174 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY, fBull. 



It is said to be a nutritious and quick crop for fodder or 

 hay, adapted to and a renovator of dry sandy soils. Apt to 

 become a nuisance in some situations. 



Spergula sativa Boenn. (sown). 

 Field Spurrey. 



Rare. New London, in a cultivated field (Graves), Nor- 

 walk, sandy waste (Eames). July — Aug. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



SAGINA L. Pearlwort. 

 Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray (reclining). 



Sagiiia apctala of American authors, not Ard. 

 Small-flowered, Annual or Spurrey Pearlwort. 



Rare or local. Dry soil of roadsides, walks and waste 

 places: Ledyard (Graves), Woodbury (Harger). Through- 

 out the coast region of the southwestern part of the state, 

 where it also occurs in low or moist woods (Eames). Mid- 

 May — Aug. 



Sagina procumbens L. (trailing). 



Pearlwort. Break-stone. Bird's-eye. 



Occasional or frequent. Dripping rocks and wet, springy 

 places in woods or partial shade, also dr\' banks, crevices of 

 walls and walks and in stony or sandy wastes or sometimes 

 on sea-beaches. May — July. 



ARENARIA L. Sandwort. 

 Arenaria lateriflora L. (flowering at the side). 

 Moehringia latcrHiora Fenzl. 

 Blunt-leaved or Showy Sandwort. 



Occasional or frequent. Moist or dry, rocky, or low 

 woods, meadows and even sometimes on sea-beaches. Mid- 

 May — June. 



Arenaria macrophylla Hook, (large-leaved). 

 Moehringia macrophylla Torr. 

 Larged-leaved Sandwort. 



Rare. In rather dry leaf-mold covering trap talus, in 

 shade: Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), and in the adjoining town 

 of Durham (Harger). May. 



