io8 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



Arcnaria gothica Fries. 



Sometimes considered a sub-species of A. ciliata, from which it 

 differs by the absence of sterile shoots, and by the longer stems, 

 which are many-flowered. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, cUiate at the 

 base. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, the lateral being 

 sometimes hardly visible. 



It grows by the Lac de Joux in Switzerland, in Sweden, and about 

 Ingleborough and Ribbleshead in Yorkshire, where it is spreading 

 fast. It flowers in June. This rare plant was first discovered in 

 England in 1889. Mr. Wm. Whitwell ^ gave a detailed account in 

 The Naturalist of its occurrence in seyeral places, and Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett has written on it in the Journal of Botany, November, 1892. 



Arenaria montana L. 



A prostrate, greyish green plant, forming large masses, with its 

 long, barren shoots. Shortly pubescent, but not glandular. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, i-nerved. Flowers large, white. Pedicels 

 2-3 times as long as calyx, finally recurved. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 i-nerved, petals oboval, twice the length of the sepals. Capsule 

 sub-globular to ovoid, equalling the calyx, with 3 bidented valves. 



Hills, moors, and woods. May to July. 



Distribution. — -Western and Central France, Cevennes, Pyrenees. 

 Spain and Portugal. 



This is a frequent and most useful plant for the rock-garden. 

 Most of the Sandworts (Arenaria and Alsine) wiil do in an ordinary 

 soil, and several of them form useful carpeters. Propagation is 

 usually by division. 



Arenaria purpurascens Ram. 



This small species from the Pyrenees has ovate-lanceolate leaves, 

 with I nerve, and 1-4 rosy-purple flowers in a terminal cyme. 

 Flower-stalks hairy, sepals glabrous, lanceolate-acute, 3-5 nerved. 

 Petals obovate, half as long again as the sepals. Capsule large, 

 cylindrical, opening into 6 erect teeth. 



Distribution. — Rocks in the Alpine region of the French and 

 Spanish Pyrenees. 



It requires plenty of sun, but will grow in ordinary soil and look 

 very attractive, for it has almost the habit of a Saxifrage with star- 

 shaped, purplish flowers. It is propagated from seed or by division. 



Arenaria Huteri Kerner. 



Stem 2 or 3 inches high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, covered 

 with grey hairs. Flowers large, white. Petals ovate. Sepals 4-6 

 without nerves. 



. Stony or sandy places in S. Tyrol. June, July. 



This charming httle plant requires plenty of sand in the loam 

 ' " More »hoat Armaria £:olAua" in The Naturalist, September, 1895. 



