Dr. Richardson’s and our S. lata, which, however, differs in its yet smaller size, shorter foliage, and
more acute sepals.
4. S. stricta; erecta stricta nitidissima vel subglaucescentia, foliis lineari-subulatis
erectis subcanaliculatis rigidis, panicula terminali, petalis linearibus bipartitis calyce glabro
obscure trinervi acutissimo plerumque longioribus, antheris purpureis.—Rich, in Frankl.
2d Joum. ed. 2. App. p . 15.—S. palustris, /z. Frankl. 1 stjoum. ed. 1. App. n. 164. (excl. syn.)
a. caulibus laxe pubescenti-pilosis.—S. stricta, «. Rich. 1. c.
/3. caulibus glabris. Rich. 1. c.—S. palustris, «. Rich, in Frankl. 1st Joum. ed. 1. App. n.
164. var. u. (excl. syn.)
■ y. foliis superioribus praecipue glaucescentibus.
Hab. a. and /3. From Lake Winipeg (Douglas) to the Bear Lake, lat, 65°. Dr. Richardson; and from
Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 52° and 56°. Drummond.—It will be readily seen that
my third variety, y., may be supposed to pass into the following species; and there are specimens which do
appear, in a dried state indeed, to be intermediate, such as I cannot confidently refer either to the one or to
the other. I must content myself with having given the characters of the most marked varieties or species,
and leave it to others to judge of their importance. The capsule is similar to that of S. longipes.
5. S. lata; erecta stricta valde glauca, foliis erectis lanceolatis basi latioribus acutis
carinatis lgevibus, pedunculis nunc binis unifloris nunc paniculis paucifloris terminalibus,
petalis bipartitis calyce glabro pubescenteve obscure trinervi paulo longioribus, antheris
albis vel siccitate luteo-fuscis.—Rich, in Frankl. 1 st Joum. ed. 2. App. p. 16. Hook, in
Parry’s 2d Voy. App. p . 390.
TTaw-. From Great Bear Lake to the shores and islands of the Arctic Sea; Dr. Richardson; Capt. Sir
E. Parry; and upon the more elevated of the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 52° and 56°. Drummond.—
This is more arctic or more alpine than the preceding, and always smaller; thus situation may account for
some difference in itsrhabit.
6. S. Edwardsii; erectiuscula, caulibus pubescentibus vel glabris, foliis erectis rigidis
lanceolatis basi latioribus seu ovato-lanceolatis inferne margineque ssepissime laxe pilosis,
pedunculis terminalibus uni-bifloris, petalis bipartitis calyce glabriusculo acuto obscure
trinervi longioribus, antheris purpureis luteo-fuscisve. (Tab. XXXI.)—Br. in Parry’s
t s t Voy. App. p. cclxxi. Rich, in Frankl. 1st Joum. ed. 2. App. p. 15. Hook, in Parry’s
2d Voy. App. p. 390. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p . 48.— S. nitida. Hook, in
Scoresb. Greenl. App. p. 411. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p. 47.
Hab. Shores and Islands of the Arctic Sea. Dr. Richardson; Capt. Sir John Franklin; Capt. Back;
Capt. Sir E. Parry; Mr. Edwards. Behring’s Straits. Chamisso; Messrs. Lay and Collie in Capt.
Beechey’s Collection.—A figure of the most distinct appearance of this plant may not be unacceptable to
Botanists: but then, I must confess, that when the panicle bears three or four flowers, it is very difficult
to form a character by which to distinguish it from S. stricta. The colour of the anthers is considered
by Mr. Brown of specific importance: but Dr. Richardson’s var. y . has the anthers small and white,
destitute of pollen. Perhaps in all of this groupe they are purple when perfect—yellow, dingy brown,
or white, when abortive; for I find all these differences in what I should otherwise consider as one and the
same species. The plant is plentiful in the extreme North-West America: and Chamisso and Schlechten-
dal have devoted two pages of the Linnsea to remarks on what they conceive may be S. nitida and
S. Edwardsii, while they think the S. dahurica, of Schlecht.#and De Cand., as well as the S. florida of
Fisch. and De Cand., very closely allied plants; as are probably some other Siberian ones. For further
observations on our plant, I must refer to Mr. Brown and Dr. Richardson, in the works above quoted, and to
the Appendix of Capt. Parry’s 2d Voyage.
