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l)erclc(l or papillose with a nan-ow margin. — E.B. 1535. — St. 
6 — 12 in. high. L. long, slender. Seeds black, covered with 
minute elevated ])oints. S. sativa Boeniugh. S. arvensis R. 1. 
t. 511. — 13. vulgaris (Koch); seeds covered with white or brown 
eluhshaped papilhe. S. mlgaris Boeningh., R. I. t. 512. — On 
cultivated ground. A. VI. — VIII. Corn Spurrey. 
2.1 S. pentandra (L.); 1. linear subterete convex beneath, fl. 
paiiicled, seeds much compressed smooth with a broad membra- 
nous margin. — E. B. 153(i? — I have not seen specimens of this 
plant, which apjiears to differ from S. arvensis only by having 
the under side of its leaves not hollowed into a furrow but convex. 
— Said to have been found in Ireland. A. VII. ? I. ? 
9. Alsine Wahl. 
* Leaves with stipules. Caps, nerveless. Seeds roundish-pyri- 
form with or without a wing. Lepigonum Fries, Koch. 
1. A. rubra (Wahl.); st. round, seeds angular rough mostly 
wingless, 1. flat linear ])ointed, sep. obtuse obsem-ely 3-nerved 
scarcely shorter than the capsule. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 852. — 
St. procumbent, the end and the ped. and cal. covered with fine 
glandular hairs. Seeds rough all over, triangular-pyriform, small. 
— /3. media ; 1. fleshy rather convex beneath, seeds mostly wing- 
less with a thickened rough border, a few' w inged, caj)s. a little 
longer than the calyx. L. medium Fries. — Sandy fields. S- 
damp places and near the sea. A. VI. — IX. 
2. A. marina (M. and K.); st. compressed, seeds roundish 
nearly smooth mostly w inged, 1. fleshy blunt, sep. obtuse obscurely 
3-nerved shorter than the capsule. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 958. — 
St. smooth or downy. Seeds nearly all winged. — Fruit- 
stalks reflexed thickened at the end, sej). ovate half as long as the 
terete turgid capsules. L. marinum Fries. — S- marginata ; fruit- 
stalks not thickened, fl. hah' the size, sep. but httle shoiier than 
the subtrigonous capsule. L. salinum Fries. — Sea-coast. P. ? 
0. A. VI.— VIII. 
** Stipules none. 
t Leaves elliptical or ovate ; calyx valves broad, nerved ; 
seeds few. Halianthus Fries, Koch. 
3. A. peploides (Wahl.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 
1-nerved, pet. obovate, sep. ovate obtuse 1-nerved shorter than 
the petals. — Arenaria E. B. 189. Ilonckenya R. 3670. — St. di- 
chotomous, procumbent, often much buried in the sand. Fl. 
from the forks of the stem, frequently dioecious. — Sandy sea- , 
coasts. P. VI. — IX. 
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