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9. Alsi'ne Wahl. 



1. A. stric'ta (Wahl.) ; I. filiform veinless, fl. -shoots erect 

 naked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuate be- 

 low, Sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 8-veined (when dry), ped. ter- 

 minal 1—3 very lone/.— Axen. uliginosa H. B. S. 2890.— St. 

 prosti-ate, cfespitoae.— Widdy-bank Fell, Teesdale. P. VI. E. 



2. A. ver'na (Jacq.) ; I. linear-subulate acute S-veined, pei. 

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

 lanceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 1- or many-flowered. — E. JB. 512. — St. S — 4 in. high. L. 

 usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute point. Bracts 

 acute. — /3. A. Gerardi (Willd.) ; 1. subulate bluntish not apicu- 

 late, pet. elliptic shortly clawed scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 iJ. V. 208. _ L. usually pressed close to the stem. — Eocky places 

 in mountainous districts. /3. On the hills above Kynance Cove 

 near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. P. V. — IX. E. S. I. 



3. A. ruheVla (Wahl.) ; I. linear-subulate blunt 3-veined, ^et 

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

 ceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 

 l-flowered, — E. B. 8. 2638. — Like a Sagina. St. many, short. 

 Bracts blunt. Flowering shoots terminal, dowiiy, nearly 

 always 1-fl. about 1 in. long, with 1 — 3 pairs of leaves. 

 Ped. longer than calyx. Styles and valves of caps. 3 — 5. — 

 Tops of Scottish mountains, very rare. P. VII. VULl. S. 



4. A. tenuifolia (Wahl.) ; 1. subulate-acute 8-veined, pet. 

 ovate attemmte helow shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subu- 

 late 3-veined with a membranous margin. — E. B. 219. — St. 

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

 the forks. — Glabrous. Sometimes the upper parts {A. laia 

 Jord.), or the cal. alone (A. hyhrida Jord.), bear patent gland- 

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



[A. fastigidta ; I. subulate acute 3-veined, pet. oblon^ blunt 

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

 with 2 central (green) ribs.' — E. B. 744. — " Mountains of Fife- 

 shire and westward of Clova." Mr. O. Bon. A. VI.] S. 



10. Cheelb'eia Linn. 



1. C. sedmdes (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 ciliate. — Summits of mountains. P. VI.— VIII. S. 



11. Aeena'eia Linn. Sandwort. 

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



