No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I75 



Arenaria peploides L. (like Euphorbia Peplus). 

 Ammodenia peploides Rupr. 

 Sea Beach Sandwort. Sea Chickweed or Purslane. 



Sandy and stony shores of the Sound. Rare in Bridge- 

 port (Eames), and Stratford (Miss A. E. Carpenter) ; fre- 

 quent in New London County (Graves) ; not reported else- 

 where. May — June. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia L. (thyme-leaved). 

 Common or Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



Frequent or common. T>ry, sandy or rocky open ground. 

 May — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



Arenaria stricta Michx. (upright). 

 Arenaria Michauxii Hook. f. 

 Rock Sandwort. 



Local. Limestone ledges and banks throughout western 

 Litchfield County and south to Brookfield (Eames). June — 

 July. 



Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng, 

 Mountain Sandwort or Starwort. 



Rare. Rock ledges: White Rocks, Middletown, where 

 it was first collected by H. L. Osborn in 1877, and Durham 

 (G. H. Bartlett). Mid-April — May. 



STELLARIA L. Starwort. Chickweed. 



Stellaria borealis Bigel. (northern). 



Alsine borealis Britton. 



Northern Stitchwort or Starwort. 



Rare. Bogs, wet meadows and banks of woodland brooks : 

 Groton and Ledyard (Graves), Durham, Oxford and Monroe 

 (Harger), Southington (Andrews), New Britain and Norfolk 

 (Bissell), Barkhamsted (Harger), Winchester (Andrews, 

 Bissell & Harger), Salisbury (Mrs. C S. Phelps). May — 

 Aug. 



Stellaria longifolia Muhl. (long-leaved). 

 Alsine longifolia Britton. 

 Long-leaved Stitchwort or Starwort. 



Swamps, low meadows and wet places. Rare in the south- 



