. Flowers of the field. Botany. I'iNK rAJIILY 79 large, -^ in. across, on slender stalks \ petals longer than the sepals. — Rocky places in mountainous districts; rare.— Fl. May— September. Perennial. 2. AI. mbi'tla (Alpine Sandwort).—Smaller in all its parts, more yellow-green and less compact in growth, \\ith blunt leaves, and petals shorter than the sepals, is very rare, bejng confined to the summits of some of the Scotch mountains.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 3. M. strieta (Bog Sandwort).—A loose=ly-tufted form with ascending stems, veinless leaves and jloivers i—3 together, on slender st
. Flowers of the field. Botany. I'iNK rAJIILY 79 large, -^ in. across, on slender stalks \ petals longer than the sepals. — Rocky places in mountainous districts; rare.— Fl. May— September. Perennial. 2. AI. mbi'tla (Alpine Sandwort).—Smaller in all its parts, more yellow-green and less compact in growth, \\ith blunt leaves, and petals shorter than the sepals, is very rare, bejng confined to the summits of some of the Scotch mountains.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 3. M. strieta (Bog Sandwort).—A loose=ly-tufted form with ascending stems, veinless leaves and jloivers i—3 together, on slender stalks.—Grows by a stream in Teesda'le.—Fl. June, July. Perennial. 4. M. teiiuifolia (Fine-leaved Sandwort).-^An erect, slender plant, 4—6 in. high ; stem much forked ; leaves acute, 3—5-veined ; /lo-cers small, numerous, in the forks of the Stem ; petals shorter than the sepals.—Dry places, chiefly in the eastern counties ; rare. —Fl. May—August. Annual. 8. Cherleria (Cyphel).—A tufted perennial mountain plant, with awl-shaped leaves, solitary Jloicers generally apetalous and dioecious ; sepals 5 ; disk of 5 interstaminal glands ; sta>ne?is 10 ; s/vles 3 ; cap- sule 3-valved, few-seeded. (Named in honour of Jean Henri Cherler, a botanist who died in 1610.) I. C. sedohles (jNIossy Cyphel).—A densely-tufted, yellow-green prostrate plant forming cushions 6—12 in. across, with a long tap-root; leaves crowded, narrow, ciliate; flowers solitary, greenish, being generally apetalous and dicecious ; eapsiile and seeds small.—Summits of Scottish mountains.—Fl. June—August. SEDUIDES {_ilcSSy CrJ'Jlct), 9. Arenaria (Sandwort).- -Small lierbs often tufted, with broad leaves and white_//r;zt:'frj in dichasial cymes; sepals 5 ; petals S, entire or slightly notched } disk annular; s'taviens 10, rarely 5 ; styles 3 ; capsule short, with 3 valves, which are bifid, manj'-seeded. (Name from the Latin arena, sand, many: species growi
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