336 DECANDRIA-— PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 



the moment he paid little attention to the subject, for surely they 

 are all equally distinct and well marked. 



244. SPERGULA. Spurrey. 



Linn. Gen. 232. Juss. 301. FL Br. 502. Dill. Gen. 131. t.7. 

 Lam. t. 392. Gccrtn.t.VSO. 



Nat. Orel, see «. 241. 



Cal. inferior, of 5 ovate, obtuse, spreading, permanent 

 leaves, more or less membranous at the edges. Pet, 5, 

 ovate, v/ith very short claws, concave, spreading, larger 

 than the calyx, undivided. Filam. 10, sometimes but 5, 

 awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla. AntJi. roundish, 

 2-lobed. (jerm. superior, ovate. Styles 5, short, slender, 

 spreading. Stigmas downy. Ca2)s. ovate, membranous, 

 of 1 cell and 5 coiniected valves, covered with the perma- 

 nent calyx. Seeds roundish or kidney-shaped, com- 

 pressed, rough or smooth, sometimes with a membranous 

 border. 



Herbaceous, with slender linear leaves^ and -white Jlou^ers, 

 Distinguished from Cerastium^ as Linnaeus remarks, by 

 having undivided petals. But the 5 valves, or deeply 

 separated teeth, of the capsule are full as important, and 

 the natural habit of the whole genus is more allied to 

 Arenarla^ from which Spergula differs solely in having 5 

 styles, and a corresponding number of valves to \\\e fruit. 



1. S. arvensis. Corn Spurrey. 



Leaves whorled. Stalks when in fruit reflexed. 



S. arvensis. Linn. Sp. PI. 630. Willd. v. 2. 818. Fl. Br. 502. 



Engl. Bot. ?;. 22. ^.1535. Curt. Lond.fasc.b. t.3\. Hook. 



Scot. 144. Fl. Da7i. t. 1033. Ehrh. Herb. 6G. Gunn. Norveg. 



p. 1. 16. Hofm. Germ. for 1800. 213. 

 Spergula. Dod. Pempt. 537. f. Frument.\o9.f. Dalech. Hist. 



1331. f. Bank. Hist. v. 3. 7 19, 2./. 

 Alsine n. 873. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 385. 

 A. Spergula dicta major. Bauh. Pin. 251, Raii Sijn. 351. Dii- 



ham. Cult.v.G. 149. ^.1. 

 Saginas Spergula. Ger. Em. 1 125./. 



/3. Spergula pentandra. Engl. Bot. v. 22. t.]536. Comp. 72. Ab- 

 bot 102 ? 

 Alsine Spergula dicta^ semine membran. fusco. Moris. Rail Syn. 



ed.2. 210? 

 y. S. pentandra. Linn. Sp. Fl. 630. ed. 1 . 440. WiUd. v. 2. 818. 



Fl.Br.503. Loefi. It. Hisp. 143. Roth Germ.v.].\96.v.2.505. 



