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. . n arctic and alpineEurope. The American plant is referred by L. Robinson to the var. humifusa Hornem.—having glabrous leaves and ner\eless sepals so far asobserved, and may be specifically distinct from theEuropean. In Europe the species has been separatedinto several varieties. Summer. 4. Arenaria Hookeri Xutt. HookersSandwort. Fig. 1780. Arenaria Hookeri Nutt.
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. . n arctic and alpineEurope. The American plant is referred by L. Robinson to the var. humifusa Hornem.—having glabrous leaves and ner\eless sepals so far asobserved, and may be specifically distinct from theEuropean. In Europe the species has been separatedinto several varieties. Summer. 4. Arenaria Hookeri Xutt. HookersSandwort. Fig. 1780. Arenaria Hookeri Nutt.; T. & G. FI. X. A. i: Arenaria pinetoriim A. Nelson, Bull. Torr. Club 26:350. 1899- Tufted from a deep woody root, 2-^ linear-subulate, rigid, very sharp-pointed,densely impricated, glabrous, 6-i2 long; flow-ering stems short, finely and densely pubescent;bracts lanceolate-subulate, scarious-margined, themargins ciliolale; cyme dense, 8-i8 broad, itsrays short and pubescent; sepals lanceolate-subulate, pubescent, shorter than the similarbracts and about one-half the length of thepetals; capsule not seen. In dry or rocky soil, South Dakota, Nebraska andColorado to Wyoming and Montana. 54 ALSINACEAE. Vol. II. 5. Arenaria Fendleri A. Gray. Fendlers Sandwort. Fig. 1781. ./. Fendleri A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. (II.) 4: Perennial by a woody root, pale green, glandu-lar-pubescent above; stems tufted, erect, veryslender, usually several times forked, 4-1.; tall,the internodes 1-2 long. Lower leaves subulateor setaceous, glabrous or minutely ciliate. i-4long, about i wide, the upper gradually smallerand somewhat connate at the base; cyme loose,its forks filiform, several-flowered; pedicels veryglandular, 3-i2 long; flowers 4-6 broad;sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious-niargined, nearly as long as the obovate petals;capsule narrowly oblong, rather shorter than thesepals, 3-vaIved, the valves 2-toothed. In dry, usually rocky soil Nebrask
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