CARYOPHYLLACE^. 105 



jQowering shoots. Lower leaves strapshaped-oblaneeolate, much 

 attenuated at the base ; the upper ones generally broader, and 

 sometimes oval ; all rather distant, sub-sessile, rather obtuse, 

 strongly 1-nerved when dry, firm (not fleshy), smooth and ciliated 

 at the margins. ^Flowers few, in irregular dichotomous cymes 

 (often reduced to 1 or 2 flowers), with elliptical leaf-like bracts. 

 Pedicels longer than the sepals, erect. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 rather acute, Avith 3 strongly-defined hairy nerves down the middle ; 

 the margins membranous and ciliated near the base. Petals oblan- 

 ceolate, about twice as long as the sepals. Capsule ovoid, slightly 

 exceeding the sepals. Seeds roundish reniform, coarsely shagreened. 

 Stem pubescent, with short reflesed hairs throughout. 



On rocks. Very rare. On the calcareous cliffs of a high moun- 

 tain adjoining Ben Bulben, co. Sligo. Such is the original descrip- 

 tion of the habitat given in " English Botany " (ed. i.) ; but my 

 sjDCcimens are labelled from Ben Bulben itself, so it is probable it 

 also occurs on that mountain, though I have searched for it there 

 in vain. 



Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Stems usually very numerous, and somewhat woody at the base, 

 2 to 6 inches long or more, growing in mats or flakes, with only the 

 flowering shoot at the extremity ascending. Leaves 1 to |- inch 

 long. Plowers f inch across, white. 



A. ciliata is certainly very near A. norvegica, but has a very 

 different mode of growth, and developes a much greater extent of 

 rootstock or leafless portion of the stem. The sepals are also of a 

 different shape, having the sides more approaching to parallel, and 

 the apex less acute. The more distinctly-nerved leaves present an 

 obvious character, though not one of much importance, as it 

 depends on the leaves being less fleshy. 



Fringed Sandwort. 



French, Sabline Ciliee. 



GENUS X.—B. ONKENEYA. Mrh. 



Flowers imperfectly dicecious. Flowers of the male plants with 

 the petals as long as the spreading sepals, entire or notched. 

 Stamens 10, all fertile, inserted on a thick glandular perigynous 

 disk, which is produced into lobes between the stamens. Ovary 

 abortive, with rudimentary styles. Flowers of the female jilant 

 with the petals much shorter than the sepals. Stamens 10, 



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