56 14. CAHYOPHTLLACEJa. 



3. A. ntbel'la (Walil.) ; I. linear-subulate blunt 3- veined, pet. 

 obovate attenuate below shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate acute 3-Teined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1-flowered.— j;. B. S. 2638.— St. many, short. Bracts blunt. 

 Flowering shoots terminal, downy, nearly alwayssingle-flowered, 

 about an inch long, with 1 — 3 pairs of leaves. Ped. longer than 

 the calyx. Styles and valves of the capsule 3 — 5. — Summits 

 of the Scottish mountains, very rare. P. VII. VIII. S. 



4. A. tenuifdlia (Wahl.) ; 1. subulate-acute 3-veined, pet. 

 ovate attenuate below shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subu- 

 late 3-veined with a membranous margin. — Arenaria Sm. — St. 

 slender, 4 — 6 in. high, much branched, forked, with flowers in the 

 forks. — Glabrous. Sometimes the vipper parts, or the cal. alone, 

 are covered with patent gland-tipped hairs. — Sandy and chalky 

 places, rare. A. V. VI. E. 



[_A. fastigidta ; I. subulate acute 3-veined, pet. oblong blunt 

 half the length of the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute equal white 

 with 2 central (green) ribs. — Arenaria Sm. " Mountains of 

 Fifeshire andrwestward of Clova." Mr. G. Don. A. VI.] S. 



10. Cheele'eia lAnn. 



1, C, sedoides (L.). — ^Pet. generally wanting. Fl. solitaiy, on 

 short stalks. St. very many, forming a dense mass close to the 

 ground. L. very many, linear-subulate, finely ciliate. — Sum- 

 mits of mountains. P. VI. — VIII. S. 



11. Aeena'kia Linn, Sandwort. 



. \. A. triner'vis (L.) ; 1. ovate acute ciliate stalked 3 — 5- veined 

 the upper ones sessile, stam. 10, pet. shorter than the calyx, sep. 

 long-lanceolate acute 3-ribbed the intermediate rib strongest 

 and rough, seeds smooth. — M. v. 216. Moehringia L. — St 

 about a foot high, weak, branched, downy. Fl. solitary from 

 the forks of the stem and axils of the upper leaves. Ped. ulti- 

 mately spreading and curved just below the fruit. Lateral 

 veins of sep. often very faint. Distinguished from our other 

 species by the appendage to the bile of its seeds. — Damp 

 shady places. A. V. VI. E. S. L 



2. A. serpyllifdlia (L.) ; I. ovate acute roughish sessile, pet. 

 shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 3 — 5-veined hairy 

 on the veins, fr.-st. erect or patent straight longer than the 



