PL ex. thai 72.CARYOPHYLLEiE. 4p6.Arenaria. 65.5 



j3. lariclfoUa. Sepales linear, pointed, shorter than the 

 petals. 



Arcnaria laiici folia, JVUhenng Bof. Arr. 521. 



y. j/j,nlpeyina. Sepales ovate, rather bald ; nearly as long 

 as the petals. 



Arenaria juniperina, Withering Bot. Arr. 521. 



5. Arenaria fastigiata. Even-topped sandwort. 



Stem upright, stiff, corymbose ; leaves awlshape ; calyx- 

 side-ribs dilated; petals very short. 



Arenaria fastigata, Engl. Bot. 25, 1744. 



Mountains ; annual ; June. 



Flowers small ; seeds elegantly toothed. 



XII. 407. ALSINELLA. Dillenius. Alsinelle. 



Calyx 5-sepaled, spreading ; petals 5, not nicked ; sta- 

 mens 10; styles 3; capsule ovate, 1 -celled; 6-toothed at the 

 tip. — Leaves ovate; stipules 0. 



1. Alsinella serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved als'melle. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, scabrous ; sepales longer than 



the petals, hairy; outer sepales S-ribbed, inner 3-ribbed. 



Spergula q. Alsine minor muUicaulis C. Bauhini, Rail Syn, 349, 1. 

 Alsine petiaia, Ger. em. 612, 6. 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia, Lin. S. P. 606. 



Dry sandy places and walls ; annual ; June and July. 

 Stems many, ascending, stiff, forked; leaves small, ribbed; 

 peduncles upright ; flowers white, small ; seeds wrinkled. 



2. Alsinella irinervis. Three-ribbed alsinelle. 

 Leaves ovate, acute, petioled, fringed, 3 or 5-ribbed; 



stem slender, branched ; sepales slightly 3-ribbed ; keel 

 rough. 



Spergula q. Alsine plantaginis folio Joh. Bauhini, Rati Syn. 319, 2. 

 Arenaria trinervis, Lin. S. P. 605, 

 Plantain-leaved chickwced. 



Damp woods and hedges ; annual ; May and June. 



Stem weak, ascending, hairy ; peduncles from the forks of 

 the stem, 1 -flowered, bending down after flowering ; petals 

 reverse ovate, as long as the calyx ; seeds smooth. 



S. Alsinella ciliata. Fri7iged alsinelle. 



Stem prostrate, branched; leaves slightly petioled, ob- 

 long, ovate, spathulate, fringed at the base : flowers ter- 

 minal, solitary; sepales lanceolate, mostly 7-ribbed, smaller 

 than the petals. 



