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minal 1 3 very long. Aren. uliginosa E. B. S. 2890. Alsinanthe 

 R. v. 209. St. prostrate, csespitose. Teesdale moors, very rare. 

 Mr. J. Backhouse. P. VI. E. 



'2. A. verna (Jacq.); I- linear-subulate acute 3-veined, pet. 

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

 lanceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1- or many-flowered. Arenaria Sm., E. B. 512. Triphane R. 

 v. 207. L. usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute 

 point. j3. A. Gerardi (R.) ; 1. subulate bluntish not apiculate, 

 pet. elliptical shortly clawed scarcely longer than the calyx. L. 

 usually pressed close to the stem. Rocky places in mountainous 

 districts. ^. On the hills above Kynance Cove near the Lizard 

 Point, Cornwall. P. V. IX. 



3. A. rubella (Wahl.); L linear- subulate blunt 3-veined, pet. 

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

 ceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1 -flowered. E. B. S. 2638. Wahl. Lap. t. 6. St. many. 

 Flowering shoots terminal, downy, nearly always single-flowered, 

 about an inch long, with 1 3 pairs of leaves. Ped. longer than 

 the calyx. Styles and valves of the capsule 3 5. Summits of 

 the Scotch mountains, very rare. P. VII. VIII. S. 



4. A. tenuifolia (Wahl.); 1. subulate acute 3-veined, pet. ovate 

 attenuated below shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subulate 

 3-veined with a membranous margin. Arenaria Sm., 22. B. 219. 

 Sabulina R. St. slender, 4 6 in. high, much branched, dicho- 

 tomous, with flowers in the forks. Glabrous. j3. A. viscosa 

 (Schreb.) ; upper parts, or cal. alone, covered with patent gland- 

 tipped hairs. Sandy and chalky places. A. V. VI. E. 



[5. A. fastigiata; I. subulate acute 3-veined, pet. oblong ob- 

 tuse half the length of the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute equal 

 (white) with 2 central (green) ribs. Arenaria Sm., E. B. 1744. 

 " Mountains of Fifeshire and westward of Clova." Mr. G. 

 Don. A. VI.] S. 



10. CHERLERIA Linn. 



1. C. sedoides (L.).E. B. 1212. Pet. generally wanting. 

 Fl. solitary, on short stalks. St. very many, forming a dense 

 mass close to the ground. L. very many, linear-subulate, finely 

 ciliated. Summits of mountains. P. VI. VIII. S. 



1 1 . MOEHRINGIA Linn. 



1. M. trinervis (Clairv.); 1. ovate acute stalked 3 5-veined 

 the upper ones sessile, pet. shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate 

 acute 3-ribbed the intermediate rib strongest and rough. R. 

 v. 216. Arenaria Sm., E. B. 1483. St. about a foot high, weak, 



