52 14. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



branched, downy. Fl. solitary from the forks of the stem and 

 axils of the upper leaves. Ped. ultimately spreading and curved 

 just below the fruit. Lateral veins of the sep. often obsolete. 

 Distinguished from Arenaria and Alsine by the appendages to 

 the hilum of its seeds. — Damp shady places. A. V. VI. 



12. Arenaria Linn. Sandwort. 



1. A.serpyllifolia{'L.); ^ o»a<e acute subscabrous sessile, ^e?. 

 shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute 3-ribbed hairy. — 

 E. B. 923. R. V. 216. — St. prostrate or ascending, dichotomous. 

 Fl. from the forks of the stem or the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Pet. narrowly ovate, narrowed below. Clothed all over with 

 minute hairs which are sometimes glandular. According to 

 Hooker (Br. Fl. 68.) Wilson finds a plant at Bangor with 5 stam., 

 the pet- only ^ as long as the cal. and the sep. with prominent 

 ribs. — /3. tenuior (Koch) ; stems much more slender, fl. and fr. 

 of half the size. — Dry places and walls. A. VI. — VIII. 



2. A. ciliata (L.) ; spathulate ciliated, pet. exceeding the 

 calyx, sep. ovate-lanceolate with 3 prominent ribs. — E. B. 1745. 

 R. V. 217. — St. much branched, prostrate, rough. Fl. 1 — 5, ter- 

 minal, somewhat panicled. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. — Lime- 

 stone cliffs on Ben Bulben, &c., Sligo. P. VI. VII. I. 



3. A. norvegica (Gunn.); I. spathulate obovate fleshy not cili- 

 ated, pet. exceeding the calyx, sep. ovate acute obscurely 3-ribbed 

 glabrous. — E. B. S. 2852. — St. much branched, procumbent, 

 nearly smooth. Fl. 1 — 3, terminal. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. 

 Seed dark brown, tuberculated. — On Serpentine Hill, Unst, Shet- 

 land. P. VII. VIII. S. 



13. HoLosTEUM Linn. 



1. H. umbellatum (L.) ; fl. umbellate, peduncles pubescent 

 viscid, pedicels reflexed after flowering, 1. elliptical or elongate 

 acute. — E. B. 27. R. v. 221. — On old walls and dry places at 

 Norwich, Bury. Eye and Yarmouth. A. IV. E. 



14. Stellaria Linn. Stitchwort. 

 * Seeds on a linear long columella. 



1. S. nemorum (L.) ; st. ascending downy above, 1. stalked 

 heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous, pedun- 

 cles alternately pubescent, pet. deeply bifid twice as long as the 

 lanceolate sepals, caps, longer than the calyx. — E. B. 92. R. 

 v. 252.— St. 1^ — IJ foot high. L. large, rough on the upper sur- 

 face, ciUated. Sep. with narrow scarious margins. — Damp woods, 

 chiefly in the north. P. V. VI. Wood Stitchwort. 



