60 14. CAEYOPHYLLACE-E. 
lateral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 in. 
long. Fl. terminal, 1, 2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. 
Whole plant often quite glabrous. Sometimes (S. (ilandidosa 
Bess.) the upper parts of the st., the connecting membrane of 
the 1., and the l)ase of the cal. are glandular-hairy. — Wet and 
sandy places. P. VIT. VIII. Knotted Surrei/. E. S. I. 
7. HoNKENE JA Ehrh. 
1. //. peploldas (Ehrh.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fle.shy glal^rous 
1-veined, pet. obovate, sep. ovate blunt 1-veined shorter than 
the petals. — Arenaria L. Halianthus Fr. MintMrtia Hiern. 
jE. B. 189. — St. forked, procumbent, rhizomatous. Fl. from 
the forks of the stem, frequently dicBcious or polygamous. 
Caps, large, globose. Seeds few, large. — Sandy sea-coasts. 
P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 
8. Alsine L. em. Wahl. 
1. A. striata (Wahl.); filiform veirdess, fl.-shoots erect 
naked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuate below, 
sej). ovate-lanceolate acM<e 3-veined (when dry), ped. terniiiml 
1 — 3 very lonrj. — Aren. idiginosa (Schlecht.). E. B. S. 2890. — 
St. prostrate, csespitose. — Widdy-bank Fell, Teesdale. P. VI. E. 
2. A. ver'na (Bartl.) ; I. linear-subulate acute 2-veined, pet. 
exceeding the calyx rounded-obovate attenuate below, sep. 
ovate-lanceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, 
peduncles 1- or many-liowered. — E. ]>. 512. — St. 3 — 4 in. high. 
L. usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute point. 
Bracts acute. — p. Aren. derardi (Willd.) ; 1. suljulate bluntish 
not apiculate, pet. elliptic shortly clawed scarcely longer than 
the calyx. R. v. 208. L. usually pressed close to the stem. — 
Bocky places in mountainous districts. ^. On the hills above 
Kynance Cove near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. P. V. — IX. 
E. S. I. 
3. A. rubel la (Wahl.) ; /. linear-subulate Uunt 3-veiued, pet. 
obovate attenuate below shorter than the cali/,r, sep. ovate-lan- 
ceolate acute 3-veined with a membranous margin, peduncles 
1-flowered.— if. B. S. 2G38. Aren. sulcata (Schlecht.).— Like a 
Sagina. St. many, short. Bracts blunt. Flowering shoots 
terminal downy, nearly always 1-H., about 1 in. long, with 
1 — 3 pairs of leaves. Ped. longer than calyx. Styles and valves 
of caps. 3 — 5. — Tops of Scottish mountains, very rare. [Ser- 
pentine hills, Shetland, Mr W. 11. Beeby.] P. VII. VIII. S. 
