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few-flowered, with spreading branches. QJ. Sterile grounds, Arc. Am. to Car. 

 Stem 810' high. Leaves 5 8" long, very narrow and acute, rigid, sessile, 

 1-veined, much fasicled in the axils. Petals obovate-oblong, twice as long as 

 the sepals, white. May, Jn. 



3. A. GREENLANDICA. Spreng. (A. Glabra. Bw.} Greenland Sandwort. 

 Glabrous ; sts. numerous, low, filiform, suberect ; Ivs. linear-subulate, 



flat, spreading; pedicels 1-flowered, elongated, divaricate; sep. veinless, ovate, 

 obtuse, membrane-margined, much shorter than the petals. 7J- Summits of high 

 mountains, N. H ! N. Y., N. to Greenland. It grows in tufted masses, con- 

 sisting of exceedingly numerous stems about 3' high, and sprinkled over with 

 large (8" diam.) white flowers with yellow stamens. Aug. 



4. A. SERPYLLIFOLIA. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



St. dichotomous, spreading ; Ivs. ovate, acute, subciliate ; cal. acute, sub- 

 striate ; pet. shorter than the calyx ; caps, ovate, 6-toothed. By roadsides, 

 and in sandy fields, Ms. to Ga. Stems numerous, downy, with reflexed hairs, 

 a few inches in length. Leaves 2 3" long, J as wide. Flowers on axillary 

 and terminal peduncles. Petals white, oval, mostly much shorter than the 3 

 5-veined, acuminate, hairy sepals. Jn. 



5. A. LATERIFLORA. Side-flowering Sandwort. 



Erect., slightly pubescent ; Ivs. oval, obtuse ; ped. lateral, 2 3-flowered. 

 Tj. A slender, upright species, found in damp, shady grounds, N. States, and 

 Brit. Am. Stem 6 10' high, nearly simple. Leaves elliptical, rounded at 

 each end, 6 10" long, as wide, on very short petioles. Peduncles terminal 

 and lateral, 23' long, dividing into 2 or more filiform pedicels, one of them 

 with 2 bracteoles in the middle. Flowers 4" diam., white. Petals more than 

 twice as long as sepals. Jn. 



3. ADENARIUM. Raf. 



Sepals 5, united at base ; petals 5, unguiculate^ entire ; stamens 

 10, inserted into a glandular disk ; styles 3 5 ; capsule 3 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. (D Herbs of the sea-coast^ with fleshy leaves. 



A. PEFLolDEs. DC. (Arenaria. Linn. Honckenya. Ekrk. and 1st. 



edit.} Sea Chickweed. Very fleshy ; st. creeping, with erect, subsimple 

 branches ; Ivs. ovate, obtuse, veinless, exceeding the petals. Abundant on the 

 Atlantic coast ! N. J. to Lab. Upright stems a foot high. Leaves 5 7 10" 

 long, as wide, abruptly pointed, clasping at base, shorter than the internodes. 

 Flowers small, white, axillary, on short pedicels. Jl. 



5. SAGlNA. 



Lat. sagina, any kind of food or nourishment, 



Sepals 4 5, united at base ; petals entire, 4 or 5, or ; stamens 

 4 10 ; styles 4 5 ; capsule 4 5-valved, many-seeded. Fls. solitary. 



1. S. PROCUMBENS. Creeping Pearlwort. 



St. procumbent ; glabrous ; pet. very short ; sta., sep. and pet. 4 or 5. <g) 

 A small weed, with slender, creeping stems 3 or 4' long, found in damp places, 

 R. I. ! N. Y. to S. Car., W. to Oregon. Leaves very small, linear, mucronate- 

 pointed, connate or opposite. Flowers white and green, axillary, on peduncles 

 longer than the leaves. Jn. 



2. S. DECUMBENS. T. & G. (Spergula saginoides. Linn.) Pearlwort. 

 St. decumbent, ascending, mostly glabrous ; Ivs. linear-subulate, very 



acute ; ped. much longer than the leaves ; pet. and sep. 5 ; sta. 10. (I) Sandy 

 fields, U. S. and Can. Stem 2 3' long. Flowers axillary and terminal. Pe- 

 tals white, hardly as large as the sepals. Jl. Apparently a variety of S. pro- 

 cumbens. <) ? 



3. S. APETALA. 



Erect and pubescent ; Ivs. linear-subulate ; ped. elongated, ascending in 

 fruit ; sep. and sta. 4 ; pet. very minute or 0. Sandy fields, N. J., Penn. 



