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CARYOPHYLLE. XV. Gourretia. XVI. Burronra. XVII. Sacina. 
XV. GOU'FFEIA (in honour of Gouffé de la Cour, who 
wrote a memoir on the exotic vegetables naturalized at Mar- 
seilles in 1818). Robill. et Cast. diss. ined. D. C. fl. fr. 5. 
p. 609. prod. 1. p. 388. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-parted, spreading. 
Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10. Style 2. Capsules globose, 
1-celled, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded. An inelegant herb like Arenaria 
tenuif olia or Buff dnia tenuif dlia. 
1 G. arenariorpEs (Rob. et Cast. 1l. c. &c.) branches diva- 
ricating ; flowers somewhat corymbose; leaves linear, short, 
deflexed. ©.H. Native about Marseilles. Flowers white. 
Sand-nort-like Gouffeia. Fl. June, July. Pl. } foot. 
Cult. Gotffeia only requires to be sown on rock-work, 
or in the open border, where it will flower and ripen seed freely, 
but being a weed-looking plant it will be scarcely worth culti- 
vating, except in botanical gardens. 
XVI. BUFFO'NIA (in honor of Count de Buffon, the cele- 
brated French naturalist). Sauv. meth. fol. 141. Lin. gen. 
no. 225. Geert. fruct. 2. p.129.f.1. D.C. prod. 1. p. 388. 
- Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Digýnia. Calyx of 4 sepals. Petals 
4, entire. Stamens 4. Styles 2. Capsules compressed, 1- 
celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded. Insignificant slender herbs, with 
awl-shaped leaves, like some species of Arendria. 
1 B. a’ynva (D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 768.) stem loosely panicled 
from the base ; branches divaricating, short, firm; stripes on 
calyx straight, parallel ; capsules scarcely equal in length to the 
calyx ; leaves awl-shaped, dilated at the base. ©.H. Native 
of the south of France on rocks; said to have been found in 
England on the sea-coast about Boston in Lincolnshire. B. 
tenuifolia, Lin. spec. 179. Lam. ill. no. 1710. t. 87. f. 1. 
Smith, engl. bot. t. 1813.—Pluk. phyt. t. 75. f£. 3.—Magn. 
hort. monsp. 97. t.15. A slender plant with small white petals. 
Annual Buffonia. Fl. June, July. England? Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
2 B. Ontverta‘na (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 888.) stem 
branching at the top; branches filiform, elongated ; stripes on 
the calyx straight, parallel ; capsules almost sessile, shorter than 
the calyx; leaves very short, form of scales. ©? H. Native 
about Teheran- in Persia. A slender plant, with small, white 
petals. 
Olivier’s Buffonia. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 to 2 foot. 
3 B. macroca’rpa (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 388.) stem 
very much branched, dichotomous; branches filiform, rigid, 
very long, almost naked, and divaricating ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; 
stripes on calyx straight, parallel; capsules on long stalks, large, 
much longer than the calyx; seeds somewhat globose, com- 
pressed, echinated on the margins. Y.-F. Native of Persia 
from Teheran to Ispahan. Flowers small, white. 
Long-fruited Buffonia. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
B. pere’nnis (Pour. act. toul. 3. p. 319.) stem branching at 
p; branches filiform, elongated ; stripes on calyx arched, 
converging, /.H. Native of France and Vallais. Lam. ill. 
no. 1711. t. 87. f.2. Flowers small, white. 
Perennial Buffonia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
Cult. Both the perennial and annual species of this genus 
can only be encreased by seeds ; they only require to be sown 
in the open border or on rock-work, but being weedy looking 
plants, they are hardly worth cultivating, except in botanical 
gardens or in those of the curious. A dry sandy soil suits them 
best. A plant or two of the perennial species should be kept 
in pots, so that they may be sheltered by a frame during winter, 
as they are otherwise apt to damp off in that season. 
XVII. SAGINA (sagina, in Latin, signifies fatness ; accord- 
Ing to Linnzeus it is so called for its qualities in fattening sheep). 
