PL ex. that, 72.CARYOPHYLLEiE. 406. Arenaria. 655 
(3. laricifolia. Sepales linear, pointed, shorter than the 
petals. 
Arenaria laricifolia, Withering Bot. Arr. 521. 
y. juniper ina. Sepales ovate, rather bald ; nearly as long 
as the petals. 
Arenaria juniperina, Withering Bot. Arr. 521. 
5. Arenaria fastigiat a. Even-topped sandwort. 
Stem upright, stiff, corymbose ; leaves awlshape ; calyx- 
side-ribs dilated ; petals very short. 
Arenaria fastigata, Engl. Bot. 25, 1744. 
Mountains; annual; June. 
Flowers small ; seeds elegantly toothed. 
XII. 407. ALSINELLA. Dillenius. Alsinelle . 
Calyx 5-sepaled, spreading ; petals 5, not nicked ; sta- 
mens 10; styles 3; capsule ovate, 1 -celled; 6-toothed at the 
tip. — Leaves ovate; stipules 0. 
1. Alsinella serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved alsinelle. 
Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, scabrous ; sepales longer than 
the petals, hairy; outer sepales 5-ribbed, inner 3-ribbed. 
Spergula q. Alsine minor multicaulis C. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 349, 1. 
Alsine petraea, Ger. em. 612, 6. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia, Lin. S. P. 606. 
Dry sandy places and walls; annual; June and July. 
Stems many, ascending, stiffs forked ; leaves small, ribbed ; 
peduncles upright; flowers white, small; seeds wrinkled. 
2. Alsinella trinervis. Three-ribbed alsinelle . 
Leaves ovate, acute, petioled, fringed, 3 or 5-ribbed; 
stem slender, branched ; sepales slightly 3-ribbed ; keel 
rough. 
Spergula q. Alsine plantaginis folio Joh. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 349, 2. 
Arenaria trinervis, Lin. S. P. 605. 
Plantain-leaved chickweed. 
Damp woods and hedges ; annual ; May and June. 
Stem weak, ascending, hairy ; peduncles from the forks of 
the stem, 1-flowered, bending down after flowering; petals 
reverse ovate, as long as the calyx ; seeds smooth. 
3. Alsinella ciliata. Fringed alsinelle. 
Stem prostrate, branched; leaves slightly petioled, ob- 
long, ovate, spathulate, fringed at the base : flowers ter- 
minal, solitary ; sepales lanceolate, mostly 7-ribbed, smaller 
than the petals. 
