MACLOSKIE : CARYOPHYLLACEyE. 395 



(Mex., Mt. Chimborazo.) S. Patagon. (Hatcher.) " Everywhere over 

 all Patagonia; variable." 







ARENARIA SERPENS ANDINA Rohrb. 



Leaves close, thickish, subaristate. Flowers solitary, terminal. Peicu 

 none. Stamens 5. 

 (Bolivia); Patagonia.. 



A. SERPENS ROBUSTA Speg. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, fleshy, green to purplish. 

 In saline places near Rio Chico de la Sta. Cruz. 



6. A. SERPYLLOIDES Naud. 



Stems short, ascending; cortex white, glaucescent. Leaves not very 

 remote, somewhat fleshy, oblong-obovate or cuneate, obtuse. Flowers 

 sparse at the ends of the branches, terminal and axillary, short-pediceled. 

 Calyx-lobes with non-inflexed apex. Petals half-longer than the calyx. 



("Van of A. serpent" Rohrbach.) 



Patagonia, by saline lakes near Golfo de San Jorge. 



A. SERPYLLOIDES ANDicoLA (Gill, as A. andicolo]. 



Leaves linear-oblong, subspatulate. Peduncles axillary, i -flowered, 

 longer than the leaf. Sepals obtuse, as long as the petals. Capsule 

 about 4-valved. Seeds smooth, black. 



(Chili): Patagon, Valley of Rio Gallegos (Nordensk.); and by Rio Sta. 

 Cruz. 



10. BUDA Adans (1763). Sandspurrey. (Tz'ssa Adans, 1763. 



Spergnlaria Pers., 1805. Lepigonum Wahl., 1820.) 

 Low herbs, with very narrow leaves, having scaly, thin stipules. Sepals 

 5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 2-10. Styles and valves of capsule mostly 

 3, rarely 5, the valves then alternisepalous. 



Species 4, in temperate regions, especially saline and littoral. 



i. B. GRANDIS (H. B. & K. sub Arenarid]. 



Perennial, suffrutescent, stems erect, glandular-hairy above. Leaves 

 whorled, exceeding the internodes. Stipules united at their base. Calyx 



