ROBINSON. — ALSINEA. 991 
late. — Gmelin, FI. Sib. iv. 160 (proposed as genus). Arenaria § Am- 
modenia, Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 151. Honkenya, Ehrh. Beitr. ii. 
180. Hulianthus, Fries, Fl. Hall. 75. Adenarium, Raf. Journ. Phys. 
1818, 259.— A single stout fleshy species of maritime habitat, with 
axillary flowers. 
A. peploides, L. Perennial, glabrous: stems a span in height, 
stout, angled: leaves thick, ovate or obovate, 1-nerved, shortly pointed, 
clasping at the broad base: sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 34 lines 
in length, about equalling the petals. — Spec. 423; Pursh, Fl. 317, 
Alsine peploides, Crantz, Inst. ii. 406. Honkenya peploides, Ehrh. 
le. ii. 181 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 176; Fenzl in Ledeb. FI. Ross. i. 
358; Gray, Gen. ii. 32, t.110. Adenarium peploides, Raf. 1. c. 259. — 
Seashores, from New Jersey and Washington State, Henderson, 
northward. (Northern Europe and Asia.) On the Northwest Coast 
the commoner form is 
Var. major, Hook. Taller: leaves longer, often 15 lines in 
length, oblong or oblanceolate, more pointed and decidedly narrowed 
to the base. — Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 102. A. Sitchensis, Dietr. Syn. Pl. 
ii. 1565. Honkenya oblongifolia, Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 176. Honkenya 
peploides, var, oblongifolia, Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 358. 
- Mercxia. Styles 3-5; ovary 3-5-celled: capsule large, de- 
Pressed-globose, somewhat inflated, many-seeded ; seeds not strophio- 
late. — Fisch. ex Cham. & Schlecht, Linnea, i. 59 (as genus). 
Penel lo. 359; Pax in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. iii. 
Ib, 84. Arenaria § Merckia, Benth. & Hook. Gen. i. 151.—A 
single glandular and slightly fleshy species of the Northwest. 
A. physodes, Fiscn. Perennial, cespitose ; stems weak, decum- 
bent, 3-6 inches in length: leaves ovate, cuspidately pointed, 4—6 lines 
long: flowers Solitary at the summit of the stem or becoming lateral: 
sepals lance-oblong, acute, 3 lines in length, equalling or slightly ex- 
ceeding the petals: capsule 4 lines (said to become half an inch) in 
diameter, Fisch, in DC. Prodr. i. 413; Wats. Bibl. Index, 97. 
Merekia physodes, Fisch. 1. c. i.59; Hook. |. c. i. 103; Torr. & Gray, 
Fl. i. 176. -Stellaria ovalifolia, Hook. 1. c. i. 97; Hook. & Arn. 
Bot. Beech. 122, Brit. Columbia to N. Alaska; July, August. 
$4. Evarenanta. Styles normally 3: capsule ovoid, dehiscent by 
three two-toothed or cleft valves; seeds not strophiolate. — Arenaria 
*f many authors, as Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 60; Regel, Radde’s 
. et in Ost-Sib. i. 334; Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. 
li, 1b, 84, ete. 
