DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 339 



leaves, accompanied by dense axillary tufts of smaller ones. 

 The radical leaver are much longer, measuring an inch or more. 

 FL of a brilliant white, large, few logether, on simple stalks, 

 towards the top of each stem. Cal. blunt, without keel or ribs. 

 Pet. obovate. An Arcnaria in habit, and every thing else, but 

 the 5 styles, and 5 valves of the capsule, which last is seldom 

 perfected. 



3. S. sag'moides. Smooth Awl-shaped Spurrey. 



Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, almost pointless, naked. 

 Flower-stalks solitary, smooth, much longer than the 

 leaves. 



S. saginoides. Linn. Sp. PL 63 1 . Willd. v. 2. 820. Fl. Br. 504. 

 Engl. Bat. r. 30. f. 2105. Hook. Scot. ]45. Swartz Stockh. 

 Trans, for 1789. 44. t. \.f. 2. Wahlenb. Lapp. 138. 



Alsine foliis gramineis, ssepe fasciculatis, glabris, pedunculis longis 

 nudis unifloris. Gmel. Sib. v. A. 157 j from the author. 



A. n. 862. Hall. Hist. v. I. 382. Davall. 



Stellaria biflora. Fl. Dan, t. \2 ; but not of Linnoeus. 



On the highland mountains of Scotland. 



On Mael-ghyrdy. Mr. G. Don. Ben Lawers. Mr. J. Mackay. 



Perennial. June. 



Root fibrous. Herb quite smooth. Stems several, in patches, de- 

 cumbent in their lower part, then erect, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 round, jointed, leafy. Leaves combined at their base, very 

 slightly pointed. Flower-stalks terminal, solitary, erect, reddish 

 occasionally, often as long as the whole stem, quite smootli 

 and naked. Fl. white, a little drooping. Calyx-leaves obtuse, 

 obscurely ribbed, smooth ; tumid at the base. Pet. obovate, 

 hardly so long as the calyx. Stam. with us 10; Dr. Swartz 

 says 5. Styles 5. Caps, of 5 distinct, oblong valves, recurved 

 at the extremity, twice the length of the calyx. Seeds roundish- 

 kidney-shaped, brown, smooth, not bordered. 



This is altogether a Sagina in habit, very much resembling the 

 common procumbens ; but without adverting to number or size, 

 the structure of each part, carefully examined, shows sufficient 

 difl'erences. 



4. S. siibulata. Fringed Awl-shaped Spurrey. 



Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, bristle-pointed, fringed. 

 Flower-stalks solitary, much longer than the leaves, 

 slightly hairy. 



5. subulata. Sicartz Stockh. Trans, for 1 789. 45.t.\.f. 3. ffilld. 

 V. 2. 820. Fl. Br. 505. Engl. Bof. v. ]6. t. 1082. IVith. 436. 

 Honk. Scot. 145. 



S. laiicinu. Huds. 203. Liglttf 244. Fl. Dan. f. 858. 



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