Tab. XXXI. A. B. Plants:—natural size. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Petal; fig. 3, Stamen; fig. 4, Sepal;
fig. 5, Capsule:—magnified.
7. S. humifusa; glaberrima, caulibus procumbentibus ramosis, foliis ovatis sessilibus
subcarnosis, pedunculis solitariis terminalibus abbreviatis unifloris, petalis bipartitis
calyce acutiusculo enervi longioribus.—Rottb. in Act. Hafn. v. 10. p. 447. t. 4. f . 14. FI.
Dan. t. 578. Hook, in Parry’s 2d Voy. App. p. 391. Rich, in Frankl. ls£ Joum. App.
ed. 2. p . 17.—S. crassifolia. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p . 50. (non Ehrh. et De
Cand.)—S. crassifolia, (Z. Wahl. Lapp. p. 125.
Hab. Sandy shores of the Arctic Sea and Islands. Capt. Sir E. Parry; Dr. Richardson; Capt. Sir
John Franklin and Capt. Back.—I know not how it is that Botanists have confounded this very distinct
species with quite another plant, the S. crassifolia of Ehrhart, which has the habit of Larbrea uliginosa, and
is found in moist pastures of Germany. Ours is altogether arctic, and so fleshy in its foliage, that, in drying,
the leaves always turn brown.
8. S. gracilis; glaberrima, caule debili, ramis sterilibus gemmiferis, foliis lanceolatis
subsucculentis, pedunculo elongato solitario unifloro axillari vel terminali, sepalis glabris
acutis enervibus petalis bipartitis brevioribus.—Rich, in Frankl. lsf. Joum. ed. 2. App.
P- 17.—/z. foliis minus succulentis siccitate etiam viridibus.
Hab. About Slave Lake, and between Cumberland House and Hudson’s Bay. Dr. Richardson. Drummond.—
The more usual state of this plant is to have the leaves somewhat fleshy, and like S. humifusa, turning
brown when dry. Some of Mr. Drummond’s specimens from the more southern latitudes, have their
leaves still green, and rather less fleshy. Both possess terminal and axillary gemmae, by which the plant
increases abundantly. It seems always to grow densely tufted. Styles 3. Capsule half as long again as the
calyx, oblong, thin, membranous, pale greenish-brown, 6-valved.
9. S. crispa; “ glaberrima, caulibus diflusis, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis acumi-
natis margine repando-undulatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, petalis calyce multo brevioribus,
capsula calycem sequante.”—Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p. 51.
Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso.—With this species I am unacquainted. It is probably allied to the subsequent
one, of which I regret that only very imperfect specimens are known to m e; such, however, as will
enable me to draw up the following specific character.
10. S. ovalifolia; caule procumbente pubescente, foliis internodio multo brevioribus
ovalibus basi apiceque acutis subciliatis, axillis saspe gemmiferis, pedunculo terminali
unifloro, petalis calyce acuminato longioribus.
Hab. Kotzebue’s Sound. Lay and Collie in Capt. Beechey’s Collection.—A few injured stems without
a perfect flower are all that I possess. These are 5-6 inches long, weak. Leaves £ of an inch long, broadly
oval, acute at both extremities, single-nerved, evidently reticulated when held between the eye and the light.
Peduncle terminal, an inch long, solidary, with a single flower, large in proportion to the size of the plant.
Calyx glabrous; its sepals acuminate, nerveless, shorter than the white petals, whose shape I cannot well
determine.
8. AREN ARIA. Linn.
Cal. 5-sepalus. Pet. 5, Integra. Siam. 10, aut abortu pauciora. Styli 3. Caps. 1-
locularis apice 6-3-valvis, polysperma. DC.