Arenaria serpyllifolia» Thyme-leaved 



Chickweed* 



ARENARIA Lin. Gen. PL Degandria Trigynia. 



Cal. 5~phyllus, patens. Petala 5 integra. Cap/, l>locularis, polyfperma. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Herb^ pentapetaljE vasculifer^e. 



ARENARIA ferpyllifolia foliis fubovatis acutis feffilibus, corollis calyce brevioribus. Lin. Syji. Vegeiab. 

 p. 353. Sp. PI. p. 606. FL Suec. n. 398. 



STELLARIA ferpyllifolia. Scopoli. FL Cam. n. 544. 



ALSINE foliis ovato-lanceolatis, fubhirfutis* petalis calyce brevioribus. Haller Hift. 11. 875. 



ALSINE minor multicatilis. Bauh Pin. 250. 



ALSINE minima. Ger. emac. 612. Raii Syn. 349. The leaft Chick-weed. Hudfon. FL AngU p. 191* 

 Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 230. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa, albida. | ROOT annual, fibrous, and whitim. 



CAULES plerumque plures, palmares, fuberecti, teretes, | STALKS for the moft part numerous, about four inches 

 pubefcentes, geniculati, ut plurimum limplices, i high, nearly upright, round, downy, jointed, 



apice dichotomi, ramis bifidis. | for the moft part limple, dichotomous at top, 



t branches bifid. 



FOLIA oppofita, ovata, acuta, feflilia, rigidula, hirfu- 1 LEAVES oppofite, ovate, pointed, feffile, a little rigid 

 tula, ad lentem ciliata, nervo medio fubtus 3: and {lightly hirfute, vifibly ciliated when mag- 



confpicuo, inferioribus crebrioribus. | nified, the mid-rib confpicuous on the under 



I fide, the lowermoft leaves growing thickeft 



¥ together. 



FLORES albi, pedunculati. | FLOWERS white, ftanding on foot-ftalks. 



PEDUNCULI teretes, foliis longiores, uniflori, e dicho- y FLOWER-STALKS round, longer than the leaves, iup- 

 tomia caulis, ad unum latus inclinati, fuberecti. | porting one flower, proceeding from the fork- 



£ ing of the ftalk, inclined to one fide, and 



I nearly upright. 



CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis lance- 1 CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, which are 

 olatis, acuminatis, hirfutulis, carinatis. Jig. i.| lanceolate, tapering to a point, fomewhat 



I hairy and keeled. Jig. 1. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque, alba, ovata, obtufa, t COROLLA : five petals, of a white colour, ovate, ob- 

 calyce duplo fere breviora. jig. 2. I tufe, about half the length of the calyx. Jig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta decern alba, capillaria, longi- % STAMINA ; ten Filaments, white, very fine, the 

 tudine corolla. Anthers fubrotundae, albae, | length of the corolla. Anthers roundifh 



Jig. 3. I and white. Jig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen viride, fubrotundum. Styli|PISTILLUM: Germen green, roundifh. Styles three, 

 tres, albi, filiformes reflexi. Stigmata fim-| white, filiform and reflexed. Stigmata fim- 



plicia. Jig. 4. I pie. Jig. 4- 



PERICARPIUM : CapJula ovata, fubventricofa, te&a, | SEED-VESSEL : an ovate Capfule, fomewhat bellying 

 unilccularis, apice quinquefariam feu fex $ out at bottom, covered by the calyx, of one 



fariam dehifcens. Jig. 5. | cavity, opening at top, with five or fix teeth. 



I h- 5- 



SEMINA plurima, minima, reniformia, ad lentem lineis % SEEDS numerous, very fmall, kidney-fhaped, beauti- 



infculptis pulchre reticulata. Jig. 6. | fully reticulated with impreffed lines, vifible 



% when magnified. Jig. 6. 



This plant, one of the leaft of the genus Jrenaria, is very common on walls, among rubbifh, and in dry and 

 barren places. It flowers in June. 



There is a neatnefs in it fuffkient to recommend it as an ornamental plant for walls, rocks, &c. on which it will 

 grow moft readily. 



The rigidity of its ftalks, and thyme-like form of its leaves, readily diftinguifh it from all its congeners. 



