CL. X.] DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 209 



Roots creeping : stems numerous, covered with, fine deflected hairs, 

 from four inches to a foot high: leaves and stem hairy: panicles 

 few-flowered : petals large, white. Perennial : flowers in the sum- 

 mer months : grows in fields and dry gravelly pastures. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. ii. pi. 93. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 333. 715. 



6. C. alpinum. Alpine Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves elliptical, 

 covered with long silky hairs, or nearly smooth; panicle few-flowered; 



capsule oblong, recurved. Root creeping : stems three or four 



inches high, generally hairy : petals inversely heart-shaped, much 

 longer than the calyx. Perennial: flowers in June and July: grows 

 on the higher mountains of Scotland and Wales. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. 

 pi. 472. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 334. 716. 



7. C. latifolium. Broad-leaved Alpine Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves 

 between egg-shaped and elliptical, rough, with short bristly hairs ; 

 flowers terminal, generally solitary ; capsule egg-shaped at the base. 



Stems three or four inches high, and, together with the leaves, 



covered with short, stiff hairs : capsule straight : petals inversely 

 heart-shaped, much longer than the calyx. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows on the higher mountains of Scotland and 

 Wales. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 473. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 234. 717. 



8. C. aqudticum. Water Mouse-ear Chick-weed. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, sessile ; flowers solitary ; capsules drooping ; petals deeply 



divided. Root creeping : stems weak, two feet long, branched, 



covered, as well as the leaves, with long hairs, and clammy at the 

 upper part : petals about the same length as the calyx, white. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July : grows by the sides of rivers and ditches : 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 538. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 335. 



718. 



20. SPE'RGULA. SPURREY. 



Calyx inferior, of five egg-shaped, obtuse, permanent leaves, 

 membranous at the edges. Petals five, egg-shaped, larger than 

 the leaves of the calyx, undivided. Filaments ten, sometimes 

 five, awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla ; anthers roundish, 

 two-lobed. Germen superior, egg-shaped. Styles short, slender, 

 spreading ; stigmas downy. Capsule egg-shaped, membranous, 

 one-celled, five-valved. Seeds roundish, compressed. Name 

 from spargo, to scatter, the seeds being widely spread when the 

 capsule bursts. 240. 



1. S.arvensis. Corn Spurrey. Leaves in whorls ; stalks of the 



fruit reflected. Root small, tapering : stem from six inches to a 



foot high, branched, swelling at the joints, hairy and clammy : 

 leaves linear : stipules in pairs under each whorl : flowers in ter- 

 minal panicles : petals white : seeds with a membranous border. 

 Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields : abundant. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1536. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 337. 719. 



2. S. nodosa. Knotted Spurrey. Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, 

 smooth, united at the base, the upper ones clustered ; petals much 

 longer than the calyx. The whole plant smooth : stems decum- 

 bent or spreading, from three to six inches long, jointed : flowers 

 large, white. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in wet 

 places : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 694. Eng. FL vol.ii. p. 338. 



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