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1. A. peploides. Sea Sandicort. Leaves egg-shaped, acute, 



fleshy ; leaves of the calyx obtuse, ribless. Root extensively 



creeping. The whole plant smooth and succulent, with inconspi- 

 cuous white flowers. Perennial : flo,wers in June and July : 

 grows abundantly on the sea-coast in sandy and gravelly places. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iii.'pl. 189. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 306. 679. 



2. A. trinervis. Plantain-leaved Sandwort. Leaves egg-shaped, 

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

 ribbed, with a rough keel. Hoot 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. pi. 1483. Eng. FL 

 vol. ii. p. 307. 680. 



3. A. serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 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. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in August and September : grows on mountains 

 in Ireland : rare. Found by Mr. Mackay in Sligo. Eng. Bot. pi. 

 1745. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 182. 682. 



5. A. Norvegica. Norwegian Sandwort. Leaves spathulate, 

 fleshy, glabrous ; stems procumbent, much branched, fleshy, gla- 

 brous ; calyx half 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. tenuifolia. Fine-leaved Sandwort. 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. Fl. vol. ii. p. 308. 684. 



7. A. verna. Vernal Sandicort. 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, blunt- 

 ish ; 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 Sandicotf. Leaves awl-shaped; 

 stem erect, straight, corymbose ; petals very short; lateral ribs of 



the calyx dilated. Stems four or five inches high : flowers in 



crowded panicles: petals white, much shorter than the calyx. 