419 
Lin. gen. no. 236. Geert. fr. 2. p. 129. f. 10. D.C. prod. 1. 
p. 389. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentéindriay Tetragijnia. Calyx 4-5- 
parted. Petals 4-5, or wanting. Stamens 4-5. Styles 4. 
Capsules 4-5-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded. Small insignificant 
herbs. 
1 S. procu’mBens (Lin. spec. 185.) plant glabrous; branches 
procumbent ; leaves linear, mucronated ; fruit-bearing peduncles, 
ascending ; petals short, obtuse; segments of calyx rounded. 
©. H. Native on sandy ground, or the walks and beds of 
neglected gardens, as well as on shady walls and gravelly banks, 
every where throughout Europe; on the north-west coast of 
America, and on the banks of the Columbia. In Britain plenti- 
ful. Smith, engl. bot. t. 88. Curt. lond. fasc. 3. t. 12. Plant 
spreading on the ground. Flowers drooping, with white round- 
ish petals. 
Var. B, pléna ; a pretty variety, with rose-like white double 
flowers, of from 27 to 32 petals. This plant was formerly culti- 
vated in some curious gardens, but is now, we believe, altogether 
lost. 2%. H. Native on a green near Beaumaris, in Wales. 
Rev. H. Davis, July, 1817. 
Procumbent Pearlwort. 
cumbent. 
2 S. FILIFORMIS (Pourr. chlor. hisp. no. 593.) stems erect, 
much branched, jointed ; leaves linear, glabrous ; peduncles axil- 
lary and terminal, dichotomous. ©.H. Native of the Pyre- 
nees, growing mixed with S. proctimbens. Roem. et Schult. syst. 
Fl. May, Aug. Britain. Pl. pro- 
3. p. 499. Petals white. 
Filiform Pearlwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. § to + 
foot. 
3 S. maritima (G. Don, herb. brit. 155.) plant smooth ; 
branches erectish ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, very short; fruit- 
bearing peduncles ascending; petals none ; segments of calyx 
ovate, obtuse. ©. H. Native of Britain: on the coast 
near Aberdeen, and on the summit of Ben Nevis; at Bally 
Castle, near the Giant’s Causeway, Ireland; on Hartle-pier, 
Durham; in salt marshes at Southwold, Suffolk, abundantly. 
Smith, engl. bot. t. 2195. Curt. fl. lond. t. 115. Petals abortive 
or entirely wanting. Stamens sometimes 8. 
Sea-side Pearlwort. Fl. May, Aug. Britain. Pl. 2 to 3 inches. 
4 S. srri’cra (Fries. novit. fl. suec. 3. p. 122.) plant very 
glabrous ; stems and peduncles straight; leaves rather cylindri- 
cal, not mucronated; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acute (obtuse 
according to Horn. in hort. hafn. suppl. p. 122.) ©. H. Na- 
tive of Denmark and Sweden at Cimbrishavn, by the sea-side. 
Petals white. 
Straight Pearlwort. 
inches. 
5 S. cizra'ta (Fries. in Billb. svensk. bot. ex Spreng. neue. 
entd. 3. p. 220.) stem diffuse ; leaves awl-shaped, spreading, 
ciliated ; segment of calyx acuminated. ©? H. Native of Swe- 
den. Petals white. 
Ciliated-leaved Pearlwort. 
2 inches. 
6 S. ape’raza (Lin. mant. p. 559.) plant hispid, pubescent ; 
branches erectish,dichotomous; leaves linear,fringed, mucronated; 
fruit-bearing peduncles ascending ; petals very short, roundish ; 
segments of calyx lanceolate, bluntish, ©. H. Native on dry 
sandy barren grounds on walls and waste places ; very common 
in Britain, Italy, and Germany. Smith, engl. bot. t. 881. Curt. 
lond. fasc. 5. t. 14. Arduin. specel. 2. p. 22. t. 8. f. 1. The petals 
when present are white, not half the length of the calyx. 
Var. B, agglomeràta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 389.) flowers sessile 
and stalked, glomerated. 
Apetalous Pearlwort. 
inches. 
3H2 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 or 3 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 
Fl. May, June. ` Britain. Pl. 1 or 2 
