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running down each fide of the fhdk, 
which 
;s pro- 
.cumbent; the leaves are not diftinguiffted by any ribs, the 
petals are bifid, and the feeds brown and rough. This 
fpecies alfo grows only in and about woods, not very com. 
jnpn, and does not flower til! May and June ; vv hereas the 
(other flowers m March and April ; indeed almoft always 
in mild weather, and iheltered (ituations, 
6. Arenaria ciliata, or ciliate fandwort: leaves ovate., 
nerved, ciliate, acute. According to Linnaeus, it is a na¬ 
tive of mount Abraham, in the Rhattian Alps. It is alfo 
found on mount Cep is., on the high mountains of Dau- 
pliind, &c. in the turf. According to the Kew catalogue, 
it is a native of Iceland, whence it was introduced in 1773, 
by Sir Jolej h Banks, Bart. It flowers from March to 
Auguft, and is biennial. Other authors mark it as p.erennial. 
7. Arenaria balearica, or Majorca ffindwort: leaves o- 
vate, ihining, rather fleftiy’; (tern creeping; peduncles one- 
flowered. This is a perennial plant, growing in tufts. Na¬ 
tive of Majorca and Minorca. Introduced into France by 
Ant. Richard, the king’s gardener; into England by M. 
Cels, in 1787. In the open air it flowers from June to 
Auguft; but early in the fpring if it be kept in the green- 
.houfe. 
8. Arenara multicaulis, or many-ftalked fandw'ort: 
leaves ovate, nervelefs, fellile, acute; corollas larger than 
the calyx. Native of the Swifs and Pyrenean mountains. 
9. Arenaria ferpyllifolia, or lead duckweed or thyme¬ 
leaved fandwort: leaves fubovate acute feflile, corollas 
diorter than the calyx. This is an annual plant; which, 
fays Mr. Curtis, is fufficiently didinguifhed from its con¬ 
geners, by the ftiffnefs of its flalk, and the thyme-like 
form of its leaves, it is,common on walls among rubbifb, 
and on dry barren places, flowering from May to Auguft J 
not only in Europe, but in Japan. 
jo. Arenaria triflora, or three-flowered fandwort: leaves 
Jance-fubulate ciliate, branches rnoftly three-flowered, pe¬ 
tals marked with lines, obtufe. Perennial. Native of the 
fouth of Europe, on rocks. 
11. Arenaria montana, or mountain fandwort: leaves 
linear-lanceolate rugged, barren ftems very long, procum¬ 
bent. The leaves form a tuft about the root, and are al- 
'1110ft imbricate, bridle-fliaped, ftiffifh, fpreading, of a (hi- 
ning green; thofe on the dem are diorter than the inter- 
.siodes; all of them are dem-clafping, Native of the fouth 
of France, Spain, and the Col de Tende. 
12. Arenaria rubra, or purple fpiirrey or fandwort: 
leaves filiform, dipules membranous fheathing. Variety, 
arenaria marina, or fea fpurrey or fandwort : leaves linear, 
X Ire length of the internodes. Purple fpurrey is an annual 
plant. The flowers open at nine o’clock, and clofe be¬ 
tween two and three, according to Linnaeus; but Pollich 
has obferved them to be open at three o’clock. Linnaeus 
makes fea fpurrey a variety only of the former; and cer¬ 
tainly much greater variations are occafioned by fituation 
and foil, Gouan, Allioni, and foine other modern bota- 
rfids, are however of opinion, that they are didinbf fpecies, 
Ray tells us, that he was induc.ed to impute the difference 
between fand and fea fpurrey wholly to the place of growth ; 
but, observing the feed of the latter to be compreffed and 
flat, he changed his opinion. Mr. Woodward remarks, 
that the dipules are broader and blunter in this. The firft 
grows in landy padures and fields; the fecond in falt- 
marfties, where, the leaves being fucculent, it is gathered, 
pickled, and fold for famphire. They both produce their 
pretty purple flowers in June and July, and they continue 
frequently to September, 
13. Arenaria media, or middleor downy fandw'ort: leaves 
linear flefby, dipules membranous, dents pubefeent. This 
is very like fea fpurrey, but the whole plant is vifeid, and 
it is let's branching, with the dem alcending more.and pu¬ 
befeent, The flowers open at noon, Linngeus fays, that 
;t is a vernal plant, and 3 fpurious daugh’er of fea fpur- 
pey; nay little more than a variety, the difference confid¬ 
ing chiefly in the fcariofe-membranaceous dipules. Au¬ 
thors differ as to the colour of the petals. Villars fays 
ARIA, 
they are d’un hlane (te refe pyrpyrin, PoVUch and Kroekef 
agree with Linnaeus, that they are white. The former is 
Angular in attributing five dyles to the flower ; and affirms, 
that he has numbered more than twenty feeds in a capfule, 
black, compreffed, with a white pellucid rim. Hudfop 
.takes this to be only a variety of the foregoing fpecies, 
Ddlenius fays, that it differs in the ftendernefs of the root, 
. 3 nd the fmailnefs of the whole plant, efpecially the flow¬ 
er and feed, which lad has ufually no rim, and, when it 
has, it is much narrower than in the fea fpurrey; the in- 
temodes are alfo longer in this. It flowers as-that does irj. 
