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Obs. " First record in Anglise insulis Australibus, ea 

 proesertim quse Portlandia vocatur ; " Lobd, 

 Adversaria, 195, (1576) ; Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908, 

 p. 385. 



Sagina maritima, Don. Sea Pearlwort. Native. I. Beach 



wastes Smallmouth to Chesil, plentiful. II. Scarce. 



"Portland;" W. Borrer in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, p. 41. 



East Weare. Cliffs Lower Lighthouse. 



S. procumbens, L. Procumbent Pearlwort. Native. II. 



Not very com. The Grove ; F. 



S. nodosa, Fenzl. White Sandwort. Native. I. Rare. 

 Damp parts of roadsides and beach wastes Smallmouth 

 to Chesil ; the glabrous form. 



Spergula arvensis, L. Corn Spurrey. Native or Colonist. 

 Var. vulgaris Boenn. II. Rare. " Portland ; " Druce in 

 Journ. Bot. 1908, 385. 



Spergularia salina, Presl. ( Lepigonum salinum, Fries) . Lesser 

 Sea Sandwort- Spurrey. Native. I. and II. Very com. 

 on seashores. 



Var. media. I. Chesil Bank ; Druce in Journ. Bot. 1908 

 p. 385. 



Var. neglecta, (Syme). Com. I. Beach wastes, &c. 

 Smallmouth and Chesil. II. North shores. 



Obs. Many seeds unwinged. 



S. marginata, Kittel. Sea Sandwort-Spurrey. Native. I. 

 Shore Smallmouth to Chesil, abundant. II. Rather 

 freq. Rocks between Cave Hole and the Bill. Eastern 

 shore ; F. 



Obs. Usually (invariably ?), var. glandulosa, Druce ; 

 (see Journ. Bot. 1908, p. 385). Probably the prevailing 

 form in South-West Britain. 



S. rupestris, Lebel (L. rupicola, Kindb.) Rock Sea Spurrey . 

 Native. II. Locally freq. Exposed cliffs the Prison to 

 Chene. 



Obs. First record for Dorset obtained from 

 Chene, Mansel-Pleydell 1874, Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, 

 p. 44. 



