Arenaria.~\ xiy. cartophyxlacejE : alsinkjE. 
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specific name stricta is the oldest, but this plant is very different from 
the A. ( Alsine) stricta Mich. 
4. A. tenuifdlia L. ( fine-leaved S .) ; stems much branched 
dichotomous panicled above, leaves narrow linear-subulate 
acute 3-nerved, sepals narrow-lanceolate 3-nerved about twice 
as long as the oblong petals, capsule 3-valved as long as the 
calyx. E. B. t. 219. Alsine Wahl. 
Sandy fields; Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, &c. Cram- 
mond Island, and near Petticur Harbour, Fritli of Forth ; Scotland 
(scarcely indigenous and not found of late years). Q. 5, 6. — Stems 
4 — 6 inches high, glabrous, throughout remarkably slender, especially 
the peduncles. Petals varying a little in length, sometimes obovate. 
Don alone is said to have seen this in Scotland, but his published 
specimens are from England. 
5. A. fastigiata Sm. (level-tapped S.) ; stems erect straight, 
leaves fascicled subulato-setaceous erect, flowers fascicled, sepals 
much acuminate (white) with two central (green) ribs twice 
as long as the obovate petals. E. B. t. 1744. Alsine Fenzl. 
On rocks in the mountains of Clova, Angusshire, and also Fifeshire : 
Mr. Don. Q. 6 . — Sir J. E. Smith rightly distinguishes this, the A. 
fasciculata of Jacq. and De Cand., from the very rare species so named 
by Gouan. The Clova specimens which we possess from Drummond 
as well as Don, are only distinguishable from the A. mucronata of 
DC., of which this is perhaps a variety, by the more compact inflo- 
rescence, annual (or biennial) root, and erect stern : it is also found in 
Switzerland and the Pyrenees in warm rocky places, at no great ele- 
vation. It is very peculiar in habit, and quite unlike any other 
British species. Seeds “ beautifully toothed like a wheel, each on a 
long slender stalk.” Sm. » 
§ 2 . Valves of capsule twice as many as the styles. Euarenaria. 
6 . A. Norvegica Gunn. (Norwegian S .) ; leaves spathulate- 
obovate fleshy glabrous, sepals half as long as the corolla ovate 
acute with 3 — 5 obscure ribs. E. B. S. t. 2852. A. ciliata (3. 
Willd. 
On Serpentine Hill, Unst, Shetland 4 Mr. T. Edmonstone, Jan. 
y. 7, 8 . — Whole plant perfectly glabrous Stems much branched, 
procumbent; branchlets 1 — 3-flowered. This has altogether the 
mode of growth and general aspect of A. ciliata ; but the leaves are 
succulent and without any cilia?, and the sepals are broader and only 
obscurely ribbed. 
7. A. ciliata L. ( fringed S .) ; leaves spathulate roughish 
ciliate, sepals half as long as the corolla lanceolate acute with 
3 — 5 prominent ribs. E. B. t. 1745. 
Limestone cliffs, near Ben Bulben, a mountain in Sligo, Ireland. 
y. 6 — 8 . — Stems much branched, procumbent or ascending, rough- 
ish, downy ; branchlets 1 — 5-flowered. Petals ovate. 
