424 
stipulate; racemes leafy, rather secund ; . sepals lanceolate, 
obtuse, and glandular-pilose ; petals ovate ; stamens 3-4. ©.H. 
Native of Egypt. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Spurry-like Holosteum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. 
procumbent. 
3 H. mucrona'tum (Moc. et Sesse. pl. mex. ined. icon. in 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 393.) plant pubescent ; stems procumbent ; 
leaves .cordate; peduncles 3-flowered. ©. F. Native of 
Mexico. Perhaps a variety of Drymdria cordata. Petals white. 
Mucronate Holosteum. Fl. May, Sept. Pl. trailing, 4 foot. 
4 H. succute’ntum (Lin. ameen. 3. p. 21.) leaves elliptical, 
fleshy, glabrous ; petals somewhat trifid, smaller than the calyx. 
©. H. Native of the states of New York and Carolina. 
Polycarpon uniflorum, Walt. fl. carol. p. 83, This is a very 
doubtful plant according to Pursh, he having never been able 
to find it either in the state of New York nor Carolina. Flowers 
white. 
Succulent Holosteum. PI. trailing ? 
5 H. uirsu‘tum (Lin. ameen. 3. p. 21.) leaves orbicular, 
hairy ; flowers sessile? white. ©.S. Native of Malabar. 
Hairy Holosteum. Pl. trailing. 
6 H. umpexa‘tum (Lin. spec. 130.) radical leaves elliptical, 
glaucous, glabrous; cauline ones larger, ovate ; flowers umbel- 
late ; common peduncles clammy-pubescent ; pedicels deflexed 
after flowering. ©.H. Native of many parts of Europe on 
old walls and in sandy fields. In England on several walls and 
roofs of houses about Norwich, about Bury, also on the walls of 
Chelsea garden. Smith, engl. bot. t. 27. Fl. dan. 1204. 
Lam. ill. t. 51. f. 1. Cerastium umbellatum, Huds. 201. Flowers 
white, sometimes tinged with red. 
Umbellate-flowered Jagg-chickweed. Fl. April, May. Engl. 
PI. ł to 4 foot. 
Cult. Holósteum diándrum, mucronàtum, and hirsútum, re- 
quire to be sown in pots and placed in a hot-bed in any kind of 
soil, where they may remain. H. succuléntum and umbellàtum 
may be sown on rock-work. None of the species are worth 
cultivating except in botanical gardens. 
Pl. 
XXVII. SPE’RGULA (from spargo, to scatter; because it 
scatters its seed abroad, to the great profit of the farmer in 
Holland. See Spérgularia arvénsis.). Lin. gen. no. 798. Geert. 
fruct. t. 130. f. 4. D.C. prod. 1. p. 394. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
5, entire. Stamens 5 and 10. Styles 5. Capsules 1-celled, 
6-valved, 5-valved according to Smith, many-seeded. Leaves 
exstipulate. 
1 S. noposa (Lin. spec. 630.) leaves opposite, awl-shaped, 
smooth, bluntish; lower ones broad, sheathing, upper ones 
clustered; stems tufted, almost simple, few-flowered ; petals 
twice as long as the calyx: seeds somewhat reniform, rough, 
4%. H. Native of many parts of Europe in marshy places. 
In Canada and on the shores of the Arctic sea. In Britain in 
moist sandy or turfy ground. Smith, engl. bot. t.694. Curt. 
lond. fasc. 4, t. 34. Fl. dan, t.96. Stems spreading or pros- 
trate. Flowers white. 
Var. B, brevifòlia (Pers. ench. 1. p. 522. Poir. dict. 7. p. 
305.) stem very simple ; clusters of leaves approximate ; cauline 
leaves very short. 2. H. Native of Europe in arid fields. 
Flowers larger than in var. a. 
Var. y, marítima (Pers. ench. 1. p. 522.) leaves fleshy, in- 
curved, spreading. 4%. H. Native by the sea-side. 
Knotted Spurry or Sand-chickweed. F]. July, Aug. Brit. 
Pl. 3 to 6 inches long. 
2 S. sacinoipes (Lin. spec. 631.) stem creeping; leaves 
opposite, awl-shaped, smooth, nearly pointless; peduncles soli- 
tary, very long; petals obovate, very blunt; hardly equal in 
CARYOPHYLLEA. XXVI. Hotosteum. 
