CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



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iiiauy times shorter than staUc. Teeth short. 

 Pet. crowned, serrate. Caps, sessile. L. ellip- 

 tic, coriaceous, p. ? 6, 7- Stony, s. Pr. s. 

 Alps. rare. 



10. Flos Jovis. Cottony. Stem simple. 

 11. fasciculate, the stalk shorter than calyx. 

 Teeth of Cal. short. Caps, sessile. L. lineari- 

 lanceolate. p. 6, 7. Ojieii, stony, s. Alps. 

 Dau. Prov. 



11. Githago. Hirsute, dichotomous. PL 

 on long stalks. Cal. coriaceous. Teeth leaf)', 

 longer than tube. L. linear, a. 6, 7- Corn. 



113. ^^LEZ1A. 



1. rigida. Cal. cylindi-ical, slender, pu- 

 bescent. Pet. bifid, a. 5, 6. Dry gravelly. 

 mdt. Pr. It. Sic. 



114. DEYPIS. 



1. spinosa. Pet. bipartite. Bracts with 

 3 teeth on each side. L. subulate, somewhat 

 tlu-ee-edged, pointed, p. 5-7. Stony. Istria. 

 Abruzzi. Terracina. 



Tribe II. ALSINUjE. 



115. ORTEGIA. 



1. dichotoma. PL dichotomo-corymbose, 

 ou long stalks, p. Giaveno in Pdm. Monte 

 Baldo. (" Ploribus brevissime pedunculatis," 

 Bert.) 0. hispanica is said hy DC. to hade 

 short Fl.-stalks. 



116. BUPPONIA. 



1. tenuifolia. Branched from the base. 

 Caps, nearly sessile, shorter than calyx. L. fili- 

 form, dilated and connate at base. a. 7, 8. 

 Stony, s. Pr. VaU. Luc. Nice. Pdm. Apul. 



117. GOUPFEIA. 



1. arenarioides. Branches divaricate. 

 PI. somewhat corymbose. L. hnear, short, de- 

 fiexed. a. 4, 5. Dry cole. Marseilles. 



118. CHERLERIA. 



1. sedcides. Cespitose. L. 3-edged, some- 

 what bliuit, spreading. Caps, ttvice as long as 

 calyx. Valves blunt, callous at tip. p. 7- Snowy. 



119. ALSINE. 



^S^. L. with scariose Stipules. ^ Lepigoniam 

 of Koch. Sp. 1-7. 



B. L. without Stipules. 

 i. L. ovate or lanceolate. Sp. 8-13. 



ii. L. naiTow, with a single nerve or none. 



Sp. 13-16. 

 iii. L. narrow, 8 -nerved. 



a. Sepals with three or more nerves. 

 Sp. 17-26. 



b. Sepals with a single nerve between 



two green stripes. Sp. 27-29. 



A. L. linear. Stiindes scariose. Lepigonium 

 of Koch. 



1. segetalis. Smooth. Stem erect, much 

 branched. L. filiform, finely cuspidate. Sepals 

 scariose, marked with a green line, exceeding 

 petals. Pr. -stalks deflexed. Seeds muricate. 

 a. 6-8. Sandy. Pr. Ger. 



2. rubra. Haiiy, prostrate. L. lineari- 

 filiform, bristle pointed, shorter than joints of 

 stem. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse within the 

 scariose margin. Caps, about equal to calyx. 

 Seeds rugose, angular, without a border, a. 

 7, 8. Sand and gravel. 



3. radicans. " Perennial, smooth, creep- 

 ing. L. semicylindrical, somewhat longer than 

 joints of stem. Sepals lineari-lanceolate, acute, 

 hardly scariose on the margin. Pr.-staUv de- 

 fiexed. Caps, as long as calyx. Seeds some- 

 what pyiiform, compressed, p. 6, 7. Sa-ndy 

 mountain ])astii,res. J^ltna. Madonie." — Girss. 



4. diamdra. " Smooth. Stem ascending 

 or erect, ending in a trichotomous panicle. L. 

 lineari-filiform, semiterete. (Upper Stip.leafiess, 

 bract-like, Bert.) Sepals lanceolate. Margin 

 scariose. Pr.-staUs: erect. Seeds somewhat 

 pyriform, angular, rugose, without a border, 

 a. 4, 5. Salt clay. Sicily." — Guss. Bertoloni 

 joins loth these to A. rubra. 



5. macrorliiza. Root woody. Stems 

 prostrate. Joints short. L. fleshy, somewhat 

 flattened, lineari-lanceolate. Stip. broadly 

 ovate. Caps, about equalling calyx. Seeds 

 reniformi-snbrotund, granulate, w. 6, 7. Is. 

 Tavolara near Sardinia. Is. Lavezzi near Cors. 

 Bonifacio. Bert, finds no margin to the seeds. 

 Moris sees a broad one. 



6. snarina. Prostrate. L. semicylindrical, 

 pointless, as long as joints of stem. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat obtuse, scariose on mai-gin. 

 Fr.-stalJc deflexed. Caps, exceeding calyx. 

 Seeds compressed, smooth, mostly bordered. 

 a. 6, 7. Salt pastures. 



7. salina. " L. semicylindrical, pointless, 

 exceeding joints of stem. Stip. membranous. 



