. 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 102nd meridian . II. Arenaria litorea Fernald. Beach Sandwort. Fig. 1787. Arenaria litorea Fernald, Rhodora 8: ii- 1906. Perennial, similar to the preceding species, tufted, glabrous, slender, 8' high or less, leafy below. Leaves linear-subulate, somewhat 3-angIed, fascicled at the nodes, about 5" long; cymes i-several-flowered; pedicels slender, 5"-i2" long, ascending; sepals


. 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 102nd meridian . II. Arenaria litorea Fernald. Beach Sandwort. Fig. 1787. Arenaria litorea Fernald, Rhodora 8: ii- 1906. Perennial, similar to the preceding species, tufted, glabrous, slender, 8' high or less, leafy below. Leaves linear-subulate, somewhat 3-angIed, fascicled at the nodes, about 5" long; cymes i-several-flowered; pedicels slender, 5"-i2" long, ascending; sepals \l"-2l" 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. June-July.


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