptoides. Sea Sandwort. Leaves egg-shaped, acute, fleshy ; 



Jeaves of the calyx obtuse, ribless. Root extensively creeping. The 



whole plant smooth and succulent, with inconspicuous white flowers. 

 Perennial: flowers in June and July: grows abundantly on the sea- 

 coast in sandy and gravelly places. Eng. Bet. vol. iii. pi. 189. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. n. p. 306. 679. 



2. A. tr'mtrvis. Planta.in-lea.ved Sandu-ort. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 acute, three-ribbed, stalked ; leaves of the calyx obscurely three-ribbed, 



with a rough keel. Root small, tapering: stems weak, branching, 



about a foot high: leaves fringed, pale : flowers small, white. Annual : 

 flowers in May and June : grows in woods and moist hedges: common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. p{. 1483. Eng. FU vol. ii, p. 307. 680. 



3. A. serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved Sandiaort. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 nearly sessile, rough ; leaves of the calyx hairy, the three outer five- 

 ribbed. Stems spreading, forked in the upper part, round, rough with 



short hairs : flowers small, white, solitary, from the forks of the stem. 

 Annual : flowers in July: grows on walls and in sandy and waste places; 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 923, Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 307. 681. 



4. A. cilidta.. Fringed Sandwort. Leaves spathulate, somewhat rough, 

 fringed; stems procumbent, much branched, downy; calyx half the 



length of the corolla, lance-shaped, acute, ribbed. Perennial: flowers 



in August and September : grows on mountains in Ireland : rare. Found 

 by Mr. Mackay in Sligo. Eng. Bot. pi. 1745. Brit. Fi. 4th ed. p. 182. 



682. 



5. A. Norvtgica. Norwegian Sandwort. Leaves spathulate, fleshy, 



flabrous; stems procumbent, much branched, fleshy, glabrous; calyx 

 alf the length of the corolla, egg-shaped, acute, ribbed. Perennial : 



flowers in July: discovered by Mr. Thomas Edmonstone, Jun. a young 

 botanist then only eleven years of age. Brit. FL 4th ed. p. 182. 683. 



6. A. tennifulia. Fine-leaved Sandu-ort. Leaves awl -shaped, pointed ; 

 stem panicled ; capsules erect; petals lance-shaped, shorter than the 



calyx. Stems as in the last, about eight inches high : flowers very 



small, white. Annual : flowers in June : grows in dry fields and 

 on walls : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 219. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. 

 p. 308. 684. 



7. A. vtrna. Vernal Sstidwort. Leaves awl-shaped, bluntish ; stem 



panicled; leaves of the calyx three-ribbed, longer than the petals. 



Stems numerous, ascending, three or [four inches long : flowers white. 

 Perennial : flowers in the summer months : grows in hilly pastures: not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 512. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 309. 685. 



8. A. rubella. Little Red Sandwort. Leaves awl-shaped, bluntish ; 

 stems one-flowered ; leaves of the calyx with three equal ribs, longer than 



the petals. Stems very numerous, two or three inches high : petals 



reddish. Perennial: flowers in June: grows on the highest mountains 

 in the north of Scotland : very rare. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 310. 686. 



9. A. fastigidta. Level-topped Sandwort. Leaves a wl -shaped ; stem 

 erect, straight, corymbose ; petals very short ; lateral ribs of the calyx 

 dilated. Stems four or five inches high : flowers in crowded pani- 

 cles : petals white, much shorter than the calyx. Annual: flowers in 

 Jane : found on rocks on the mountains of Angus-shire and Fifeshire, 



