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Exsiccata : — Billot, 1137, as Al. tenuifolia ; Schultz (H. N.), 439, as Al. tenuifolia. 
Shoot up to about 2 dm. high. Petals about two-thirds as long as the sepals. Capsule about 
1 *3 times as long as the calyx. 
( b ) Al. tenuifolia var. laxa Willkomm Icon, et Descr. i, 106 (1852); Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 113 (1864); Rouy 
et Foucaud FI. France iii, 276 (1896); Al. laxa Jordan Pugill. 34 (1852). 
leones : — Willkomm Icon, et Descr. i, t. 69, fig. B, as Alsine tenuifolia var. laxa. 
Exsiccata: — Billot, 1439, as Alsine laxa. 
Petals one-third to two-thirds as long as the sepals or absent. Capsule a little exserted. 
France, Switzerland, Spain, Sicily, Greece ; south-western Asia. 
( c ) Al. tenuifolia var. hybrida DC. Prodr. i, 406 (1824); Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 113 (1864); Arenaria hybrida 
Villars Prosp. PL Dauph. 48 (1779); Ar. dubia Suter FI. Helv. i, 266 (1802); Alsine hybrida Jordan Pugillus 33 
(1852); Al. tenuifolia var. intermedia Rouy et Foucaud FI. France iii, 277 (1896) inch var. viscosa. 
leones: — FI. Dan. t. 389, as Al. tenuifolia ; Reichenbach Icon, v, t. 204, fig. 4917 (left-hand figure), as 
Sabulina viscosa. 
Exsiccata: — Billot, 732, as Al. viscosa ; 732 bis, as Al. hybrida ; Reichenbach, 69, as Al. viscosa ; Schultz 
(H. N.) t 440, as Al. viscosa. 
Shoot usually glandular, especially above, usually less tall than in the preceding varieties and 
with usually shorter leaves and pedicels. Capsule as long as the calyx. 
France, Switzerland, Spain, Sicily, Malta, and doubtless elsewhere ; northern Africa. 
Dry walls, sandy arable fields in eastern England, and railway tracks from Somerset, Dorset, 
and Kent, northwards to Anglesey and Yorkshire. Chiefly in south-eastern, eastern, and central 
England; North Wales — Flintshire, Carnarvonshire, and Anglesey. In Ireland it is confined to 
railway tracks over the greater portion of the central plain : doubtless many of its English stations 
are of a similar nature. Not recorded for Scotland. 
Southern Sweden, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, central Europe, Russia, southern 
Europe ; northern Africa ; Asia. 
Subgenus II. CHERLERIA 
Cherleria [Haller Stirp. Helv. 391 (1742);] L. Sp. PL 425 (1753) et Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 194 (1754); as 
a genus; Cherleriae Fenzl in Endlicher Gen. Pl. 965 (1836 — 1840). 
For characters, see page 32. Only British species: — Al. sedoides. 
5. ALSINE SEDOIDES. Plate 35 
Alsine sedoides Kittel FI. Deutschl. ed. 2, ii, 997 (1844) non Froelich in lift, ex Koch Syn. 114 (1835); 
Cherleria sedoides L. Sp. Pl. 425 (1753)!; Lightfoot FI. Scot, i, 232 
( I 777 )j Smith FI. Brit. 483 (1800)!; Alsine cherleri Grenier et 
Godson FI. France i, 253 (1848); Rouy et Foucaud FI. France iii, 
265 (1896); Al. cherleria Peter mann Deutschl. FI. 851 (1849); Syme 
Eng. Bot. ii, 108 (1864); Minuartia sedoides Hiern in fourn. Bot. 
xxxvii, 321 (1899). 
leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1212, as Cherleria sedoides ; 
Reichenbach Icon, v, t. 204, fig. 4903, as Cherleria sedoides. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 35. (a) Portions of a plant, (b) Op- 
posite pair of leaves (enlarged). ( c ) Flowers (enlarged), (d) Ovary. 
( e ) Mature capsule, within the persistent perianth. Forfarshire 
(E. S. M.). 
Exsiccata: — Billot, 1625, 2634, as Al. cherleri\ Bourgeau 
(Pyr. Esp.), 221, as Cherleria sedoides ; Dickson, i, 9, as C. sedoides ; 
Duchartre (El. Pyr.), 125, as C. sedoides ; Schultz ( H . N.), ix, 833. 
Perennial, densely tufted. Shoot glabrous or more or 
less glandular above. Flowering stems about 3 cm. high, 
densely leafy. Leaves linear, obtuse, subtriquetrous, chan- 
nelled above, about 4 mm. long. Inflorescences terminal, 
1 -flowered. Pedicel about 2 — 3 mm. long. Flowers hemi- 
dioecious ; about 3 mm. in diameter. Sepals elliptical, with a 
Map 15. Distribution of Alsine sedoides in Scotland narrow whitish margin, 3"^6rved, joined at the base. Petals 
