No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 175 



Arenaria peploides L. (like Euphorbia Peplus) . 

 Ammodenia peploides Rupr. 

 Sea Beach Sandwort. Sea Chickweed or Purslane. 



Sandy and stony shores of the Sound. Rare in Bridge- 

 port (Eames), and Stratford (IMiss A. E. Carpenter) ; fre- 

 quent in New London County (Graves) ; not reported else- 

 where. May — June. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia L. (thyme-leaved). 

 Common or Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



Frequent or common. Dry, sandy or rocky open ground. 

 May — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



Arenaria stricta Michx. (upright). 

 Arenaria Michauxii Hook. f. 

 Rock Sandwort. 



Local. Limestone ledges and banks throughout western 

 Litchfield County and south to Brookfield (Eames). June — 

 July. 



Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. 

 Mountain Sandwort or Starwort. 



Rare. Rock ledges: White Rocks, Middletown, where 

 it was first collected by H. L. Osbom in 1877, and Durham 

 (G. H. Bartlett). Mid-April — May. 



STELLARIA L. Starwort. Chickweed. 



Stellaria borealis Bigel. (northern). 

 Alsine borealis Britton. 

 Northern Stitchwort or Starwort. 



Rare. Bogs, wet meadows and banks of woodland brooks : 

 Groton and Led^ard (Graves), Durham, Oxford and Monroe 

 (Harger), Southington (Andrews), New Britain and Norfolk 

 (Bissell), Barkhamsted (Harger), Winchester (Andrews, 

 Bissell & Harger), Sahsbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May — 

 Aug. 



Stellaria longifolia Muhl. (Ibng-leaved). 

 Alsine longifolia Britton. 

 Long-leaved Stitchwort or Starwort. 



Swamps, low meadows and wet places. Rare in the south- 



