arenaria

[In Sp., Port., & Ital. arenaria; from Lat. arerarius = pertaining to sand; arena = sand.] 1. Botany : Sandwort. A genus of plants belonging to the order Caryophyllaceæ, or Clove worts, and the sub-order Alsineæ. There are about nine British species-four belonging to the sub-genus Alsine, and four to Euarenaría. Many of the species are Alpine; but the A. verna , or Vernal, the A. sespyllo folia , or Thyme-leaved, the A. trinervis, or Three-nerved Sandwort, with other species, are found upon the plain. 2. Zool.: A genus of Scolopacidæ (Snipes), containing the Redshank, now called Totanus calidris .