244 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



In Holland and Germany it is fov/n in the fields as a 

 fodder for cattle. 



lodofa 2. S. foliis oppofitis fubulatis l^vibus, caulibus fimpli- 

 cibus, 5^. 'pi. 630. {ped. Dan. t. 96. opt. Loes. 

 Flor. PruJJ'. p. 204. /. 64. hjm. Pet. herb. t. ^9- 

 f. 5. Ger. cm. ^6j. f. 6. Plukenei. t. ^j. f. 4) 



Knotted Spurrey. JngUs. 



In vvet paflnres, and on the fides of lakes and 

 rnarfiies, but not very common, it. VIII. 



Several flalks arife from one root, fometimes re- 

 clining and fometimes ereft, and about three or 

 four inches high : the leaves are fmooth, of a fine 

 green, and from their boibms towards the top of 

 the ftalks appear little knots of other leaves, 

 Y.'hich are the rudiments of young branches : 

 the flowers are wliite, with yellow antherac •, they 

 grow ereft, and generally fingle at the top of the 

 branches. 



:ricwa :?. SPERGULA foiiis oppofitis fubulatis ciliatis fafci- 

 culatis. Sp. pL &31. {Fii';. nulla) 



Larch-leav'd Spurrey. JngUs. 



Upon dry paflures of a gravelly foil. I obferv'd it 

 UDon a hill in tlie ifland of Bute. % . VI. 



From one root arife feveral ftalks about an inch or 

 an inch and a half high : the leaves are linear, 

 fi.ibulate, and acuminated, fiightly hairy or ci- 

 liated on the edges, and their points turn to one 

 fide of the ftalk : from their alas arife tufts of 

 other leaves, which are the rudiments only of 



young 



