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SPECIES I— SPERGULAHIA RUBRA. Fenzl. 



Plate CCLIV. 



Arenaria rubra, Linn. Sm. Eng. El. Vol. IT. p. 311. 



Lepigomim rubrum, Fries, in Fl. Hall. p. 7G. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 127. 

 Fries, Mant. III. p. 33. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 121. 



Root annual or biennial. Leaves scarcely fleshy, flat, filiform- 

 linear, tapering to an acute and generally mucronate point. Stipules 

 lanceolate, acuminate, usually cleft, silvery white. Pedicels when 

 mature exceeding the bracts, and one and a half to three times 

 as long as the capsule. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals shorter 

 than the calyx, purplish rose, shading into white at the base. 

 Stamens generally fewer than 10. Capsule about as long as the 

 calyx. Seeds dark brown, rugose with tubercles puckered at the 

 base, most prominent round the margin, plano-convex, semicircular- 

 obovate, with a raised rim round the curved margin, but none of 

 them winged. Stem, pedicels, and sepals pubescent with gland- 

 tipped hairs. 



In dry sandy and gravelly places. Common throughout the 

 country, except in the extreme North of Scotland, from which it 

 appears to be absent. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annvial or Biennial. 

 Summer and Autumn. 

 Hoot long, tapering, producing from its crown numerous decum- 

 bent branched stems, generally spreading in all directions, 3 to 8 

 inches long. Leaves j to i inch long. Stipu.les very conspicuous 

 from their large size and silvery appearance, generally torn at the 

 apex. Plowers ^ inch across, chiefly in terminal pseudo-racemes. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, indistinctly nerved, with a broad white 

 border. Fruit pedicels ^ to ^ inch long, more or less spreading or 

 even reflexed after flowering, ultimately sub-erect. Capsvile about 

 \ inch long, Avith numerous small dark-brown seeds, convex on both 

 sides, surrounded by a raised ring. Plant dull green. 



Field Sandwort-Spiirrey , Tied-jloicering Field Spurreij. 



French, Spergulaire Rouge. German, Rothe Schuppenmiere. 



SPECIES II.— SPERGULARIA NEGLECTA. 



Plate CCLV. 



Lepigonum neglectum, " Kindb." Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 127. 

 Spergularia marina, var. a, Rook. ■& Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 153. 

 Spergularia marina, Garcke, Fl. von IST. und Mit.-Deutsch. ed. vi. p. 69. 

 Arenaria marina, Roth. Lloyd, Fl. de I'Ouest de la Fr. p. 80. 

 Arenaria rubra, iSin. Eng. Bot. No. 852 (?). 

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