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3. S. subulata, leaves opposite, awl-shaped, bristle-pointed, 

 fringed ; flower-stalks solitary, very long^ each bearing a small 

 flower, the white petals as long as the calyx. Awl-shaped Spurrey. 



Hob. Dry pastures and barren heaths. Amongst the craigs 

 at Easington, and at Spindlestone, plentiful. Colding- 

 ham Moor. July, Aug. I/. 



This species very much resembles Sagina procumbens, of 

 which LINNJETJS eonsidered it a variety; and we have 

 gathered specimens of the Sagina in which some of the 

 flowers had a calyx of five segments, and a capsule of five 

 cells. SMITH says he never found the marginal hairs on 

 the leaves of S. subulata wanting, and that the flower- 

 stalks are always more or less glandular and viscid ; but 

 we have gathered wild plants perfectly smooth in every 

 part. See also HOOKER'S FL Scot, i. 145* 



