Caryophyllaceae 87 



ascending or spreading on slender pedicels; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals shorter 

 than the sepals or none. 



In wet places at the lower altitudes 

 throughout the Rockies; flowering through- 

 out the summer from early June. 



. Smooth, stems very slender and 



Sagina 



saginoides tufted, 1-4 inches high. Leaves 

 (L.)Britton. j to nearly J an inch long with a 

 Arctic spiny tip. Flowers small, solitary 



Pearl-wort. 



or few together, at the end of the 

 slender stem, about f of an inch broad ; petals 

 white minute, hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 On rocks and moist sandy ground through- 

 out the region; flowering in June. 



Stems erect or ascending, simple 

 Moehrmgia 



lateriflora or a ^ length, sparingly branched, 



(L.) Fenzl. finely hairy throughout, 4-12 



Blunt- inches high. Leaves thin, oval, 



or oblong, J-i inch long, obtuse, 



Sandwort. 



spreading, the margins and 



nerves fringed with hairs. Flowers few in 



