TETRANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. Sagina. *j 3 



SAGI'NA. Calyx 4-leaved : petals 4: caps. 1 -celled, 



4-valved, many-seeded. 



S. Branches trailing. 



Curt.-Kniph. LQ-Seguier. L 5. 3-Part. 1340. (F-/V/. op. JO. 



Flowers sometimes with petals, and sometimes without. Linn. 

 Root perennial when cultivated, and in a garden it produces pe- 

 tals, though I could never find any in a wild state. Jacquix. 

 Two or three inches high ; stems thread-like ; leaves slender, and 



procum'bens. 



minute. Moss, greenish white. The 4 valves of the capsule, 

 after it opens, have so much the appearance of petals, that it is 

 possible to mistake them for such. 



Chickvueed-Breakstone. Trailing Pearlnvort. Walls, roofs, 



sandy, and also boggy places ; garden walks, paved courts, com* 



mon. 



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Var. 2. Flowers with 5 petals. 



This seldom or never grows in patches. The fruit-s talks 

 and the capsules are longer than in Var. 1. The powers have 

 •stly 4 petals and 1 stamens, and then they have always 5 



styles. 



Mr. Brown, Aug. 179* • 3 





S. Stem rather upright, pubescent : flowers alternate; with- apet'ala, 



out petals. Linn, petals very minute. St. notched 

 at the end. 



Diets, h. s.-Curt.-Fl. dan. Si5-Plott. ox/. 9. 7* at p. 146- 

 Pet. 59. ll-Pluk. 7*. 



Leaves hairy. Hairs not terminated by minute globules as 

 in Spergula laricina, which it otherwise much resembles. It is 

 still a smaller and a more slender plant than the preceding, and is 

 always hairy, whilst the other is never so. It is an annual and 

 the other a perennial. Curt. The hairs on the stems are apt to 

 fall off; but those on the leaves are more permanent. 



Annual Pearl-wort. On walls, gravel-walks, and other very 



fay places, not uncommon. A. May, June. 



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S. Stem upright, generally supporting a single flower. erec'ia. 



Dicks, h. *.-£. hot. 609-Curt.-Raj> 15. 4. at p. 348.-JW/. 



3. Z-Pet. 55. 9- 



Stem with 1 to 3 flowers. Linn. Caps, that of a Cerastium, 

 **ith 10 teeth. Curt. A much stronger plant than either of the 

 preceding; about 2 inches high. Leaves strap-spear-shaped. 

 Moss, white. 



Least Stichvoort. Upright Pearlivort. Gravelly soil. [Heaths 



w Norfolk, frequent, Mr. Woodward.] A. April, May. 



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