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to the ripe capsule, mucronate. Capsule scarcely longer than 

 the calyx. 



This is said to grow in cultivated places. Annual; June. 



We have "seen the following diagnostics of these forms or spe- 

 cies^ but we cannot vouch for their accuracy: — " Sagma ciliata, 

 S. depressa, and S. apetala appear to differ but slightly. The 

 first has ciliated pedicels, and the petals are longer than the se- 

 pals. The second is procumbent and smaller. The third has 

 ciliated sepals, and the petals are scarcely longer than the 

 sepals." 



S. saxatilis, "Wimm. — Spergula saginoides, Sm. Rock 

 Pearlivort. — e.b. 2105. l.b.s. 170. 



A. 3. C. 6-8. Lat. 56-59°. Alt. 650-850 yds. Tern. 40-38°. 



Stems tufted, decumbent below, erect above; barren shoots 

 prostrate, leafy. Leaves linear, pointed, smooth, fleshy. Flowers 

 solitary, on long smooth peduncles (slightly leafy stalks), which 

 are reflexed after flowering, erect in fruit. Sepals blunt, smooth. 

 Petals obovate, scarcely so long as the sepals. Fruit recurved at 

 the apex, about as long as the calyx, sometimes twice as long. 

 Seeds roundish, brown, smooth, without a border. 



Highland mountains. Perennial ; June, July. 



This species is distinguishable from S. procmnbens chiefly by 

 the more fleshy tapering sepals, and by the valves of the capsules 

 being more narrowed upwards. 



Highland mountains. Perennial ; July. 



S. subulata, Wimm. Subulate or Awl-leaved Peatiwort or 

 Sjmrrey.—E.B. 1082. l.b.s. 170^. 



A. 15. C. 40. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-800 yds. Tern. 51-40°. 



Stems solitary, longer than the leaves, procumbent. Leaves 

 linear-acuminate, fringed with glandular hairs and with very 

 long awns. Peduncles erect, very long, with glandular hairs at 

 the summit. Sepals hairy and glandular, obtuse. Petals as 

 lofig as the calyx. Capsule 5-valved, longer than the sepals. 



Gravelly and sandy places. Perennial; June- August. 



S. nodosa, Mey. — Spergula nodosa, Lin. Knotty or Knotted 

 Spurrey. — e.b. 694. l.b.s. 171. 



A. 18. C. 75. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-500 yds. Tern. 52-42°. 



Stems numerous, spreading, erect-spreading (primary stem ab- 

 breviated, not flowering, Babington), simple or forked, 3-6 inches 

 long. Leaves linear, filiform, glabrous, blunt or mucronulate, 



