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; 2nd ed. . not ribbed ; alpine and northern. I. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Fig. 1777. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 423. 1753. .Vnnual, slender, slightly downy-pubescent,widely branched and diffuse, 2-8 high. Leavesovate, 2-4 long, iJ-2 wide, acute; pedi-cels slender, 2-6 long; bracts ovate, resem-bling the leaves; flowers 2 broad or less, verynumerous
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; 2nd ed. . not ribbed ; alpine and northern. I. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Fig. 1777. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 423. 1753. .Vnnual, slender, slightly downy-pubescent,widely branched and diffuse, 2-8 high. Leavesovate, 2-4 long, iJ-2 wide, acute; pedi-cels slender, 2-6 long; bracts ovate, resem-bling the leaves; flowers 2 broad or less, verynumerous in cymose panicles; sepals ovate. iVlong, acute or mucronate, 3-S-nerved, scarious-margined; petals obovate or oblong, usuallyshorter; capsule ovoid, slightly shorter than orequalling the calyx, dehiscent by 6 short apicalvalves; seeds rough. In dry or rocky places, nearly throughout east-ern Xorth America, extending across the from Europe. Native also of northernAsia, and widely distributed as a weed. \ug. 1. A. serpyllifolia. 2. A. leptoclados. 3. A. ciliata. 4. 5. A. Fendleri. A, arclica. A, verna, A, sajanensis. A. caroliniana. A. litorea. 4. Genus 5. CHICKWKKD FAMILY. 53 Arenaria leptoclados Fig. 1778. Slender Arenaria leptoclados Reichenb.; Guss. Fl. Sic. : 284. 1844. Annual, tufted, much branched, roughish-puberulent, resembling Arenaria scrpyllifolia lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, l5-2ilong, about one-half as wide as long, acute oracuminate; bracts similar to the leaves, but usu-ally much smaller; sepals lanceolate, acumi-nate, narrowly scarious-margined; petals oblong,about half as long as the sepals; capsule oblongor subcylindric, equalling the calyx or a littlelonger. Dry soil, Maine to Michigan and from Europe. May-July. Ad-
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