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y. divaricata, raihi. Plant upright in a young state, decumbent 

 with age : seeds rough, keeled at the back, keel crenate. 



This variety is prominently distinguished, not only hy its divaricated mode of 

 growth, but by the great dissimilarity of its seeds. It appears to be somewhat rare, as 

 1 have specimens from one locality only, namely, the garden walks of P. M. James, 

 Esq., Sumerille Irlams, on the heights near Manchester, communicated to me by Mr. 

 W. Charlton. 



S". prostrata^ mihi. Plant with numerous stems, all spread quite 

 flat on the ground, dark green, hairy : leaves short (about one eighth 

 of an inch long), hairy: flower-stalks and calyces quite smooth: seeds 

 as in a. 



The prostrate habit of this plant at once distinguishes it from every other fonn of 

 Sagina apetala. On the walks of neglected gardens in Halifax &c. ; apparently not 

 very uncommon, as I have a specimen from Cornwall, and have also seen others from 

 Richmond, in Yorkshire. 



E. setacea, mihi. Plant upright, veri/ slender, from two to five inches 

 high : stems few, smooth, leaves about one quarter of an inch long, 

 narrow, membranaceous at the base, their edges ciliated, each tipped 

 with a very short bristle : seeds smooth, dentate on their back. 



The very slender and upright habit of this at once distinguishes it from every other 

 foi-m of the plant. Apparently not very common : my specimens are from Richmond 

 in Yorkshire. 



?. glabra. ( Sagina apetala, i3. glabra, Babington, ' Primitiae Florae 

 Sarnicae,' p. 15). Plant nearly upright: stems and leaves smooth, the 

 latter tipped with a very distinct bristle: flower-stalks and calyces set 

 with minute stalked glands, the two outer sepals mucronate. 



For specimens of this variety I am indebted to Mr. Babington ; they are from Jersey . 



17. l(Bvis, mihi. (Sagina maritima of the Manchester Flora, p. 14). 

 Plant nearly upright, smooth in every part 



Closely allied to the foregoing, but differing in the flower-stalks and calyces being 

 destitute of the stalked glands so conspicuous in that variety. This appears to be the 

 most common form of Sagina apetala. Perhaps this and the last might be considered 

 two forms of one distinct species : the two outer sepals of the calyx being mucronate, 

 together with the absence of hairs from the leaves &c., would serve to distinguish them 

 from every other form of Sagina apetala. My specimens are from the walls of Bow- 

 den Church-yard, given to me by the author of ' Flora Mancuuiensis ; ' also from 

 Brandon Hill, &c. by Mr. Grindon; and Greenwich Park, Mr. Luxford. In 1835 I 

 gathered it at Selby, and in 1836 on the magnesian limestone at^Garforth, six miles 

 from Leeds. 



2. S. maritima, Don. Plant annual, smooth. Stems prostrate, 

 divaricated : leaves short, broad in proportion, thick and blunt, com- 

 bined by their membranous bases : flower-stalks slender : segments 



