34 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



4. ARENA'RIA, L. SANDWORT. 



1. A. serpyllifo'lia, L. (THYME - LEAVED S.) Much 

 branched, 2-6 inches high, roughish-pubescent. Leaves 

 small, ovate, acute. Petals white, hardly as long as the 

 sepals. Sepals pointed, 3-5-nerved. Pod pointed, 6- toothed, 

 Sandy fields. 



2. A. strieta, Michx. (A. Michauxii, Hook., in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) Stem erect, or diffusely spreading from a small 

 root. Leaves awl-shaped or bristle-form, the upper ones 

 reduced to 1-nerved bracts, crowded in the axils. Cyme 

 diffuse, many-flowered. Sepals pointed, 3-ribbed, half as 

 long as the white petals. Rocky fields. 



3. A. lateriflo'ra, L. Stem erect, slender, minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves oval or oblong, -1 inch long. Peduncles 

 usually three-flowered. Sepals obtuse. Petals white, large, 

 twice as long as the sepals. Flower ^ of an inch across 

 when fully expanded. Gravelly shores. 



4. A. Grcenlan'diea, Spreng., is densely tufted, with soft 

 filiform-linear leaves. Flowering stems erect, smooth, 2-4 

 inches high, few-flowered. Sepals oblong, obtuse, nerveless. 

 Atl. sea-coast. 



5. A. peploi'des, L., with very fleshy stems and leaves, the 

 latter somewhat clasping, occurs eastward towards the sea- 

 coast. 



5. STELLA'RIA, L. CHICKWEED. STAR WORT. 



1. S. media, Smith. (COMMON CHICKWEED.) Stems 

 branching, decumbent, soft and brittle, marked lengthwise 

 with one or two pubescent lines. Lower leaves on hairy 

 petioles, ovate. Flowers small, white. Petals shorter than 

 the sepals. Extremely common in damp grounds and old 

 gardens. 



2. S. longifo'lia, Muhl. (LONG -LEAVED STITCHWOBT.) 

 Stems branching, very weak and brittle, supporting them- 

 selves on other plants. Leaves linear. Pedicels of the 

 flowers long, slender, and spreading-, reflexed. Petals white, 

 longer than the 3-nerved sepals. Low grassy banks of 

 streams. 



