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DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Arenaria. 
Level-topped Sandwort. A. fasciculata. Jacq. not of Linn. On rocks 
on the mountains of Angus-shire ; and in Fifeshire. Mr. G. Don. 
A. June. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) 
(A. cilia'ta. Leaves spatulate, roughisli, fringed at the base: stems 
numerous, branched, procumbent, downy: flowers terminal, 
solitary: calyx-leaves with five or seven ribs. 
E. Bot. 1745— Jacq. Coll. 16. 2— FI Dan. 346 -Hall. Hist. 17. 3. 
Stems leafy, cylindrical, downy, about a finger’s length, composing dense, 
bright green tufts. Leaves in pairs, crossing each other, recurved, obtuse, 
single-ribbed, somewhat fleshy, tapering at the base. FI. large, conspi¬ 
cuous, on long stalks , clothed with short recurved hoary pubescence. 
Cal. leaves ovate, acute, concave, hairy, green, with a strong keel; margin 
membranous. Pet. brilliant white, spreading, longer than the calyx. 
Caps, short, ovate, of six valves. 
A. multicaulis of Linnaeus appears to be the same plant in a less luxuriant 
state. By culture the stems become forked, bearing three, four, or five 
flowers. 
Fringed Sandwort. A. ciliata. Linn. On mountains in Ireland. Upon 
limestone cliffs of a high mountain adjoining to Ben Bulben, Sligo. Mr. J. 
T. Mackay. P. Aug.—Sept. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) 
(2) Stipules membranous. 
A. mari'na. Leaves semi-cylindrical, fleshy, awnless, opposite, as 
long as the joints: stems prostrate: capsules longer than the 
calyx: (seeds bordered, smooth. E.) 
(E. Bot. 958. E.)— FI. Dan. 740— Pd. 59. 7— H. Ox. v. 23. 15. 
(The figure in E. Bot. agrees well with the specimens in our Herbarium, 
called A. marina , which we accordingly refer as the same plant as A. ma¬ 
rina. FI. Brit, though Smith seems to apprehend his plant must be A. me¬ 
dia t ,of With. E.) Leaves frequently longer than the joints. Woodw. 
Stamens variable in number. Relh. Flowers purplish. ( Stipules membra¬ 
nous, sheathing. Stems four to six or eight inches long, not entirely 
prostrate. E.) 
(Sea Spurrey or Sandwort. Welsh: Tywodwlydd y morgreigiau . 
A. marina. FI. Brit, and E. Bot. A. rubra |3. Linn. Huds. Lightf. E.) 
Salt marshes, and on the sea coast, common. In a salt marsh near Shir¬ 
ley Wich, Staffordshire. Stokes. (Defford Common, (on which are also 
saline springs), between Pershore and Upton. Rufford, in Purt. E.) 
P. May—Oct.* 
A. iiu'bra. Leaves thread-shaped, opposite, but half the length of the 
joints of the stem: stems prostrate: calyx as long as the cap¬ 
sule: (seeds compressed, angular, roughish. E.) 
(E. Bot. 852. E.)— Kniph. 11— J. B. iii. 722. 3— Pet. 59. 8. 
Stems smooth, (much branched, spreading. E.) Leaves flatted, smooth, 
terminated by a little sharp point, (slightly hoary or glaucous. Stipidce 
* It is succulent, very much resembles samphire, and considerable qualities of it ate 
pickled and sold for that plant. Mr, Watt. 
