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A R E N A R I A marina.
Sea Sjiurrey-Sandwort.
D E CA NDR1A Trigynia.
G en . C h a r . Cal. 5-leaved, fpreading. Petals 5,
undivided. Capfuls fuperior, of 1 cell, with many
feeds.
S p e c . C h a r . Leaves femicylindrical, flefhy, awn-
lefs. Stipulae membranous, fheathing. Seeds com-
prefTed, bordered, fmooth.
S y n . Arenaria marina. FI. Dan. t. 740. Sm. FI.
B r it. 480. H u ll. 95.
A. rubra ß . L in n . Sp. P I. 6 0 6 . L ig h tf. 230.
Hudf. 193, (media).
A. media. W ith . 422.
Spergula maritima, flore parvo caeruleo, femine vario.
D ill, in Ra ii Syn. 351.
ß . Arenaria media. Sp. P i. 6 0 6 , the fynonyms wrong.
A. marina. W ith . 422. Relh. 172.
A. rubra y, (marina). H u d f. 193.
Alfine Spergulae facie media. R a il Syn. 351.
C o m m o n on moft parts of the Britifh coaft, flowering
from June to Auguft.
T h e root is fp in d le -lh ap ed and ftro n g , th o u g h a n n u a l.
S tem s p ro ftra te , fp read in g c ircu la rly , q u ite fm o o th , ex c ep t a t
th e fum m it, as in A. rubra, t. 8 5 2 , w ith w h ic h th is fpecies
agrees in m o ft refpe&s, b u t effentially differs from it in th e
following c h a ra c te rs. T h e leaves are flelhy, femicy lin d ric a l,
d e ftitu te o f a b riftle a t th e ir p o in ts : th e flowers a n d capfules
a re confiderably la rg e r, efpecially th e l a t t e r : b u t th e feeds
m o re peculiarly diftin g u ilh A. marina, b e in g (inftead o f wedge-
fhaped w ith a ro u g h exte rnal edge) ro u n d , flat, fm o o th , an d
en circled b y a m em b ran o u s b o rd e r, w h ic h varies in b re ad th
a n d colour, (even in feeds o f th e fame capfule, as D r . Stokes
well obferves,) b e in g e ith e r w h ite an d e legantly ftria ted , o r
b row n ilh a n d lefs confpicuous. T h e la tte r ftate we are inclined
to th in k m e re ly a n imp e rfe& io n in g row th o r ripenefs, and
there fore th e two varieties m a rk e d above, w ith th e ir fynonyms,
m ig h t p e rh ap s fafely be reduced to one .
£ 58.