652 404.Sperg. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. PL ex. thai 



Alsinella q. Saxifraga gratninea pusilla foliis brevioiibus, crassioribus 

 et succulentioribus, Raii Syn. 345, 4. 

 Saginaprocumbens /3, Lin. S, P. 185. 

 Spergiila subulata, Withering Hot. Arr. 436. 

 Spergula laricina, Hudson Fl. Angl. 203. 

 Spergula saginoides, Curtis Fl. Land. 



Sandy heaths ; perennial ; July and August. 



Stem trailing at bottom, afterwards erect ; leaves connate; 

 peduncles hairy; fiowers drooping, white; sepales ovate, 

 blunt, viscid; stamens 5 or 10; capsule 5-valved; seeds 

 with a black line round them. 



2. Spergula saginoides. Pearl-wort sparry. 

 Herb bald ; leaves linear, awlshape, smooth, pointed ; 



peduncles solitary, very long, bald ; petals shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Spergula saginoides, Lin. S, P. 631. 



Sagiha procnmbens 2, Withering Bot, Arr, 278. 



Alpine rocks ; perennial ; June. 



Stem decumbent, upright at the tip ; peduncles mostly 

 terminal ; flowers drooping ; sepales ovate, blunt ; petals 

 roundish, blunt; stamens 10; seeds not edged. 



3. Spergula nodosa. Knotty spurry. 

 Leaves awlshape, smooth, rather blunt ; lower leaves 



widely sheathing; upper leaves bundled, axillary; stem 

 mostly simple, few-flowered; petals twice as long as the 

 calyx. 



Spergula q. Alsine palustris foliis tenuissimis, sive Saxifraga palustris 

 alsinefolia, Ger. em. 56T, 6; Raii Syn. 350, 5. 

 Saxifraga palustris Anglica, Park. 427. 

 Alsiue nodosa Germanica, Park. 764. 

 Spergula nodosa, Lin. S. P. 630 



Moist sandy places ; perennial ; July to August. 

 Stem tufted, spreading, 9 in. high. 



b. Leaves in whirls, stipuled at bottom. 



4. Spergula arvensis. Field spurry. 

 Leaves in whirls ; fruit-bearing pedimcle bent back ; seed 



kidneyshape, angular, not edged. 



Spergula q. Alsine Spert^ula dicta major C. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 351,7. 



Saginae Spergula, Ger. em. 1125. 



Sagiiiae Spergula major, Park. 562. 



Spergula arvensis, Lin. S. P. 630. * 



Sandy fields, also cultivated ; annual ; July and August. 

 Stem upright, spreading, panicled at top ; panicle many- 

 flowered ; peduncles downy, 1 -flowered; sepales ovate, blunt, 