June and July, and is found plentifully on the Ihell-coafl 
of the ifle of Shepey, It is alfo a native of Germany and 
France, Pollich and Stokes differ widely as to its time of 
flowering: ,the former affirming that it flowers early in 
the fpring, and ripens its feeds in May; the latter, that 
he has found it in flower in September. Wilidenow af- 
figns April and May for the time of flowering. 
14. Arenaria Bavarica, or Bavarian fandwort: leaves 
femicylindric, flelhy, obtufe; petals lanceolate; pedun¬ 
cles terminal, moflly binate. Bavarian fandwort is peren¬ 
nial. Native of Bavaria, monte Baldo, and little St. Bernard, 
15. Arenaria gyplophiloides : leaves linear, radical ones 
bridly ; panicle fubpubefeent; petals lanceolate. This 
is perennial, and of the fame ftature with the fpecies next 
following. Native of the Levant. 
1 6. Arenaria faxatilis, or rock fandwort: leave fubulate, 
Hems panicled, leaflets of the calyx ovate obtufe. This 
is perennial; and the roots put forth an incredible number 
of Hems, forming a very thick tuft, from four inches to a 
fpan in height, branching much, and very full of flowers. 
The whole plant is fmooth. Native of France, Germany, 
Switzerland, Carniola, and Siberia. 
17. Arenaria verna, or vernal mountain fandwort or 
chickweed : leaves fubulate, Hems panicled, calyxes point¬ 
ed ftriated, This differs from the foregoing, in having 
Hems not more than three or four inches high, fet with few 
hairs; the peduncles hairy, and the calyxes (harp. Native 
of Dauphine, Savoy, Aultria, and Britain, on mountains-; 
as in Cornwall, near the Land’s-end ; about Settle, Ken¬ 
dal, Matlock, and other places, in the northern counties ; 
Arthur’s-feat, near Edinburgh ; in Wales, near Holywell, 
between that and St. Afaph, Llanberys, See. It flowers 
from May to Auguft. 
18. Arenaria hilpida, or hifpid fandwort: leaves fubu¬ 
late, hifpid underneath. Native of Montpellier. 
19. Arenaria juniperina, or juniper fandwort: leaves fu¬ 
bulate thorny, Hems eredt, calyxes ftriated, capfules ob¬ 
long. Root perennial. Stems very many, half a fool 
high, round, pale, very ftightly pubefeent, almoft naked at 
top. Leaves fpreading, connate at thebafe, three-nerved, 
almoft triangular, mucronate and pungent, very ftightly 
pubefeent; root-leaves very (hort, blunt, without prickly 
points, preffed clofe to the ftalk, fmooth- Seeds nume¬ 
rous, final!, rotindifti, black. Native place linknown. 
20. Arenaria tenuifolia, or fine-leaved chickweed or 
fandw’ort : leaves fubulate, Item panicled, capfules eredf, 
petals Ihorter than the calyx and lanceolate. Root peren¬ 
nial. Stems frequently purple and much branched. Seeds 
filial], roundifh, brown. Native of Spain, France, Ger¬ 
many, Switzerland, Italy, England, and Denmark. With 
us.it is found on Gogmagog-hills and the borders of Trip¬ 
low-heath in Cambridgefhire ; near Bury in Suffolk ; near 
Cley in Norfolk; Cornbury-quarry, near Charlbury, Oxon ; 
Malvern-hill in Worcefterfhire; near London, at Batter- 
fea and Deptford, &c. flowering in June and July. 
21. Arenaria lajucifolia, or larch-leaved fandwort: leaves 
briftly, ftem nakedith above, calyxes rather fhaggy. Root 
perennial. Native of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Pied¬ 
mont, and W.eftmoreland. It flowers in July and Auguft. 
22. Arenaria ftriata, or ftriated fandwort: leaves linear 
ereft, preffed to the ftem ;. calyxes oblong, ftriated. Vil¬ 
lars makes this and the foregoing (if his plants be the fame 
which Linnaeus intended under the fame names) to be va¬ 
rieties only of the kune fpecies. They are both peren- 
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