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crowded. Flowers in an open lax cluster that stands 5-10 in. 

 above the foliage. Petals narrow, pointed, white. In pine 

 barrens. Long Island and N. J. to Florida. June. Fig. 452. 

 A related species, with longer leaves, A. stricta, is found on 

 rocky cliffs, especially limestone. Ontario to Virginia, and 

 westward. See No. 462. 



453. Leaves truly opposite, the joints often swollen. (Nos. 

 454-464.) There are 11 species in this group, all with op- 

 posite, toothless leaves, and more or less obviously swollen 

 joints. They all belong in the Pink, or Chickweed, or related 

 families, and all have white flowers (sometimes pinkish in 

 the Bouncing Bet No. 460; and greenish in the Forked 

 Chickweed No. 455). They may be distinguished thus: 



A seabeach plant with fleshy leaves , . Seabeach Sandwort no, 454 

 Not growing in seabeaches ; leaves not fleshy 

 Flowers greenish-white, stalkless, and mostly solitary at the leaf 



j oints Forked Chickweed no. 455 



Flowers white, usually stalked and in clusters 

 Petals fringed or notched, often deeply so 



Flowers about i in. wide White Campion no. 456 



Flowers ^ in. wide or less ; petals notched about Yz their 



length Chickweed no. 457 



Flowers about J4 iri- wide; petals notched almost or quite 

 to the base 

 Leaves narrow, essentially stalkless . . Stitchwort no. 458 



Leaves oval, distinctly stalked Chickweed no. 459 



Petals not fringed, if notched only very shallowly so 



Flowers about i in. broad Bouncing Bet no. 460 



Flowers less than ^ in. broad 

 Leaves more or less oval 



Flowers about ^ in. wide ; leaves ^ in. long 



Sandwort no. 461 



Flowers about ]4, in. wide or less ; leaves about Y^ in. 



long Sandwort no. 462 



Leaves narrow, linear 

 Flowers about Ys in. wide ; leaves scarcely Y in. long . . 



Pearlwort no. 463 



Flowers about Yz i"- wide ; leaves about Y2 in. long . . 

 Mountain Sandwort no. 464 



454. Seabeach Sandwort. Honkcnya pcploides. (Arenaria 

 peploides.) (Alsinaceae.) A fleshy seabeach perennial with 

 thick succulent leaves arranged in conspicuously 2-ranked 

 pairs. Flowers white in a few-flowered but compact, mostly 



