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large, ^ in. across, on slender stalks ; petals longer than the sepals. 

 — Rocky places in mountainous districts; rare. — Fl. May — 

 September. Perennial. 



2. M. rubella (Alpine Sandwort). — Smaller in all its parts, more 

 yellow-green and less compact in growth, with blunt leaves, and 

 petals shorter than the sepals, is very rare, being confined to the 

 summits of some of the Scotch mountains. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



3. M. stricta (Bog Sandwort). — A loosely-tufted form with 

 ascending stems, veinless leaves and flowers i — 3 together, on 

 slender stalks. — Grows by a stream in Teesdale. — Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



4. M. tenuifblia (Fine-leaved Sandwort). — An erect, slender 

 plant, 4 — 6 in. high ; stem much forked j leaves acute, 3 — 5-veined ; 

 flowers small, numerous, in the forks of the stem \ petals shorter 

 than the sepals. — Dry places, chiefly in the eastern counties ; rare. 

 — Fl. May — August. Annual. 



8. Cherleria (Cyphel). — A tufted perennial mountain plant, 

 with awl-shaped leaves, solitary flowers generally apetalous and 

 dioecious ; sepals 5 ; disk of 

 5 interstaminal glands ; 

 stamens 10; styles 3; cap- 

 sule 3-valved, few-seeded. 

 (Named in honour of Jean 

 Henri Cherler, a botanist 

 who died in 1610.) 



1. C. sedoides (Mossy 

 Cyphel). — A densely-tufted, 

 yellow-green prostrate plant 

 forming cushions 6 — 12 in. 

 across, with a long tap-root ; 

 leaves crowded, narrow, cheri.£ria sedoides {Mossy Cyphel). 



ciliate; flowers solitary, 



greenish, being generally apetalous and dioecious ; capsule and 

 seeds small. — Summits of Scottish mountains. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



9. Arenaria (Sandwort). — Small herbs often tufted, with 

 broad leaves and white flowers in dichasial cymes; sepals 5 ; petals 

 5, entire or slightly notched ) disk annular; stamens 10, rarely 5 ; 

 styles 3 ; capsule short, with 3 valves, which are bifid, many-seeded. 

 (Name from the Latin arena, sand, many species growing in 

 sand.) 



