Arenaria. CAi;V( (I'll VI.I,A( K-K. 21^ 



§5. Ai.siNi., Pxiitli. iV; Ilimk. (':i|isiilf ovoiil, .'5-v:iIv(«l ; v.ilvcK fiitiri' ; seeds 

 not strupliiolHtc : iiiatlcil |K'n-iiiiialH ur ilc-lii-att- aiiiiiials. UMially witli narrow 

 linear subulate or aeerose li-aves. — (Jen. i. 1.jO. AIsi'ik; Walili-iil). Fl. Lapji. ]'2~ ; 

 Fenzl in LciUb. Fl. Ko.vs. i. .'Ml; Pax in Fii;,'l. cV I'raiitl, Nat. P(Iaiiz.-nf. iii. 

 Ab. lb, H2. 



♦ Paliistriiie iM-rcniiial witli weak (•l..iif;:iif.l stciiiH iiarnnv linear or laii<cliiu-;ii l.-avt-it ami 

 axillary lunt^-pedinuleil Howltm. 



A. paludicola, K«>iiins<>n. (;lal)ruus, llariid : stems M-vcral, Hiil..'.iiii|ilc, ]ir<MUiiilK'iit, TtM>t- 

 iiiiX at tlic lipwcr j'liiitx, suk-ati-, shining, leafy tliri>ii;^lnmt ; U-a\e.H niiiform. flat, l-iiervc<l, 

 aiule, spreatliiij;, 'J liiii'S to 1 A iiiclifs loiifj, I tu .'} lines in hreadlli, often |tunt-tate, Hornrwliut 

 connate, sli<;litly siabrous upon the margins: iicduncles solitary in the axiln, I to 2 itu-lu-H 

 long, spreading or somewhat defiexcd : sepals nerveless, not at all indunite<l, acntish, alxtul 

 half the length of the ohovale jietals. — I'roe. Am. Acail. xxix. 298. .1. futlusiris, Wati*. 

 IJot. Calif, i. 70, & Hihl. Index, UT ; (ireene, Fl. Francis. 124 ; K. Hramlegee, Z.h-, ii. :u\ ; 

 not (i ay. Alsine piiliislris, Kellogg, I'roc. Calif. Acad. Sci. iii. Gl. — Almmlant in Hwamps, 

 California, about Fort Point near San Francisco, Bolmuler, Kelltfjf/ & Unrfurd : Sjui 

 Pernardino, Parish Bros. ; Washington, near Tacoma, Flett, according to PijMjr ; H. May to 

 August. 



* * Terrestrial annuals of the .Atlantic Slope and Alleghany Mts., rarely extending to the 

 interior in the Southern States, es.sentially glalirous : sejjal.s obtuse, soft in texture, warcely 

 or nut at all nerved. 



A. GrcBnlandica, Sprkng. Somewhat fleshy : root at first simple, later of many delicate 

 fibres: stems few to many, decumbent or erect, subsimjile, 2 to 8 inches long, l)earing I to 

 5 flowers: leaves linear, obtn.se, U to 7 lines long, at first in a dense more or less rosulate 

 clu.ster at the base; the cauline 2 to 4 jiairs : sepals broa<lly ovate, I^ to 2 lines in length: 

 petals obovate, about twice as long, entire or notched : capsule subglobo.se to oblong, more 

 or less contracted to a point. — Syst. ii. 402; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 180; Torr. Kl. N. Y. i. y.'i, 

 t. 15; Robin.<ion, Proc. Am. Acad. xxix. 298, 328. A. ijlabru, Torr. Fl. N. & Midd. Sutes. 

 455; Bigel. J"l. Bo.st. ed. 2, 180; not Michx. Alsine Grfmlandica, Gray, Man. ed. 2,58. 

 Sullariu Gnrnlaudira, Ketz. Fl. Scand. eil. 2, 107; Fl. Dan. t. 1210. ? >". lAd,r»d„r„„, 

 Schrank, Pfl. Lab. 24; Meyer, PI. Lab. 9;i. —Pocky soil, chiefly but not always at higher 

 altituiles, Greenland to the mountains of Maine, and even reaching the coiist at Path, (, um- 

 bel, and Bar Harbor, linnd ; also found at Middletown, Conn., OslH.ni, \\'ri<jltt ; l.K-ally 

 almndant in the White, Green, Adirondack, Catskill, and Shawangiink Mts. ; al.s-> found on 

 the Kittatinny Mts. of N. W. Xcw Jersey, Britton : in the mountains of rennsylvania (ace. 

 to I'orter) ; of S Virginia, Smnll & Ililjer: and in X. Carolina, SukiII, where it had pjuv^ed 

 as a form of ,1. f/lahra, Michx., having been previously cidlected on Hoan Mt. !>y d'rai/ & 

 Carpi), Smith, and Scrihiur ; tt. June to September. The autumnal flowers are usually 

 smaller than the earlier ones. 



A. glabra Mirnx. Glabrous, loosely matted, many-stemmed : stems weak, slender, sub- 

 ercct. verv leafy, t> to 12 inches high : leaves narrowly linear, spreading, thin. n<rvelo8S, equal- 

 ling orexceeiliiig the internodes: peduncles filiform, elongated, sjireading, lflowere<l : corolla 

 rather broad, considerably exceeding the calyx: sej)als ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerveless, 1^ 

 lines in length, somewhat exceeded by the ovoid capsule. — Fl. i 274 ; Torr. & (Iray. Fl. i. 

 180, in part. Alslut- fjlnhrn, (iray. M.in. ed. 2, 58 ; Chapm. Fl. 49 — On rwks in mounUins 

 of X. Carolina, .l//V//«i/.r, Table Slonntain, (hnii: S. Carolina. Table Pock, r<i«<.v : <ieorgin. 

 Stone Mt , (iriui, l)e K:»lb Co., Smnll; also apparently the s;ime in the Arroyo of IjimU-n. 

 near the Mexican boundary, f'nrrif. 



A. brevifolia, XtxT. Glabrous: stems erect, tilifMnn. 2 to 5 inches high, with spreading 

 branches: leaves linear or lance linear, obtuse, nerveless, slightly fleshy. 1 to 4 lin«-s long, 

 comm'onlv much shorter than the inn-modes: sepals ovnte-oblong. ol.tuw. only a line in 

 length, with a distinct thin white margin : jM-tals rather conspicuou.*. oln-xute. 2j t.» 3i lines 

 in length, widely spreading: capsule ovoid, acuminate, a thini longer than the calyx ; valven 

 ovate, acuminately narrowed almost to the tip. — Xutt. in Torr. i Gray, Fl. i. ISO. AUnn- 



