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2. Al. verna (see below). Perennial. Leaves linear-subulate. Flowering branches with 
variable internodes. Petals longer than the sepals. Stigmas 3, nearly as long as the ovary. 
Ovary narrowly and bluntly oval. 
3. Al. rubella (p. 34). Perennial. Leaves linear, obtuse, very small. Flowering branches 
with short internodes. Petals about as long as the sepals. Stigmas 3 — 4. Ovary broadly oval. 
4. Al. tenuifolia (p. 35). Annual. Leaves linear-subulate. Internodes elongate. Petals 
much shorter than the sepals. Stigmas 3 — 4. Ovary narrowly ovate. 
I. ALSINE STRICTA. Plate 31 
Alsine stricta Wahlenberg Ft. Lapp. 127 (1812); Rouy et Foucaud Ft. France iii, 265 (1896); Spergula 
stricta Swartz in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. xx, 235 (1799); Arenaria uliginosa [Schleicher ex] DC. Ft. 
France iv, 786 (1805)!; W. J. Hooker in Eng. Bot. Suppl. no. 2890 (1844); Alsine uliginosa Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 
1 15 (1864); Minuartia stricta Hiern in Journ. Bot. xxxvii, 320 (1899); non Arenaria stricta Michaux Ft. Bor. 
Am. i, 274 (1803); Arenaria lapponica Sprengel Syst. Veg. ii, 402 (1825). 
leones: — DC. Icon. PI. Gall. Rar. t. 46, as Ar. uliginosa-, W. J. Hooker in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2890, as 
A r. uliginosa ; Reichenbach Icon, v, t. 219, fig. 4935, as Alsina7ithe stricta. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 31. ( a , b ) Flowering shoots. ( c ) Portion of branch, with leaves (enlarged). 
( d ) Petals (two enlarged), (e) Flower (enlarged). (/) Ovary (enlarged), (g) Calyx enclosing ripening capsule 
(enlarged). Durham (C. E. M.). 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 940 ; Fries, v, 36. 
Perennial, loosely tufted. Rhizome very slender. Leaves linear, short (rather less than 1 cm. 
long). Flowering branches with elongate internodes above, about 1 dm. high. Inflorescence with 
1 — 3 flowers. Pedicels up to about 3 cm. long. Flowers about 5 mm. in diameter ; opening in 
mid- June or late June. Sepals narrowly ovate, acute or subacuminate, 3-nerved. Petals narrowly 
oboval, about as long as the sepals. Stamens 8 — 10. Stigmas 3, about a third as long as the 
ovary. Ovary broadly elliptical. Capsule rather shorter than the sepals. 
This plant, whose only station in the British Isles known to British botanists is the one in upper Teesdale, is 
recorded by Rouy and Foucaud {op. cit. p. 266) for Ireland: we are unable to state whether or not this record is sup- 
ported by the existence of any specimen. 
Very rare ; on wet, cold, flat, gravelly ground fed by the water of calcareous springs. Only 
known in upper Teesdale, Durham, at an altitude of about 550 m., where it is associated with 
other montane and Arctic-Alpine species. 
Iceland, northern and Arctic Europe, mountains of southern Germany, France (Jura), Switzerland 
(Jura); northern Asia; Greenland. 
2. ALSINE VERNA. Plate 32 
A. pusilla pulchro flore folio tenuissimo nostras Ray Syn. ed. 2, 35 (1677); ed. 3, 350 (1724). 
Alsine verna [Wahlenberg Ft. Lapp. 129 (1812) nomen ;] Bartling in Bartling und Wendlund Beitr. ii, 
63 (1825); Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 109 (1864); Rouy et Foucaud Ft. France iii, 268 (1896); Arenaria saxatilis Hudson 
Ft. Angl. 168 (1762) non L., inch Ar. laricifolia non L. ; Ar. verna L. Mant. PI. i, 72 (1767); Smith Eng. Bot. 
no. 512 (1798); Ft. Brit. 481 (1800)!; Ar. liniflora Jacquin FI. Austr. v, 22, t. 445 (right hand fig.) (1778) non 
L. ; Ar. juniperina Withering Arr. ed. 3, 424 (1799) non L., inch Ar. laricifolia non L. ; Ar. gerardi Willdenow 
Sp. PI. ii, 729 (1799); Minuartia verna Hiern in fourn. Bot. xxxvii, 320 (1899). 
leones : — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 512, as Ar. verna ; Jacquin FI. Austr. t. 404, as Ar. verna-, Baxter Phaen. Bot. 
v, t. 384, as Ar. verna ; Reichenbach Icon, v, t. 207, fig. 4927, as Tryphane caespitosa-, fig. 4929, as T. verna 
var. leptophylla. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 32. (a) Flowering shoot. Westmorland (R. S. A.), (b) Flowering shoots. 
(c) Pedicel (enlarged), (d) Sepals (enlarged). ( e ) Flower (enlarged). Co. Clare (P. O’K.). (/) Small plant 
in flower, (g) Portion of stem, with leaves (enlarged). ( h ) Ovary (enlarged). Cornwall (E. W. H.). 
Exsiccata: — Dickson, xiii, 17, as Ar. verna-, Don, iii, as Ar. verna-, Ehrhart (herb.) 55, as Ar. caespitosa ; 
v. Heurck, vii, 305; Noe, 79, as Sabulina verna ; A. Schultz {FI. Jstr.), 21 ; Tausch ; Thielens et Devos, ii, 107; 
Todaro, 203 ; Wirtgen, ix, 448. 
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