50 14. CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 



[S. densa (Jord.) has very much branched st. forming dense 

 tufts, with short joints and shorter linear plane-convex 1., caps, 

 ovate rounded below but stalked. It grows near Christchurch, 

 Hants, and probably at Wisbech, Camb. Apparently a distinct 

 species allied to S. maritima.'] 



** Sep., pet., styles and valves 5. Stam. 10. SPERGELLA Reich. 



5. S. saxatilis (Wimm.) ; central st. short and barren,}, linear 

 mucronate smooth, st. peduncles and cal. glabrous, pet. shorter 

 caps, longer than the calyx. Spergula saginoides Sm., E. B. 

 2105. St. prostrate, slightly rooting, many. Peduncles long, 

 their tips reflexed after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather 

 longer than the calyx, sometimes twice the length. Closely 

 resembling S. procumbens but distingui v .' v the valves of its 

 capsule being much more narrowed upwards, sep. adpressed and 

 narrower, pet. longer, stvles not reflexed. Highland mountains. 

 P. VI. VIII. S. 



6. S. subulata (Wimm.) ; I. awned linear often ciliated, pedun- 

 cles and calyx glandular hairy, pet. about as long caps, longer 

 than the calyx. Spergula Sm., E. B. 1082." St. procumbent. 

 Peduncles very long, the tip slightly reflexed after flowering 

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

 Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. VIII. 



7. S. nodosa (E. Meyer) ; 1. subulate glabrous, upper I. shorter 

 fasciculate, pet. much' longer than the calyx, pedun> !is always 

 erect. Spergula Sm., E. B. 694. Primary stem abbreviated, not 

 flowering ; lateral stems procumbent at the base ending, 



2 6 in. long. Fl. terminal, 1, 2 or 3 together, ispicu- 



ous. Whole plant often quite glabrous. Sometinn > ,' .glan- 

 dulosa Bess.) the upper parts of the st., the connecting mem- 

 brane of the 1. and the base of the cal. are glandu 1 'T. 

 Wet and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. Knotted Sp 



8. HONKENEJA Ehrh. Sea-Pimpen 



1. H. peploides (Ehrh.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 

 1 -veined, pet. obovate, sep. ovate obtuse 1 -veined shorter than 

 the petals. Arenaria E. B. 189. St. dichotomous, procumbent, 

 rhizomatous. Fl. from the forks of the stem, frequently 

 ous. Caps, large, globose. Seeds few, large. Sandy sea-coasts. 

 P. VI. IX. 



9. ALSINE Wahl. 



1. A. stricta (Wahl.); /. filiform veinless, fl. -shoots erect 

 naked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuated 

 below, sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 3-veined (when dry), ped. t(.r- 



