PL ex, thai. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^. 403. Sagina. 651 



VIII. 403. SAGINA. Linnaeus. Pearlwort. 



Calyx 4-sepaled ; petals 4, vei-y small ; stamens 4 ; styles 4; 

 capsule 1 -celled, 4-valved, many- seeded. 



1. Sagina procu7nlevs. Procumbent pearliuort. 



Stem trailing, bald; leaves linear, pointed; petals very 

 short, not cut. 



Alsinella niuscoso flore repens, Rati Syn. 345, 2. 

 Caryophyllus minimus muscosus noster. Park, 1340. 

 Sagiua procumbens, Lin. S. P. 185. 

 Seal wort. Chickweed breakstone. 



Sand and old walls ; perennial; May to August. 



Stems many, rooting ; leaves bald, connate ; root-leaves 

 in tufts ; peduncles single, longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 yellowish ; calyx spreading, blunt. 



2. Sagina maritima. Sea pearlwort. 



Stem rather upright, divaricating, bald ; leaves blunt, 

 not armed ; petals very small. 

 Sagina maritima, Engl. Bot. 2195. 



■ Alpine and marine rocks ; annual ; April and May. 

 Stem purplish ; leaves membranaceous at bottom. 



S. Sagina apetala, Bloomless pearlwort.. 



Stem nearly upright, downy; leaves awned, haii'y; petals 

 very minute. 



Alsinella q. Saxifraga Anglica alsine folio annua Plot. Rail Syn. 345, 3. 

 Sagina apetala, Lin. Mant. 2, 519. 

 Annual pearlwort. 



Sandy places and walls ; annual ; May and June. 

 Stems many, downy, not rooting; peduncles long, hairy; 

 petals white, or ; seeds girt with a black line. 



IX. 404. SPERGULA. Dodonseus. Spurry. 



Calyx 5-sepaled; petals 5, not nicked; stamens 5 or 10; 

 styles 5 ; capsule 1 -celled, 5-valved. 



a. Leaves opposite i stipules 0. 



1. Spergula suhulata. Awlshape spurry. 



Herb rather hairy, hairs glandular; leaves nearly facing 

 one way, linear awlshape, fringed, slightly awned; peduncles 

 very long, solitary; petals tlie length of the calyx. 



