AT THE SEASIDE— NEAR THE COAST 93 



5. Pine-barren Sandwort 



Arendria Caroliniana. — Family, Pink. Color, white. Leaves, 

 overlapping, but spreading, bristly, awl-shaped. Time, May 

 to August. 



Sepals, 5. Petals, 5. Stamens, 10. Styles, 3. The pod 

 splits into 3 parts when ripe. A tufted plant, with short and 

 grooved stems. 4 to 10 inches high. 



Above, the branches are leafless and bear many flowers in 

 cymes. A pretty flower, growing in sand. I have found it 

 growing on the road from Bndgehampton to East Hampton, 

 Long Island, looking brightly out of arid sand, where one 

 would think nothing could grow. New York, New Jersey, and, 

 southward. 



6. Broad-leaved Sandwort 



Arendria lateriflbra. — Family, YmV.. Color, ■vthxit. Leaves, 

 blunt, oval or oblong, sessile, without stipules, ^ to i inch long. 



Sepals and petals, 5, or sometimes 4. Stamens, 10. Pod, 

 3-celled. 4 to 12 inches high. 1 



Small, star-like flowers, on low, erect, downy branches, 2 to 4' 

 on the peduncles. 



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A. peploides is a fleshy plant growing from a rootstock. 



Branches 6 to 10 inches high ascend, bearing sessile flowers 



in the axils of the thick, partly clasping, ovate leaves. In 



sandy soil along the shore. 



8. Sand Spurry 



Buda rubrc. — Family, Pink. Color, dark pink, almost red. 

 Leaves, long, flat, somewhat fleshy. Time, summer. 



Sepals and petals, 5. Stamens, 10 or less. Styles, 3. 2 to 

 6 inches high. 



A low, smooth plant, the stems upright or lying down. Smaller 

 leaves are clustered in the axils. A more strictly marine species 



