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papillae, plano-concave, obovate-roundish, with a raised rim round 

 the outer margin, all of them nearly surrounded by a white mem- 

 branous wing. Whole plant glabrous. 



In salt marshes and muddy places by the sea-coast. Common, 

 and generally distributed, reaching as far North as Orkney. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or Perennial. 

 Summer and Autumn. 



A larger and stronger plant than S. neglecta, with a more or 

 less evidently branched rootstock between the root and the stems. 

 The most striking difference, however, is the much larger size of 

 the flowers, calyx, and capsule, and all the seeds being surrounded 

 by a broad white membranous wing. The flowers are f inch across, 

 much paler than those of S. neglecta. The sepals are broader and 

 J inch long. The capsule always conspicuously protruded. Tbo 

 seeds are px*ecisely similar to the winged seeds of S. neglecta, to the 

 larger and smoother forms of which it very closely approximates. 



Greater Sea Sandwort- Spurrey . 



Frencli, Spergulalre Marine. German, Mittlere Sc/aeppenmiere. 



SPECIES IV.— SPEEGUL ARIA RUPESTRIS. LeMl (non Camh.). 



Plate CCLVI. 



Lepigonum rupestre, Kimlh. 1. c. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 127. Brehisson, Fl. 

 de la Normandie, p. Si. 



Root perennial. Hootstock slender, branched, somewhat woody. 

 Leaves fleshy, semi-cylindrical, filiform-linear, tapering to an acute 

 and often mucronate point. Stipules triangular-ovate, entire or 

 slightly cleft, white, inclining to silvery. Pedicels much longer 

 than the bracts, two to four times the length of the capsule. Sepals 

 oblong-ovate. Petals as long as the sepals, pale purplish rose- 

 colour, concolorous. Stamens 10. Capsule equalling the calyx. 

 Seeds dark reddish brown, smooth, with prominent papilla3, plano- 

 convex, obovate, without a distinct raised rim, none of them "wdnged. 

 Stem, pedicels, and calyx closely covered with gland-tipped hairs. 



On rocks by the sea- coast. Pi.ather rare. Luccombe, Isle of 

 Wight ; Lizard, Cornwall ; Criccieth, Carnarvonshire, are the only 

 places in England from which I possess specimens ; but no doubt 

 it will be found at intermediate stations if searched for. Professor 

 Babington gives it as a native of Ireland. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



In habit much resembling S. marginata, as it has the large 

 calices and ilowers of that plant, but the stipules are of a more 



