CHERLERIA.—ARENARIA. 49 
Flowering shoots terminal, downy, nearly always single-fiowered, 
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-nerved, pet. ovate 
attenwated below shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subulate 
3-nerved 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.—8. A. viscosa 
(Schreb.); upper parts of cal. only covered with patent gland- 
tipped hairs.—Sandy and chalky places. A. V. VI. , 
[5. A. fastigiata; 1. subulate acute 3-nerved, pet. oblong obtuse 
half the length of the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute equal (white) 
with 2 central (green) ribs.—.4renaria Sm., E. B. 1744. Minu- 
artia R. v. 206.—* Mountains of Fifeshire and on the mountains 
to the westward of Clova.” Mr. G. Don. A. VI.] 
10. Cuerzeria Linn. 
1. C. sedoides (L.).—E. B. 1212.—Pet. generally wanting. 
Fl. solitary, on short stalks. St. very numerous, forming a dense 
mass close to the ground. L. very numerous, linear-subulate, 
finely ciliated.—Summits of mountains. P. VI.—VIII. s. 
11. Morurinetia Linn. 
1. M. trinervis (Clairv.); 1. ovate acute stalked 3—5-nerved 
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, 
branched, downy. FI. solitary from the forks of the stem and 
axils of the upper leaves. Ped. ultimately spreading and curved 
just below the fruit. Lateral nerves 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. 
1. A. serpyllifolia (L.) ; 1. ovate acute subscabrous sessile, pet. 
shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute 3-ribbed hairy.— 
E. B. 923. R. v. 216.—St. prostrate or ascending dichotomous. 
F|. 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. F]. 53.) Wilson finds a plant at Bangor with 5 stam., 
the pet. only } as long as the cal. and the sep. with prominent 
ribs.—8. tenuior (Koch); stems much more slender, fl. and fr. 
of half the size. Dry places and walls. A. VI.—VIII. 
2. A. ciliata (L.); 1. spathulate ciliated, pet. exceeding the 
D 
