244 DECANDRlA PENTAGYNlA. 



In Holland and Germany it is fown in the fields as a 

 fodder for cattle. 



nodofa 2, S. foliis oppofitis fiibnlatis lasvibus, caulibns fimpli- 

 cibns. 5;^. pL 630. {Oed, Ban. t, 96. opt. Loes, 

 Flor. PruJJ'. p. 204. /. 64. bona. Pet. herb. t. 5^, 

 f. 5. Ger. em. 567./. 6. Plukenet. t. -j.f. 4) 



Knotted Spurrey. yinglis. 



In wet paflures, and on the fideg of lakes and 

 marfhes, but not very common. %. Vlll. 



Several flalks arife from one root, fometimes re- 

 clining and fometimes ere6l, and about three or 

 four inches high : the leaves are fmooth, of a fine 

 green, and from their bofoms towards the top of 

 the fialks appear 1 ttle knots of other leaves, 

 which are the rudiments of young branches : 

 the flowers are white, with yellow antheras ; they 

 grow ered, and generally fingle at the top of the 

 branches. 



laricina 3. SPERGULA foliis oppofitis fubiilatis ciliatis fafci- 

 culatis* Sp. pL 631. {Fig. nulla) 



Larch-leav'd Spurrey. Anglis. 



Upon dry paftures of a gravelly foil. I obferv'd it 

 upon a hill in the idand of Bute. % . VI. 



From one root arife feveral llalks about an inch or 

 an inch and a half high : the leaves are linear, 

 fubulatc, and acuminated, flightly hairy or ci- 

 liated on the edges, and their points turn to one 

 fide of the fi:alk : from their al^ arife tufts of 

 other leaves, which are the rudiments only of 



young 



