132 ENGLISn BOTANY. 



papilla?, plano-concave, obovate-roundisli, with a raised rina round 

 the outer margin, all of them nearly surrounded by a white mem- 

 branous wing'. Whole plant glabrous. 



In salt marshes and muddy places by the sea-coast. Common, 

 and generally distributed, reaching as far North as Orkney. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or Perennial. 

 Summer and Autumn. 



A larger and stronger plant than S. neglecta, with a more or 

 less evidently branched rootstock between the root and the stems. 

 The most striking difference, however, is the much larger size of 

 the flowers, calyx, and capsule, and all the seeds being surrounded 

 by a broad white membranous wing. The flowers are f inch across, 

 much paler than those of S. neglecta. The sepals are broader and 

 J inch long. The capsule always conspicuously protruded. The 

 seeds are precisely similar to the winged seeds of S. neglecta, to the 

 larger and smoother forms of which it very closely approximates. 



Greater Sea Sandwort-Spurre>j . 

 French, Spergidaire Marine. German, Mittlere Schuppenmlere. 



SPECIES IV.— SPERGULARIA RUPESTRIS. Lebel (non Camh.). 



Plate CCLVI. 

 Lepigonum rupestre, Kindb. 1. c. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 127. Brebisson, Fl. 

 de la Normandie, p. 54. 



Koot perennial. Eootstock slender, branched, somewhat woody. 

 Leaves fleshy, semi-cylindrical, filiform-linear, tapering to an acute 

 and often mucronate point. Stipules triangulai*-ovate, entii'c or 

 slightly cleft, white, inclining to silvery. Pedicels much longer 

 than the bracts, two to four times the length of the capsule. Sej^als 

 oblong-ovate. Petals as long as the se^oals, pale purplish rose- 

 colour, concolorous. Stamens 10. Capsule equalling the calyx. 

 Seeds dark reddish brown, smooth, with prominent papilla), plano- 

 convex, obovate, without a distinct raised rim, none of them winged. 

 Stem, pedicels, and calyx closely covered with gland-tipped hairs. 



On rocks by the sea- coast. Hather rare. Luccombe, Isle of 

 Wight ; Lizard, Cornwall ; Criccieth, Carnarvonshire, are the only 

 places in England from which I possess specimens ; but no doubt 

 it will be found at intermediate stations if searched for. Professor 

 Babington gives it as a native of Ireland. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



In habit much resembling S. marginata, as it has the large 

 calices and flowers of that plant, but the stipules arc of a more 



