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11. caeyophyllacej:. 
2. S. rubra (L.) Pers. 
Glandular-pubescent at least upwards; st. round; 1. somewhat 
tieshy linear-subulate battened above and beneath mucronate ; fi. 
somewhat racemose and secimd ; fruitstalks deflexed viscid pu- 
bescent ; sep. lanceolate obtuse nerveless with broadly scarious 
margins viscid-pubescent ; caps, not longer than the sep. rather 
shorter than the slightly declining fr.-stalks ; seeds pale brown 
compressed subtriangular pear-shaped or obovate, finely granu- 
late or echinulate at the back, wingless. — Presl 160. "Arenaria 
rubra (L.) EB. t. 852 ; Desf. i. 357 ; Brot. ii. 201 ; Sm. E. FI. 
ii. 311 ; Hook. FI. Sc. i. 138 ; Spr. ii. 400. A. rubra L. a, DC. 
1. 401. Lepigonum rubrum Koch 121 ; Bab. ed. 4. 124 (var. a). 
Alsine rubra (Wahlenb.) WB. i. 148 ; Bab. ed. 1. 50. — Herb, 
ann. Mad. reg. 1, | ; reg. 2, rrr ; PS. reg. 1, cc ; GD. reg. 2, |. 
Gorgifiho rocks ; Praza in front of the Governor’s palace in 
Funchal; at Machico, Porto da Cruz, and Porto Moniz, near 
the sea : Curral das Freiras in front of the church-door. March- 
July. — St. prostrate in a circle numerous subcespitose jointed 
dichotomous leafy 4-12 in. long the ends ascending. L. fasci- 
cled acute almost always except in PS. specimens bristle- 
pointed, in pi. growing near the sea almost or quite smooth. 
FI. pale dull pink or rose-purple small and pretty racemose and 
secund on the terminal branches of the cymes. Pet. purple of 
varying intensity deeper towards the tip not longer than the 
sep. Styles 3. Caps, always 3-valved not longer than the 
calyx. Seeds very minute pale reddish-brown minutely sca- 
brous most distinctly at the back or rounded thickened outer 
edge, not shining or polished and never winged. 
7. Arenaria L. 
1. A. SERPYELIFOLIA L. 
Finely and closely pubescent ; st. erect or ascending dicho- 
tomously branched; 1. ovate acute or acuminate subscabrous 
sessile, the lower contracted at the base into a short stalk ; fl. in 
forked cymes; sep. lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved or ribbed 
longer than the pet. — Desf. i. 356; Brot. ii. 200; EB. t. 923; 
Sm. E. Fl. ii. 307; DC. i. 411 ; Presl 164; Koch 128; Bab. 52. 
0. glutinosa Koch 1. c. ; smaller viscous clothed upwards with 
glandular hairs besides the short close pubescence. A. serpylli- 
folia WB. ! i. 150. A. serpyllifolia 0, viscida DC. 1. c. ? ; y, de- 
pauper ata Novit. 27 or 649.— Herb. ann. Mad., PS., reg. 4, rrr ; 
SD. reg. 2, cc. Summit of Pico Grande Mad. and P. de Gas- 
tello PS. in the turf. April-Aug. — A small insignificant pi. 
2 or 3 in. high with erect or spreading forked stiff slender 
branches. Fl. numerous from the forks of the st. or axils of 
upper 1. Pet. w. small inconspicuous, narrow-ovate. Caps. 
