65i> iOe.Afenaria. YS.CARYOPHYLLEiE. PI. ex, thai. 



2. Arenaria marina. Marine sandivort* 



Stem prostrate; leaves semicylindrical, fleshy, notarmed^ 

 as long as the internodes; seeds compressed, margined, 

 smooth. 



Spergula maritima flore parvo caernleo, semine vario, Dillen in Rati 

 5yn. 351,11. 



Arenaria rubra /3, Lin. S. P. 606. 



Arenaria marina, Fl. Danica, 740. 



Arenaria marginata, De Candolle FL Gall. 4i34t. 



Arenaria rubra media, Hudson Fl. Angl. 193. 



Red samphire. 



Sea-coasts ; annual ; June and July. 



Stem very smooth ; leaves fleshy, bald ; stipules torn ; 

 flowers large, pale flesh-red or purple ; capsule longer than 

 the calyx; seed ^at, slightly margined. — Succulent. 



^. media. Seeds margined ; margin membranaceous, 

 streaked. 



Spergula q. Alsine spergulae facie media C. Bauhini, RaiiSyn. 331, 10. 

 Arenaria media, Lin. S. P. 606. 

 Arenaria rubra y, Hudson Ft. Angl. 193. 



b. Leaves awlshape ; stipules 0. 



3. Arenaria tenuifolia. Fi?ie-leaved sandwort. 

 Leaves awlshape, acute; stem much branched, forked, 



panicled ; sepales longer than the petals, awlshape, streaked ; 



petals lanceolate ; capsules upright. 



Spergula q, Alsine tenuifolia Joh. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 350, 3. 

 Arenaria tenuifolia, Lin. S. P. 607. 



Sandy barren fields ; annual; June. 



Herb bald or hairy; stem upright; leaves bristlelike, 

 3-ribbed; lower leaves connate, dilated; peduncles upright; 

 /lowers small, white ; sepales margined ; petals blunt ; seeds 

 compressed. 



4. Arenaria verna. Spring sandwo7-t. 



Stems many, tufted, long, panicled; leaves awlshape, ra- 

 ther blunt, ribbed; sepales 3-ribbed, ribs remote, equal; 

 petals reverse ovate, longer than the sepales. 



Spergula q. Alsine pusilla pulchro flore, folio tenuissimo nostras, Raii 

 Syn. 350, 4. 



Arenaria verna, Lin. Mant, 72. 



Arenaria saxatilis, Hudson Fl. Angl. ed. 1, 168. 



Mountains ; perennial ; May to August. 



Stems much branched, downy ; leaves wide at bottom, 

 connate, mostly bald; sepales ovate, acute, shorter than the 

 petals. 



