654 406. Arenaria. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. PI. ex. that. 
2. Arenaria marina. Marine sandwort. 
Stem prostrate ; leaves semicylindrical, fleshy, not armed, 
as long as the internodes; seeds compressed, margined, 
smooth. 
Spergula raaritima flore parvo caeruleo, semine vario, Dillen in Raii 
Syn. 351, 11. 
Arenaria rubra / 3 , Lin. S. P. 606. 
Arenaria marina, FI. Danica , 740. 
Arenaria marginata, De Candolle FI. Gall. 4434. 
Arenaria rubra media, Hudson FI. Angl. 193. 
Red samphire. 
Sea-coasts ; annual ; June and July. 
Stem very smooth ; leaves fleshy, bald ; stipules torn ; 
flowers large, pale flesh-red or purple ; capsule longer than 
the calyx ; seed flat, slightly margined. — Succulent. 
fr media. Seeds margined ; margin membranaceous, 
streaked. 
Spergula q. Alsine spergulae facie media C. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 351, 10. 
Arenaria media, Lin. S. P. 606. 
Arenaria rubra y, Hudson FI. Angl. 193. 
b. Leaves awlshape ; stipules 0. 
3. Arenaria tenuifolia. Fine-leaved sandwort. 
Leaves awlshape, acute; stem much branched, forked, 
panicled ; sepales longer than the petals, awlshape, streaked ; 
petals lanceolate ; capsules upright. 
Spergula q. Alsine tenuifolia Joh. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 350, 3. 
Arenaria tenuifolia, Lin. S. P. 607. 
Sandy barren fields ; annual ; June. 
Herl bald or hairy; stem upright; leaves bristlelike, 
3-ribbed; lower leaves connate, dilated; peduncles upright; 
flowers small, white ; sepales margined ; petals blunt ; seeds 
compressed. 
4. Arenaria verna . Spring sandwort . 
Stems many, tufted, long, panicled ; leaves awlshape, ra- 
ther blunt, ribbed; sepales 3-ribbed, ribs remote, equal; 
petals reverse ovate, longer than the sepales. 
Spergula q. Alsine pusilla pulchro flore, folio tenuissimo nostras, Raii 
Syn. 350, 4. 
Arenaria verna, Lin. Mant. 72. 
Arenaria saxatilis, Hudson FI. Angl.ed. 1, 168. 
Mountains ; perennial ; May to August. 
Stems much branched, downy ; leaves wide at bottom, 
connate, mostly bald ; sepales ovate, acute, shorter than the 
petals. 
