36 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



3. C. arven'se, L. (FIELD CHICKWE^D.) Stem decumbent 

 at the base, pubescent, slender, 4-8 inches high. Leaves 

 linear, or linear-lanceolate, often fascicled in the axils, longer 

 than the lower internodes. Petals obcordate, more than 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Cyme few-flowered. 



Var. Oblongifolium, Holl. and Britt. Taller, pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Pod twice as long as 

 the calyx. S. W. Ontario. 



4. C. nu'tans, Raf. Stems very clammy-pubescent and 

 branching diffusely. The loose and open cymes many- 

 flowered. Leaves lance-oblong. Pods nodding on the stalks, 

 curved upwards, thrice the length of the calyx. In places 

 where water lies in spring. 



7. SAGI'NA, L. PEARLWORT. 



1. S. proeum'bens, L. (PEARLWORT.) A low, matted 

 herb with narrowly linear leaves. Flowers small, terminal, 

 with their parts in fours, rarely in fives. Petals shorter than 

 the ovate, obtuse sepals, or none. Pod many-seeded, 4-5- 

 valved. Top of peduncle often bent into a hook. Damp 

 places, Atl. Prov. 



2. S. nodo'sa, Fenzl. A low, tufted herb. Lower leaves 

 thread-form ; the upper short, awl-shaped, with clusters of 

 minute ones in their axils. Parts of flower in fives, the 

 stamens sometimes ten. Petals much longer than sepals. 

 Flowers terminal. Pods as in S. procumbens. "Wet sandy 

 shores, Atl. Prov. 



8. BITDA, Adans. SAND-SPURREY. 



1. B. ru'bra, Dumort. (^Spergula'ria ru'bra, Prcsl.) 

 Leaves linear, flat, hardly fleshy. Stipules lanceolate. 

 Stems usually glandular-pubescent near the summit. Caly* 

 rather longer than the pink-red corolla, and small pod- 

 Seeds rough with projecting points. Dry sandy ground 

 Atl. Prov. 



2. B. mari'na, Dumort. (Spergularia sali'na, Presl.; 

 More fleshy than B. rubra, usually pubescent. Stipules 



