CL. X.] DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 209 



Roots creeping : stems numerous, covered with fine deflected hairs, from 

 four inches to a foot high : leaves and stem hairy : panicles few-flowered : 

 petals large, white. Perennial : flowers in the summer months : grows 

 in fields and dry gravelly pastures. Eng. Bat. vol. ii. pi. 93. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 333. 715. 



6. C. alpinum. Alpine Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves elliptical, 

 covered with long silky hairs, or nearly smooth ; panicle few-flowered ; 



capsule oblong, recurved. Root creeping : stems three or four inches 



high, generally hairy : petals inversely heart-shaped, much longer than 

 the calyx. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows on the higher 

 mountains of Scotland and Wales. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 472. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 334. 716. 



7. C. latifolinm. Broad-leaved Alpine Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves 

 betweeen egg-shaped and elliptical, rough, with short bristly hairs ; 

 flowers terminal, generally solitary ; capsule egg-shaped at the base. 



Stems three or four inches high, and, together with the leaves, 



covered with short, stiff hairs : capsule straight : petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, much longer than the calyx. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows on the higher mountains of Scotland and Wales. Eng. 

 Bot.vol.vii.pl. 473. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 234. 717. 



8. C. aqudticum. Water Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, sessile ; flowers solitary ; capsules drooping ; petals deeply di- 

 vided. Root creeping : stems weak, two feet long, branched, covered, 



as well as the leaves, with long hairs, and clammy at the upper part : 

 petals about the same length as the calyx, white. Perennial : flowers 

 in July : grows by the sides of rivers and ditches: not common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. viii. pi. 538. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 335. 718. 



20. SPE'RGULA. SPURREY. 



Calyx inferior, of five egg-shaped, obtuse, permanent leaves, 

 membranous at the edges. Petals five, egg-shaped, larger than the 

 leaves of the calyx, undivided. Filaments ten, sometimes five, 

 awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla; anthers roundish, two-lobed. 

 Germen superior, egg-shaped. Styles short, slender, spreading ; 

 stigmas downy. Capsule egg-shaped, membranous, one-celled, 

 five-valved. Seeds roundish, compressed. Name from spargo, 

 to scatter, the seeds being widely spread when the capsule 

 bursts. 240. 



1. S. arvensis. Corn Spurrey, Leaves in whorls; stalks of the fruit 



reflected. Root small, tapering : stem from six inches to a foot high, 



branched, swelling at the joints, hairy and clammy : leaves linear : 

 stipules in pairs under each whorl : flowers in terminal panicles : petals 

 white : seeds with a membranous border. Annual : flowers in June and 

 July: grows in corn-fields: abundant. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1536. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 337. 719. 



2. S. nodiisa. Knotted Spurrey. Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, smooth, 

 united at the base, the upper ones clustered ; petals much longer than 



the calyx. The whole plant smooth : stems decumbent or spreading, 



from three to six inches long, jointed : flowers large, white. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in wet places : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. x. pi. 694. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 338. ,720. 



