DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 339 



Flower-stalks solitary, smooth, much longer than the 

 leaves. 



S. saginoides. Linn. Sp. PL 631 . mild. v. 2. 820. FL Br. 504. 

 E?igl. Bot. r. 30. t. 2105. Hook. Scot. 145. Swartz Stockh. 

 Trans, for 1/89. 44. /. 1./. 2. Wahlenh. Lapp. 138. 



Alsine foliis gramineis, saejje fasciculatis, glabris, pedunculis longis 

 nudis imifloris. Gmel. Sib. v. 4. 157; from the author. 



A.n. 802. Hall. Hist. v.\. 382. Davall. 



Stellariu biflora. Fl. Dan. t. 12 ; but not of Linnmis. 



On the highland mountains of Scotland. 



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



Perennial. June. 



Root fibrous. Herb quite smooth. Stems several, in jDatches, 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 smooth 

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

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

 hardly so long as the calyx. .S7«;«. with us 10 3 Dr. Swartz 

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

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

 kidney-shaped, brown, smooth, not bordered. 



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

 common jjrocumbens ; but without adverting to number or size, 

 the structure of each part, carefully examined, shows sufficient 

 differences. 



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



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



Flower-stalks solitary, much longer tlian the leaves, 



slightly hairy. 

 S. suhulata. Sivartz Stockh. Trans. for 1 /SI). 45. f. 1 ./. 3. mild. 



V. 2. 820. Fl. Br. 505. Engl. Bot. v. 1(3. t. 1082. With. 436. 



Hook. Scot. 145. 



5. laricina. Huds.2{)3. Lightf 2A4. Fl. Dan. t.S'^S. 

 S. saginoides. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 35. Ehrh. Herb. 7 . 

 Sagina procumbens ^3. Linn. Sp. PL 185. fl'illd. v. 1.71!). 

 Saxifraga graminea pusilla, foliis brevioribus, crass ioribus, et suc- 



culentioribus. Rail Syn. 3 15. 



On barren sandy heaths. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root, size and habit much agreeing witli the last ; but the leaves 

 are fringed with glandular, or slightly viscid, hairs, and termi- 

 nate each in a very cons})icu()us hair-like jjoint, not sufliiiently 

 expressed in F.ngl. Bot. Fl. but half the size of tiie saginoides, 

 and more erect. O//. strongly keeled, at least when in fruit. 



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