DECANDRIA PENTAGtNIA. 243 



folitariis, fru(5libus pendulis. Sp. pi. 629. {Ger. 

 emac. 6n.f. i. Mentzel. pig. /. i./. 3) 

 Marfh Moufe-ear Chickweed. Anglis, 

 By the fides of ditches and rivers, but not fre- 

 quent. ^ VII. 

 The ftalk is a yard high, or more, nearly quadran- 

 gular, branched, weak, {lightly hairy, and una- 

 ble to fupport itfelf : the lower leaves have cili- 

 ated footllalks, the upper ones are leiTile, and 

 nightly hairy, with a little vifcidity : the flowers 

 grow near the fummits of the ftalks from the 

 Ala of the leaves, and from the divifions of the 

 branches, fingly upon vlfcid peduncles : the ca- 

 lyx is hairy and vifcid, the petals twice as long 

 as the calyx, and the capfules pendulous. 



SPERGULA. Gen. pi. 586. 



Cal. 5-phyIIus. Petala 5, integra. Caps, ovata, i-lo- 



cularis, 5-valvis. 



cnfis I. SPERGULA foliis verticillatis, floribus decandrls. 

 Sp. pi. 6jo. {Ger. em. 1 125./. 3. Pet. herb. t. ^g. 

 f.6) 



Corn-Spurrey. Jnglis. 



In corn-fields frequent. O. VJII. 



The leaves are round, linear, and furrow'd,from 

 e ght to twenty in a whirl : the calyx hairy and 

 viicid, the peduncles branch'd, the petals white, 

 the (lamina vary from five to ten, the capfules 

 are pendulous, and the feeds black, and fur- 

 rounded with a membranaceous ring. 



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