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4. S. subula'ta, Presl ; tufted, more - or less glandular and hairy, 

 leaves narrowed to the awned tip, petals as long as the lanceolate obtuse 

 subglandular sepals, pedicels long curved after flowering then erect, capsule 

 rather longer than the appressed sepals. Sper'gula, Swartz. 



Heaths, dry pastures, &c. ; ascending to 2,700 ft. in the Highlands ; N. and 

 "W. Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Aug. — Distrib. Mid. and W. Europe, 

 N. America (doubtfully indigenous, Gray). 



5. S. nodo'sa, E. Mey. ; glabrous or glandular, leaf-buds many in the 

 axils of the subulate acute leaves, peduncles short always erect 1-2-flowered, 

 petals and capsules much longer than the oblong obtuse sepals. Sper'gula, L. 

 Knotted Spurrey. 



Moist heaths and sandy places, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,800 ft. in Yorks. ; 

 Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. July-Aug. — Much the largest and largest- 

 flowered species of the genus. Branches 4-10 in., decumbent, curved, wiry, 

 rooting at the nodes. Radical leaves § in., cauline, usually §— | in. Flowers 

 | in. diam., proterandrous. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N". Africa, Siberia, 

 W. Asia to the Himalaya, N. America. 



IO. SPER'GULA, L. SPURREY. 



Annual herbs, with forked or fascicled branches. Leaves opposite, with 

 abbreviated leaf-buds in their axils, whence the foliage appears whorled ; 

 stipules small, scarious. Flowers white, in peduncled. cymes. Sepals 5. 

 Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5 or 10. Ovary 1 -celled ; styles 5, opposite the 

 petals ; ovules many. Capsule with 5 entire valves. Seeds compressed, 

 margined or winged ; embryo annular. — Distrib. Weeds of cultivation in 

 temp, regions ; species 2-3. — Etym. spargo, from scattering its seeds. 



S. arven'sis, L. ; leaves linear-subulate semiterete rather fleshy. 



Cornfields, &c, N. to Shetland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; ascends to 1,000 

 ft. ; fl. June-Aug.— More or less pubescent and glandular. Stems 5-18 in., 

 branched from the root, geniculate. Leaves %-\\ in., in distant pairs 

 grooved beneath. Flowers J-J in. diam., in terminal subumbellate cymes ; 

 peduncles slender, spreading or reflexed. Sepals ovate, obtuse, rather 

 shorter than the white petals. Capsule sub-globose.— Distrib. Europe 

 (Arctic), N. Africa, W. Asia to N.W. India ; introd. in N. America. 



S. arven'sis proper (S. vulga'ris, Bcenn.) ; seeds papillose, wing narrow or 0. — 

 Va*. 8, sati'va, Bcenn. ; more viscid, seeds smooth or punctulate, winged. 



11. SPERGULA'RIA, Persoon. Sandwort-Spurrey. 



Diffuse herbs, with the foliage and inflorescence of Spergula. Stipules 

 membranous connate and surrounding the leaf-bases. Sepals 5. Petals 

 5, rarely 0, entire, white or red. Stamens 2-10. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3. 

 Capsule 3-valved. Seeds compressed, often winged ; embryo annular or 

 hooked. — Distrib. Temp, and warm regions ; often littoral ; species 3-4. 

 — Etym. a derivative from Sper'gula. 



The species are very variable, and may be regarded as sub-species of one. 



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