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tt Leaves narrow linear or subulate. 
4. A. stricta (Wahl.) ; 1. filiform nerveless, fl. -shoots ereet 
naked above, pet. equalling the eal. oblong-oval attenuated 
below, sep. ovate-laneeolate acute 3-nerved (when dry), ped. ter- 
minal 1 — ‘3 very long. — Ai-en. uliginosa E. B. S.2890. Alsinanthe 
R. 4!)35. — St. prostrate, efespitose. — Teesdale moors, very rare. 
Mr. J. Backhouse. P. VI. E. 
5. A. verna (Jacq.) ; 1. linear-subulate acute 3-nerved, pet. 
longer than the calyx rounded-obovate attenuated below, sep. 
ovate-laneeolate acute 3-nerved with a membranous margin, pe- 
duncles 1- or many-flowered. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 512. Tri- 
phane R. 4929. — L. usually not adpressed and mostly with a 
minute point. — /3. Gerardi ; 1. subulate bluntish not apiculate, 
pet. elliptical shortly clawed scarcely longer than the calyx. T. 
Gerardi R. 4928. The 1. being usually pressed close to the 
stem gives this plant a peculiar appearance, but the only charae- 
ters wliich I can detect by which to distinguish it from A. verna 
are the bluntish, not apiculated, leaves and the form of the petals. 
— Rocky places in mountainous (hstricts. j3. On the hills above 
Kynance Cove near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. P. V. — IX. 
6. A. rubella (Wahl.) ; 1. linear-subulate blunt 3-nerved, pet. 
obovate attenuated below shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lan- 
ceolate acute 3-nerved with a membranous margin, peduncles 
1-flowered. — E. B. S. 2638. Wahl. Lap. t. 6. — St. numerous. 
Flowering shoots terminal, downy, nearly always single-flowered, 
about an inch long, with 1 — 3 pairs of leaves. Ped. longer than 
the calyx, petals shorter. The number of styles and valves of 
the capsule varies from 3 — 5, thereby showing the very artificial 
character of these genera. — Summits of the Scotch mountains, 
very rare. P. VII. VIII. S. 
7. A. tenuifolia (Wahl.) ; 1. subulate acute 3-nerved, ovate 
attenuated below shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate-subulate 
3-nerved with a membranous margin. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 219. 
Sabulina R. 4916. — St. slender, 4 — 6 in. high, much branched, 
dichotomous, with flowers from the a.xils. Glabrous. — Sandy 
and chalky places. A. V. VI. E. 
8. A.fastigiata ; 1. subulate acute 3-nerved, pet. oblong obtuse 
half the length of the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute equal (white) 
with 2 central (green) ribs. — Arenaria Sm., E. B. 1/44. Minu- 
artia R. 4919. — “Mountains of Fifeshire and on the moimtains 
to the westward of Clova.” Mr. G. Don. A. AT. S. 
10. Cherleria Zmn. 
1. C. sedoides (L.). — E. B. 1212. — Pet. generally wanting. 
Fl. sohtaiy, on short stalks. St. very numerous, forming a dense 
