Caryophyllaceae 89 



Very slender, much branched 

 Arenaria 

 verna anc ^ fi ne ly> sticky- hairy through- 



equicaulis out ; stems threadlike, numerous, 

 A. Nelson. nearly of a uniform length in 



the same plant, 2-3 inches long. 



Sandwort. 



Leaves crowded at the base, few 

 and much reduced above, linear, awl-shaped, 

 thick, semi-cylindric, nearly smooth. Flow- 

 ers small, little more than f of an inch across; 

 sepals ovate-oblong, acute, strongly 3 -nerved ; 

 petals white, acute, not exceeding the sepals. 

 A small tufted plant with wiry stems and 

 minute white star-like flowers, in moist or 

 dry, sandy places throughout the region 

 from the low valleys to the alpine summits ; 

 flowering in May and June. 



Closely tufted, stems densely 

 sajanensis. glandular- hairy, decumbent, very 

 Willd. leafy below, J-2J inches long 



Alpine with 2 or 3 pairs of short, 



Sandwort. ... . - .. 



rather distant leaves and ter- 

 minating in 1-3 flowers. Lower leaves, 

 linear-obtuse, stiff, J of an inch or more long, 



