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6. Arenaria verna L/. Vernal Sand- 

 wort. (Fig. 1504.) 



Arenaria verna L. Mant. 72. 1767. 

 -Arenaria hirta Wormsk. ; Hornem. Fl. Dan. pi, 

 1646. 



Perennial, densely tufted, flowering stems 

 erect or ascending, i'-5' high, branching, gla- 

 brous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves subulate- 

 linear, rather rigid, imbricated below, more dis- 

 tant above, 2 // -4 // long, the upper a little shorter 

 and broader than the lower; flowers 2 // -3 // 

 broad, numerous in loose cymes; pedicels 2 // -4 // 

 long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, i^ 2 // -2 // 

 long, 3-ribbed; petals slightly longer than the 

 sepals; capsule 3-valved, exceeding the sepals; 

 seeds rugose. 



In rocky places, Smuggler's Notch, Vt. ; Mt. Al- 

 bert, Gaspe, Quebec; Labrador and arctic America, 

 south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona. Also in 

 northern and alpine Europe and Asia. Summer. 



7. Arenaria Caroliniana Walt. Pine- 

 barren Sandwort. (Fig. 1505.) 



Arenaria Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 141. 1788. 

 Arenaria squarrosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i- 27-? 

 1803. 



Perennial from a deep root, tufted, more or 

 less glandular-pubescent, base woody, flower- 

 ing stems ascending or erect, 4 / -io / high, 

 nearly simple up to the cymose inflorescence. 

 Lower leaves subulate, rigid, 2 // -3 // long, chan- 

 neled on the inner surface, keeled by the promi- 

 nent midrib, densely imbricated; upper leaves 

 similar, distant; cymes terminal, few-flowered; 

 pedicels ascending or erect; flowers 5 // -8 // 

 broad; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerveless; 

 petals oblanceolate, 3-4 times as long as the 

 calyx; pod short- ovoid, twice as long as the 

 calyx, 3-valved; seeds very nearly smooth. 



In dry sand, southeastern New York, pine bar- 

 rens of New Jersey, south near the coast to Florida 

 and Georgia. May-July. 



8. Arenaria stricta Michx. 



A renaria stricta Michx.Fl. Bor. Am. i : 274. 1803. 

 Alsine Michauxii Fenzl, Verbr. Alsin. table, p. 



18. 1833. 

 Arenaria MicJiau.ritHook. f. Trans. Linn. Soc. 



23: 287. 1867. 



Perennial from a short root, tufted, slender, 

 erect or ascending, glabrous, dark green, 6'- 

 16' high, simple or nearly so to the diffuse 

 cymose bracted inflorescence. Leaves slen- 

 der, rigid, subulate or filiform, broadest at 

 the sessile base, 4 // -io // long, distinctly i- 

 ribbed, spreading, with numerous others 

 fascicled in the axils; pedicels 3 // -i8 // long; 

 flowers 4 // ~5 // broad; calyx ovoid-oblong in 

 fruit; sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 3-ribbed, 2" long, about half the length 

 of the petals and slightly shorter than the 

 ovoid pod; seeds minutely rugose. 



In dry, rocky places, especially limestone 

 bluffs, Ontario and Vermont to Virginia, west to 

 Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missoun. June-July. 



Rock Sandwort. (Fig. 1506.) 



