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mountains in Norway ; and G. Don seems to have found it on 

 Ben Nevis [var. alpina Sy. 1 ]. A. V. IX. Sea Pear/ wort. 



5. 8. Boyd'ii (Buch.- White) ; caespitose, st. erect, 1. densely imbricate 

 linear fleshy rigid strongly recurved shortly mucronate, fl. 4-5-merous, 

 sep. broadly ovate blunt with narrow membranous margins, pet. 0, ovary 

 globose flattened at the top, " caps, globose shorter [than] and covered 

 by the sep.," ped. short stout slightly curved. J. ofB. 1892, t. 326 b. 

 Much branched below, forming dense tufts, glabrous dark green shiny. 

 A remarkable plant which requires further study. We have not seen 

 fruit. Braemar, Mr. W. B. Soyd. P. VI. S. 



** Sep., pet., styles and valves usually 5. Stam. 10. SPKRGELLA. 



6. S. Linnce'i (Presl) ; central st. short and barren, 1. linear 

 mucronate glabrous, st. ped. and col. glabrous, pet. shorter than 

 caps, longer than the calyx. Spergula sagino'ides, L. E. B. 

 2105. S. saxatilis (Wimm.) ed. viii. St. prostrate, slightly 

 rooting, many. Fed. long, their tips reflexed after flowering 

 ultimately erect. Caps, rather longer than the calyx, some- 

 times twice the length. Closely resembling S. procumbens, but 

 distinguished by the valves of its capsule being much more 

 narrowed upwards, sep. adpressed and narrower, pet. longer, 

 styles not reflexed. Highland mountains. P. VI. VIII. S. 



7. 8. nivdlis (Fries) ; central st. and branches ascending caes- 

 pitose, 1. subulate mucronate glabrous, ped. short straight, sep. 

 very blunt adpressed to the ripe capsules, pet. rather exceeding 

 cal. but falling short of caps, entire. Sy. E. B. 250 (bad). St. ^ 

 and branches dividing repeatedly (no true rosette), not rooting, 



1 H in. long, forming a dense tuft. Fl. divided in fours or 

 fives. Ped. wholly straight. Sep. white with diaphanous 

 edges. Tops of Highland mountains, very rare. P. VIII. 8. 



8. S. subuldta (Presl) ; /. awned linear often ciliate, ped. and 

 calyx glandular-hairy, pet. about as long as the caps, longer 

 than the calyx. Spergula Sw. E. B. 1082. St. procumbent. 

 Ped. very long, the tip slightly reflexed after flowering, ulti- 

 mately erect. Caps, ovate-attenuate, rounded below, sessile. 

 Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



9. 8. nodosa (Fenzl) ; 1. subulate glabrous upper I. shorter 

 fasciculate, pet. much longer than the calyx, ped. always erect. 

 Spergula L. E. B. 694. Primary stem short, not flowering : 



1 Mr. Druce's plant from Cairngorm (Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1892, p. 273) 

 which has been referred to this, has a central rosette, short ped. and pet. 

 equalling the cal. H. & J. G. 



