60 14. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



lateral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 6 in. 

 long. Fl. terminal, 1, 2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. 

 Whole plant often quite glabrous. Sometimes (S. ylandulosa 

 Bess.) the upper parts of the st., the connecting membrane of 

 the 1., and the base of the cal. are glandular-hairy. Wet and 

 sandy places. P. VII. VIII. Knotted Spurrey. E. S. I. 



7. HOMENE'JA ElirJi. 



1. H.peplvides (Ehrh.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 

 1- veined, pet. obovate, sep. ovate blunt 1-veined shorter than 

 the petals. Arenaria L. Ammodenia Gni. (name only). 

 Halianthus Fr. Mimiartia Hiern. E. B. 189. St. forked, 

 procumbent, rhizomatous. Fl. from the forks of the stem, fre- 

 quently direcious or polygamous. Caps, large, globose. Seeds 

 few, large. Sandy sea-coasts. P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



8. MINTTAB'TIA Linn. (Alsine, Wahl. ed. viii. not Linn.) 



1. M. stric'ta (Hiern) ; 1. filiform veinless, fl. -shoots erect 

 naked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuate below, 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 3- veined (when dry), ped. terminal 

 1 3 very long. Aren. uliginosa Schlecht. E. B. S. 2890. 

 St. prostrate, caespitose. Widdy-bank Fell, Teesdale. P. VI. E. 



2. M. ver'na (Hiern) ; /. linear-subulate acute 3-veined, pet. 

 exceeding the calyx rounded-obovate attenuate below, sep. ovate- 

 lanceolate acute 3- veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1- or many-fiowered. - E. B. 512. St. 34 in. high. L. 

 usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute point. Bracts 

 acute. /3. Aren. Gerardi (Willd.) ; 1 . subulate bluntish not 

 apiculate, pet. elliptic shortly clawed scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. R. v. 208. L. usually pressed close to the stem. 

 Rocky places in mountainous districts. j3. On the hills above 

 Kynance Cove near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. P. V. IX. 



E.S.I. 



3. M. rubella (Hiern) ; 1. linear-subulate blunt 3-veined, pet. 

 obovate attenuate below shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1-fiowered. E. B. S. 2638. Aren. sulcata Schlecht. Like a 

 Sagina. St. many, short. Bracts blunt. Flowering shoots 

 terminal, downy, nearly always 1-fl., about 1 in. long, with 

 13 pairs of leaves. Ped. longer than calyx. Styles and valves 

 of caps. 3 5. Tops of Scottish mountains, very rare. [Ser- 

 pentine hills, Shetland, Mr. W. H. Beeby.~] P. VII. VIII. S. 



