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minal 1 — 3 very long. — Aren. uliginosai;. JB. S. 2890. Alsinanthe 

 R. V. 209. — St. prostrate, Cffispitose.— Teesdale moors, very rare. 

 Mr. J. Backhouse. P. VI. E. 



2. A. verna (Jacq.); I. linear-subulate acute S-veined, pet. 

 exceeding the calyx rounded-obovate attenuated below, sep. ovate- 

 lanceolate acute 3-veined vcith a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1- or many-flowered. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 512. Triphane R. 

 V. 207. — L. usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute 

 point. — /3. A. Gerardi (R.); 1. subulate bluntish not apiculate, 

 pet. elliptical shortly clawed scarcely longer than the calyx. L. 

 usually pressed close to the stem. — Rocky places in mountainous 

 districts. ^. On the hills above Kynance Cove near the Lizard 

 Point, Cornwall. P. V.— IX. 



3. A. rubella (Wahl.) ; I. linear-subulate blunt 3-veintA, pet. 

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

 ceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1-flowered. — E. B. S. 2638. Wahl. Lap. t. 6.— St. many. 

 Flowering shoots terminal, downy, nearly always single-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 Scotch mountains,' very rare. P. VII. VIII, S. 



4. A. tenuifolia (Wahl.); 1. subulate acute 3-\evaeA,pet. ovate 

 attenuated below shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subulate 

 3-veined with a membranous margin. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 219. 

 Sabulina R. — St. slender, 4 — 6 in. high, much branched, dicho- 

 tomous, with flowers in the forks. Glabrous. — ^. A. viscosa 

 (Sohreb.) ; upper parts, or cal. alone, covered with patent gland- 

 tipped hairs.^ — Sandy and chalky places. A. V. VI. E. 



[5. A. fastigiata ; I. subulate acute 3-veined, pet. oblong ob- 

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

 (white) with 2 central (green) ribs. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 1744. 

 — " Mountains of Fifeshire and westward of Clova." Mr. G. 

 Don. A. VI.] S. 



10. Cherleria Linn. 



1. C. sedoides (L.). — E. B. 1212. — Pet. generally wanting. 

 Fl. solitary, on short stalks. St. very many, forming a dense 

 mass close to the ground. L. very many, linear-subulate, finely 

 ciliated. — Summits of mountains. P. VI. — VIII. S. 



II. MOEHRINGIA Zj»». 



1. M. trinervis (Clairv.); 1. ovate acute stalked 3 — 5-veined 

 the upper ones sessile, pet. shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate 

 acute 3-ribbed the intermediate rib strongest and rough. — R. 

 V. 216. Arenaria Sm., E. B. 1483. — St. about a foot high, weak. 



