DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Asarum. 131 



Stems spreading, variously luxuriant, round, branched, jointed, 

 clammy, especially the upper part. Ls. linear, blunt. Panicles 

 terminal, forked, straddling. Cal.-h. egg-shaped, concave, edge 

 skinn}^ Pet. egg-shaped, white, scarcely longer than the caL 

 Siam. sometimes five, or intermediate between ten. Seeds tuber- 

 culated. 



Cattle fed with this plant, and poultry with the seeds, in Flan- 

 ders, &c. Bread, in time of scarcity, made from the seeds, in Fin- 

 land, and Norway. A field, w-hitened with its blossoms, changed 

 in appearance by the sudden closing of the petals, on a black cloud 

 passing over, and discharging a few drops of rain. F. B. T. 



S. nodosa. Knotted Sp. Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, 

 smooth ; upper ones clustered. Calyx without ribs. 

 E. B. 694. C. 4. 34. Alsine palustris, foliis tenuis- 

 simis, seu Saxifraga palustris anglica. G. E. 567. 6. ? 



Moist, sandy turf. 



Per. July. 



Plant very smooth. Stems spreading, mostly trailing, numerous, 

 slender. Ls. smaller tufts of /*., from the larger pairs oils. FL 

 stalked near the extremities of the stems: large in proportion to 

 the plant, brilliant white, elegant. 



The five styles, and five valves of the fruit separate this plant 

 from the Genus Arenaria. A pretty little plant in^. 



(S. stibulata. Fringed Sp. Leaves opposite, awl-shaped, 

 bristle-pointed, fringed. Flower-stalks solitary, much 

 longer than the leaves, a little hairy. E. B. 1082. C. 

 4. 35. S. saginoides. 



Sandy heaths. Iver heath. Bucks. Tur. 



Per. July, yhigust. 



Ls. with glandular hairs ; their hair-like point very conspicuous ; 

 ill expressed in E. B. Pet. white, nearly as long as the cal. 

 Stamens five or ten. Seeds pale-brown, encircled with a black 

 line, but no dilated margin ; Ji. almost perfectly erect.) 



Class XL DODECANDRIA. Stainens \2—\^} 

 incluswe. 



Order I. MONO G YNIA. Pistil 1 . 



'ASARUM. Asarabacca. 



* A. europceum. Common A.. Leaves two on each 

 stem, kidney-shaped, blunt. E. B. 1083. Asarum. 

 G. E. 836. 



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