428 DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 



he had transplanted from Ripton Wood, Huntingdonsh. where 

 he found it growing wild, and where we searched for it, but 

 without success. Mr. Woodward. ' 



aquat'icum.C. Leaves heart-shaped, sitting: flowers solitary: cap- 

 sules pendent. 



E. hot. ttS-Curt.-Dod. 29- l-Ger. em. Gil. l-Park. 759. 

 2-Ger. 488. 1. 



In habit much resembling the larger plants of the Stellaria 

 media, but the petals are much larger than the calyx, and 

 the hairiness on the stem is general and not limited as in 

 that plant to a line extending along it. Leaves often heart- 

 spear-shaped, and sometimes curled at the edge. Whole plant 

 set thick with fine short hairs, termirtated by globular heads, 



containing a clammy liquor. Flowers white. 



Marsh Mouse-ear. Watery places, banks 

 amongst bushes. 



J 



SPER'GULA. Col. 5 leaves : petals 5, entire; 



caps, egg-shaped, of 1 cell and 5 valves. 



arven'sis. S. Leaves in whirls : flowers with more than 5 stamens : 



stems thick at the joints. 



Curt.~Fl. dan. 1033-ZW. 537-Loi. obs. 467. l-Ger. em. 

 1125-ParL 562-J. B. iii. 722. \-Pet. 59. 6. 



Leaves 6 in a whirl, 3 on each side, cylindrical, thread-like, 

 woolly, clammy. Fruit-stalks branching, Linn. Stamens in 

 the autumn frequently fewer than 10. Seeds rough with rising 

 dots, when ripe black, with a white border. Flowers white. 



Corn Spurry. Corn fields and sandy places, especially where 

 water has lain ; gravel walks. A. July — Sept.* 



subula'ta.S. Leaves in whirls, hairy at the edge, rather pointing one 



way : stems thread-shaped, lowers solitary. 



Curt. 139- 



Whole plant set with short hairs, terminating in minute glo- 

 bules. Stamens from 5 to 10. Petals white, roundish, as long 

 as the calyx. 



* Poultry are fond of the seeds ; and the inhabitants of Finland and 

 Norway make bread of them when their crops of corn fail. Experience 

 shews it to be very nutritious to the cattle that eat it. Horses, sheep, 



goats, and swine eat it. Cows refuse it. 





