. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Vol. II. II. Arenaria litorea Fernald. Beacli Sandwort. Fig. 1787. Arenaria litorea Fernald, Rhodora 8: 33. 1906. Perennial, similar to the preceding species, tufted, glabrous, slender, 8' high or less, leafy below. Leaves linear-subulate, somewhat 3-angled, fascicled at the nodes, about s" long; cymes i-several-flowered; pedicels slender, s"-i2"
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Vol. II. II. Arenaria litorea Fernald. Beacli Sandwort. Fig. 1787. Arenaria litorea Fernald, Rhodora 8: 33. 1906. Perennial, similar to the preceding species, tufted, glabrous, slender, 8' high or less, leafy below. Leaves linear-subulate, somewhat 3-angled, fascicled at the nodes, about s" long; cymes i-several-flowered; pedicels slender, s"-i2" long, ascending; sepals iV-2\" long, ovate, acumi- nate, scarious-margined; petals ob- long, shorter than the sepals or nearly equalling them; capsule ovoid, some- what longer than the calyx. Sandy and gravelly shores, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. 13. Arenaria patula ]\Iichx. Pitcher's Sand- wort. Fig. 1789. Arenaria patula Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : 273. 1803. Arenaria Pitcheri Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 180. 1838. Annual, branched from the base, slender or even filiform, erect or ascending, 4'-io' high, finely pubescent or glabrous. Leaves soft, herbaceous, linear-filiform, 4"-i2" long, i" wide or less, obtuse or acutish; cyme terminal, several-flowered, diffuse; pedicels slender; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 3-S-nerved, about half the length of the emargi- nate petals and equalling the pod; seeds rough. In open, dry places, Kentucky to Illinois. Minnesota, Kansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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