Arcnaria. CAKVOl'l I VI.LACK.i:. 2.j7 



S. Hol6stea, L. Stem 6 to 18 inrhes hiph : leaves narrowly laiiceolato, Kprcadiiig, long- 

 attenuate from near tlie roundetl sessile lijise, scaliri>UH-<Mliate on tlit- niargiiiM and niiilrili, 

 IJ to 3 inches in lenj^tii, 1-nerveil : sepals lante-olilong, thin, nervt-less, 4 linos in length, 

 exceeded by the large white ])etal8 : styles 3 : valves of the capsuli; s<>nietini«-s tardily cir- 

 cinate-ri'vulute. — Spec. i. 422 ; Ucidienb. Ic. Kl. (Jerni. v. t. 223. Ahinr I/>ito»lfa, lirittoii, 

 Mem. Torr. Ciuh, v. ITjO. — Found nxire or less estaldislied in th<^ outskirts of liro^jklyn. 

 Long I.-<land, Itwjer ; Poland, Maine, Miss Furbish. (Ailv. fruni Ku.) 



-»— -4— Indigenous species of the Souiliern States : leaves narmwly oldung, linear, or 

 spatulate. 

 S. uniflora, Walt. Weak and slender: stems decumbent or suberect, a f<«>t in length: 

 leaves linear, acute, or the lower lanceolate, gradually narrowed JKdow, niiicronate, 8 to 12 

 lines in length; tiie floral much reduced : flowers few, solitary, on elongated slender pedun- 

 cles : calyx soft in texture, sepals scarcely veined. — Car. 141 ; I'orr. & (Jray, Fl. i. \XA; 

 Cbajjui. Fl. 50. Aremma t/labni, Ell. Sk. i. 520, not Michx. ; Wood, Hot. & Fl. 50. Alsine 

 irrt/<en, Gray, Gen. 111. ii. 34. — Moi.st meadows, North Carolina to Florida and Alabama, 

 n^hichell ; fl." March to May. 

 S. Nuttallii, Torr. & Gk.w. Annual, a sj)an high: leaves linear-<jblong, obtusish ; the 

 upper iMiuh reduced l)Ut not .scarious : flowers in dichotomoiis nicemes ; pedic<ds horizontally 

 spreading, 9 lines in length: corolla G to 8 lines broad. — Fl. i. 183 ; Fielding. Sert. I'l. t. 18. 

 Alsine Dnimmondii, Fenzl in Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 675. Alsinr NnUallii, (iray, (Jen. 111. ii. 34. 

 — Arkansas, Nuttall : Indian Terr., Carlflon (ace. to Ilolzinger) ; Louisiana, Hale; Centnil 

 Texius, iJiummond, Lindheiiner, Wriijht, Uall. 

 .(—-)—-»— Indigenous glandular-pubescent species of tiie Rocky Mts. and ra( ific Slope. 

 S. dichotoma, L. Stems terete, profusely and dichotomously branched : leaves ovate to 

 ovate laineolate, acute or acutish, cordate, spreading, 6 to 12 lines in length : peduncles 

 1-flowered, springing from the forks of the branches, considerably excee(liiig the leaves, 

 commonly deflexed in fruit : sepals lanceolate, acute, usually alwut ecpialling the jietals. — 

 Spec. i. 421 ; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 378. — An Asiatic species of great variability. 



Var. Americana, 1'outeu. Leaves oval, obtusish: sepals oblong, obtuse, only 1^ 

 lines long, coiisidiTably exceeded by tlie ratlier narrow white petals. — I'orter in Rolnnson, 

 I'roc. .\m. Acad. xxix. 289. — Collected near Virginia City, Montana, \V. Ii. I'lutt. 

 S. Jamesii, Torr. Viscid above : stem strongly angled : leaves elongated, lanceolate, 

 attenuate, smooth, 2 to 4 inches in length, 1 to 8 lines broad near the closely sessile base : 

 flowers in a leafy terminal panicle: se]mls oldong, herl)aceous, 2 lines in length. — Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ii. 169 (as S. Jnmesiuna], & I'acif. R. Rep. iv. 69 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 183 ; Wats. 

 Bot. King Exp. 38. ? S. (jrnmiiiea, James, Cat. 181. — Woodlands and "creek bottoms," 

 Rockv Mts. of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona to Central California and Washington, 

 Brandeqpe^ Henderson; Idaho. Miss Mnlford; fl. June to October. Leaves varying greatly 

 in breadth even on the same individual. 



^— -4— -1— -»— Glal>rous Alaskan densely cespitose species : leaves very small. 

 S. dicranoides, Fknzi,. Dw.arf and tufted perennial: stems numerous, covered with the 

 small oblong cnneate closely imbricated leaves: flowers small. S(ditary, terminal, short- 

 peiluncled : petals shorter than the oblong-lanceolate .sepals. — Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 

 395 ; Seem. B<jt. Herald, 26, t. 3. Cherleria tlirraimides, (^ham. & Schlecht. Linna>a, i. 63. — 

 Cai>e Lisbume, N. W. Alaska, Seemnnn. (Adj. Siberia. C/uimis.<!o, Ksrh.icli<>ll:.) A very 

 distinct s](eries, but not recently collected nor very well known. 



12. ARENARIA, L. S.wnwORT. (Arena, .sand, a s:in<ly pluv. from 

 the habitat of .several species.) — Leaves .sessile or nearly so, either li;it and with 

 well -developed blades or more frequently awl-shaped or aeerose. Flowers of Stel- 

 Inrln, but with petals entire or barely retuse ('sometimes more deeply eli-ft in A. 

 pntiiln and A. cnpiUaris). — Syst. Nat. ed. I, & Gen. no. .'{71. in part (n:im<' use«l by 

 Ruppius for various Alsinetr) ; lienth. & Hook. Gvn. i. l.')0; \V:its. Hild. Imh-x, 

 91: Hook. f. & Jackson, Index Kew. i. 178; Kobinsou, Proc. Am. Acad. xxix. 



