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erect. E. B. 860. > R. v. 201. St. 30. 3. Glabrous. Central 

 st. never lengthening nor flowering; branches axillary, often 

 rooting, usually with fasciculate leaves. Pet. small blunt, 

 often wanting. A fifth part is occasionally added to the fl., in 

 which case it is distinguished from S. saxatilis by its cal. 

 spreading when in fruit and styles reflexed during flowering. 

 A fleshy maritime form is S. maritima (Gren.). J3. spinosa 

 (Gibs.) : 1. longer and narrower very minutely spinose-ciliate 

 on the edges. Waste ground. P. V. IX. E. S. I. 



2. S. apet'ala (Ard.) ; st. and branches ascending, /. linear 

 aicned, sep. blunt shorter than the capsule hooded ultimately 

 spreading in the form of a cross, ped. always erect. E. B. 881. 

 R. v. 200. Central st. lengthening flowering and together with 

 the branches erect, never rooting ; upper part of st., ped., and 

 cal. often bearing glandular hairs. Pet. very minute, inversely 

 wedge-shaped and truncate. Caps, conical-ovoid, subpeltate 

 below, stalked. /3. prostrata (Gibs.) ; prostrate, branching 

 from a rosette which lengthens into a stem and flowers. 



[ y. S. Reuteri (Boiss.) ; st. much branched, ped. short densely glandular, 

 sep. usually appressed.]. Walls and dry places. /3. Common on 

 gravel walks. [ ? . Wore. Heref. Pembr.] A. V. IX. E. S. I. 



3. S. cilidta (Fr.) ; st. long, branches diffuse or spreading, 1. 

 linear awned,ow^er sep. pointed scarcely shorter than and adpressed 

 to the mature caps, their tips patent. Sy. E. B. 247. R. v. 200. 

 S. patula Jord. Glabrous. Central st. flowering and together 

 with the branches erect or ascending, not rooting. Cal. and tips 

 of ped. sometimes with gland-tipped hairs. Caps, ovate- 

 attenuate, rounded below, stalked. S. ambigna (Lloyd) is pro- 

 bably a maritime form. Dry places and sandy heaths/ A. V. VI. 



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4. S. marit'ima (Don) ; central st. long forked, branches 

 ascending, /. fleshy blunt, or apiculate rounded at the back 

 glabrous, sep. blunt about equalling the capsule ultimately 

 spreading slightly, ped. erect. E. B. 2195. S. stricta Fries. 

 St. often purple, brittle. The central stem produces flowers 

 and is erect, or in luxuriant plants more or less procumbent. 

 Sep. concave with incurved tips. Caps, ovate, rounded below. 

 A much-branched prostrate form is () S. debilis (Jord.) ; its 

 calyx usually exceeds the caps., and all its steins are often pros- 

 trate and spring from a false rosette. Another very much 

 branched state forming dense tufts, with short joints and 

 shorter linear plane-convex 1., is (y) S. densa (Jord.). On the 

 seashore. Fries states that his plant sometimes occurs uj on 



