so 
CARYOPH YLLE.T5. 
plant the leaves arc usually ciliated only near the base. — On lime- 
stone cliffs on Ben Bulben, &c, Sligo. P. VI. VII. I. 
3. A. norvegica (Gunn.) ; I. spafhulate obovate fleshy not cili- 
ated, pet. longer than the calyx, sep. ovate acute obscurely 3-rib- 
bed glabrous. — E. B. S. 2852. — St. much branched, procumbent, 
nearly smooth. Fl. 1 — 3, terminal. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. 
Seed dark brown, tuberculated. Distinguished from A. ciliata 
by its fleshy not ciliated 1. which are less narrowed below, and 
the shorter point and obscure ribs of its sepals ; in A. multicaulis 
the point of the sep. is longer than that of A. ciliata. — On Ser- 
pentine Hill, Unst, Shetland. P. VII. VIII. S. 
13. Moehringia Linn. 
1. M. trinervia (Clairv.) ; 1. ovate acute stalked 3 — 5-nerved 
the upper ones sessile, pet. shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate 
acute 3-ribbed the intermediate rib strongest and rough. — R. 
4943. Arenaria Sm. E. B. 1483. — St. about a foot high, weak, 
branched, downy. Fl. solitary from the forks of the stem and 
axils of the upper leaves. Peduncles ultimately spreading and 
curved just below the fruit. The lateral nerves of the sep. often 
obsolete. Distinguished from Arenaria and Alsine by the ap- 
pendage to the hilum of its seeds. — Damp shady places. A. 
V. VI. 
14. Alsine Wahl. 
* Leaves with stipules. 
1. A. rubra (Wahl.) ; seeds angular rough wingless, I. flat on 
both sides linear pointed, sep. lanceolate obtuse obscurely 3-nerved 
about as long as the capsule. — Arenaria Sm. E. B. 852. — St. 
procumbent, the extremity and the peduncles and calyces covered 
with fine glandular hairs. Seeds rough all over, triangular-pyri- 
form, small. — Sandy fields. A. VI. — IX. 
2. A. marina (M. and K.) ; seeds roundish nearly smooth with 
or without a scarious margin, I. convex below fleshy linear, sep. 
ovate-lanceolate obtuse obscurely 3-nerved shorter than the cap- 
sule. — Arenaria E. B. 958. — St. smooth or downy. — as. minor 
(Koch) ; seeds mostty wingless nearly smooth with a thickened 
rough margin a few of the lower ones winged, caps, usually but 
little longer than the calyx. A. media [Wither.], A. marina 
[Reich.!]. — /3. obesior (Koch); seeds nearly all winged, caps, often 
twice as long as the calyx. A. marina [Wither.], A. marginata 
(DC.) Icon. Rar. 48. Reich. — These varieties are scarcely distin- 
guishable, see Boenningh. Prod. Monast. 129. Mr. Gibson 
(Phyt. i. 217.) considers them quite distinct. — Sea-coast. A. 
VI. — VIII. 
** Stipules none, 
f. Leaves elliptical or ovate, calyx-valves broad, seeds few. 
3. A. peploides (Wahl.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 