XXVII. SPERGULA. 
length to the obtuse sepals ; seeds rather kidney-shaped, dotted. 
4%. H. Native of Switzerland, France, Siberia and Sweden, as 
well as in South Carolina and on the north-west coast of America. 
In Scotland on Mael-Ghyrdy and Ben Lawers. In the islands 
of Unalaschka and St. Paul. Smith, engl. bot. 2105. Swartz. 
in the stockh. trans. for 1789. p. 44. t. 1. f. 2. Stellaria biflora, 
t. 12. but not of Lin. Plant with the habit of Sagina procúm- 
bens, with several stems in a patch, in their lower part decum- 
bent, then erect. Petals white. Dr. Swartz says his plant 
has only 5 stamens, but with us they are 10. 
Sagina-like Spurry. Fl. June, July. Scotland. Pl. 2 to 3 
inches long. 
3 S. susuza‘ra (Swartz, act. holm. 1789. p. 45. t. 1. f. 3.) 
plant rather pilose ; leaves opposite, almost sessile, rather leaning 
to one side, linear-awl-shaped; somewhat awned, ciliated ; 
peduncles solitary, very long ; petals length of calyx. Y.H. 
Native of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Britain on barren 
heaths, and North America on the Rocky Mountains. Smith, 
engl. bot. 1082. S. laricina, Huds. 203. Fl. dan. 858. S. 
saginoides, Curt. lond. fasc. 4. te 35. Sagina proctimbens b: 
Lin. spec. 185. Leaves fringed with glandular or slightly viscid 
hairs, and terminate each in a very conspicuous hair-like point, 
not sufficiently expressed in engl. bot. l. c. Flowers white, 
about half the size of those of S. saginoides. Stamens more 
frequently 5 than 10. 
Var. B, flòre-plèno ; flowers double, white. 
Anl-shaped-leaved Spurry. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. 
2 inches, 
4 S. pru’rera (D.C. fl. fr. 4. no. 4391.) leaves opposite, 
linear, awned, rather stiff, glabrous, in bundles ; stems creeping; 
branched, tufted ; peduncles very long ; petals twice as large as 
the calyx; seeds egg-shaped. 2%. H. Native of Corsica on 
the higher mountains. Flowers white. 
Hair-bearing-leaved Spurry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. 
PI. 4 foot. l 
5 S. era BRA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 821.) plant decumbent; 
leaves opposite, filiform, glabrous, rather acute; petals larger 
than the calyx. %.H. Native of the alps of Europe in shady 
pastures. Poir. dict. 7. p. 306. Spérgula saginoides, All. ped. 
no. 1735. t.64. f.1. Flowers white. 
Glabrous Spurry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 
4 to + foot long. 
6 S. GLanpuLosa (Besser. prim. fl. galic. p. 298.) plant 
covered with glandular pubescence ; leaves opposite, awl-shaped ; 
stems branched, bearing bundles of smaller leaves in the axille 
of the older ones; petals elliptical, twice as long as the obtuse 
sepals. u%.H. Native of Galicia in humid pastures. Flowers 
white. 
Glandular Spurry. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. 4 foot. 
7 S. arenarioipes (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 395.) plant 
glabrous; root thick; stem prostrate; branches ascending ; 
leaves lanceolate, linear, acute; flowers pentandrous ; petals 
oblong, length of calyx. 2%? F. Native of Mexico. Are- 
nària ? pentagyna, Moc. et Sesse, pl. mex. ined. icon. Flowers 
white. 
Sand-wort-like Spurry. Fl. June, July. Pl. prostrate. 
8 S. are’rara (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p- 112. t. 142.) almost 
stemless ; leaves opposite, connate, imbricate, long; flowers 
Pl. 
Pl. trailing, 
apetalous, pentandrous; sepals lanceolate, very acute. Native 
of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Apetalous Spurry. PI. 1 inch. 
9 S. numrru'sa (Cambess in St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p- 173.) 
stems trailing, branched, covered with glandular-pubescence 
beneath ; leaves linear, awl-shaped, connate at the base, smooth- 
ish ; pedicels axillary, solitary, equal in length with the leaves ; 
calyx clothed with glandular pubescence; petals equal in length 
