DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 339 



Flower-stalks solitary, smootli, much longer than the 

 leaves. 



S. saginoides. Linn. Sp. PI. 631 . Willd. v. 2. 820. Fl. Br. 504. 



Efigl. Bot.v. 30. t. 2105. Hook. Scot. 145. Sioartz Stockh. 



Trans.for 1789. 44. t. \.f. 2. Wahlenh. Lapp. 138. 

 Alsine foliis gramineis, ssepe fasciculatis, glabris, pedunculis longis 



nudis unifloris. Gmel. Sib. v. 4. 157 ; from the author. 

 A. n. 862. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 382. DavalL 

 Stellaria biflora. Fl. Dan. t. ]2 ; but not of Linnmis. 



On the highland mountains of Scotland. 



On Mael-ghyrdy. Mr. G. Don. Ben Lawers. Mr. J. Mackay. 



Perennial. June. 



Root fibrous. Herb quite smooth. Stems several, in patches, de- 

 cumbent in their lower part, then erect, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 round, jointed, leafy. Leaves combined at their base, very 

 slightly pointed. Flower-stalks terminal, solitary, erect, reddish 

 occasionally, often as long as the whole stem, quite smooth 

 "and naked. Fl. white, a little drooping. Calyx-leaves obtuse, 

 obscurely ribbed, smooth ; tumid at the base. Pet. obovate, 

 hardly so long as the calyx. -Siom. with us 10; Dr. Swartz 

 says 5. Styles 5. Caps, of 5 distinct, oblong valves, recurved 

 at the extremity, twice the length of the calyx. Seeds roundish- 

 kidney-shaped, brown, smooth, not bordered. 



This is altogether a Sagina in habit, very much resembling the 

 common procumhens ; but without adverting to number or size, 

 the structure of each part, carefully examined, shows sufficient 

 differences. 



4. S, suhulata. Fringed Awl-shaped Spurrey. 



Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, bristle-pointed, fringed. 



Flower-stalks solitary, much longer than the leaves, 



slightly hairy. 

 S. subulata. Swartz Stockh. Trans.for 1 789. 45. t.].f 3. fFilld. 



V. 2. 820. H. Br. 505. Engl. Bot. v. 16. t. 1082. With. 436. 



Hook. Scot. 145. 



5. laricina. Huds. 203. Lightf. 244. Fl. Dan. t. 858. 

 S. saginoides. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 35. Ehrh. Herb. 7. 

 Sagina procumbens (3. Linn. Sp. PI. 185. Willd. v. 1. 719. 

 Saxifraga graminea pusilla, foliis brevioribus, crassioribus, et suc- 



culentioribus. Raii Syn. 345. 



On barren sandy heaths. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root, size and habit much agreeing with the last ; but the leaves 

 are fringed with glandular, or slightly viscid, hairs, and termi- 

 nate each in a very conspicuous hair-like point, not sufficiently 

 expressed in Engl. Bot. Fl. but half the size of the saginoides, 

 and more erect. Cal. strongly keeled, at least when in fruit. 



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