Alsinaceee. 
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2. Pets and seps 4. Stas 8. PL forming a thick tuft. Ls 
obtuse, with us (b. Rionii Grml.—A. herniarioides Rion) 
ciliate. — High Alp.; W. (Ofenthal near Mattmark and 
Allalinhorn). 7, 8 . . . . aretioides M. K. 358. 
— Pets and seps 5. Stas 10. 3 
3. Caps. 3-valved. Seed bordered by a crest of subulate 
warts. PI. with creeping shoots. Seps acute, with several 
nerves.—Alp. rare; G. Simplon. 7 lanceolata IVi. K. 359. 
— Caps. 6-valved . . . . . . 1 
4. Pets as long as, or longer than the cal. Comp. Arenaria 
ciliatci and biflora. 
— Pets distinctly shorter than the cal. ... 5 
5. Ls 12—18 mm long, petioled, the lower ones with the 
petiole about as long as the blade. Seed with an ap¬ 
pendage. Genus Moehringia. 
— Ls 2—4 mm long, sessile or the lower ones contracted 
to a short petiole Seed without appendage. Genus 
Arenaria. 
6(1). Pets gen. 0, rarely present and small, setaceous, 
green or white and almost as long as the cal. PI. form¬ 
ing dense tufts. Cherleria sedoides L.—High Alp. 7 
Cherleri Fenzl.,360. 
— Pets always present . . . . . . 7 
7. Seps linear-oblong, rounded-obtuse. Pets twice as 
long as the cal. Type of A. iaricifolia . . S 
— Seps oval-lanceolate, lanceolate, or lanceo.—subulate,acute 
or acuminate, rarely oblong-linear, rather obtuse, but 
then the pets little longer than the cal. . . .9 
8. Cal. glandular, attenuated at the base into an en¬ 
largement of the petiole. Caps, a third longer than the 
cal. Seed 14/2 mm, bordered by a denticulate crest. Stem 
bearing 1 — 5 As. A. Bauhinorum Gren.— Jura (Reculet, 
Dole). 7.liniflora Heg. 361. 
— Cal. not glandular, truncate at the base. Caps, as 
long as, or barely longer than the cal. Seeds smaller 
(scarcely 1 mm), with finely tubercled edges. Stem often 
panicled. A. striata Gren.—Alp.; almost the whole cen¬ 
tral chain. 1 ... . Iaricifolia Crantz. 362. 
9. Seps cartilaginous, white, marked on the back with 2 
green stripes (sometimes almost confluent) . 10 
— Seps green or only scarious at the edges . . 11 
10. Pets almost as long as the cal. FIs in a terminal corymb. 
Stems numerous, tufted. A. rostrata Koch. — Alp.; G. 
W. 7, 8.mucronata L. 363. 
Pets only 1 /s the length of the cal. FIs in dense fas¬ 
cicles terminating the stem and the axillary branches 
which are shorter than the stem. Ann. pis. Stems soli¬ 
tary or not numerous, stiff. Seps more finely acuminate 
