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Sep. white with diaphanous edges. — Tops of Highland mountains, 

 very rare. P. VIII. S. 



7. S. subiddta (Wimm.) ; I. aiBnedXmeax often ciliate, ped. and 

 calyx glandidar-hah-y, pet. about as long as the caps, longer than 

 the calyx. — Spergula Sm. — St. procumbent. Ped. very long, the 

 tip slightly reilexed after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, 

 ovate-attenuate, rounded below, sessile. — Dry gravelly and 

 sandy places. P. "VT.— M:II. E.S.I. 



8. S.noddsa (E. Meyer);' 1. subulate, glabrous upper I. shorter 

 fasciculate, pet. much longer than the coi!ya7,.ped. always erect. — 



Spergula Sm. — Primary stem short, not flowering ; lateral stems 

 procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 in. long. H. ter- 

 minal, 1,2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. . Whole plant of- 

 t«n quite glabrous. Sometimes (S. glanAdosa Bess.) the upper 

 parts of the st., the connecting membrane of the 1., and the base 

 of the cal. are glandulai'-hairy. — Wet and sandy places. P. 

 VII. Vni. Knotted Spurrey. . , E. S. I. 



8. Honkene'ja BShrh. 



1. H.peploides (Ehrh.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 

 l-veiued, pet. obovate, sep. ovate blunt 1-veined shorter than 

 the petals. — ^Arenaria.<Sm. — St. forked, procumbent, rhizomatous. 

 Fl. from the forks of the stem, frequently dioecious or poly- 

 gamous. Caps, large, globose. Seeds few, large. — Sandy sea- 

 coasts. P. \T[.— IX. E.S.I. 



9. Als'ine Wald. 



1. A. striata (^^ahl.) ; I. filiform veudess, fl.-shoots erect 

 naked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuate below, 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 3-veined (when dry), ped. terminal 

 1 — 3 uery long. — ^Aien. uliginosa E. B. S. 2890. — St. prostrate, 

 esespitose. — Widdy-bank Fellj TfeeSdale j very rare. Mr. J. 

 Backhouse. P. VI. E. 



2; A. ver'na (Jacq.) ; ?. linear-subulate acute 8-veined, pet. 

 exceeding the calyx rounded-obovate attenuate below, sep, ovate- 

 lanceolate acute 3-veined vrith a membranous margin, pe- 

 dimoles 1- or many-flowered. — Arenaria Sm. — St. 3 — i in. high. 

 L. usually not adpressed and mostly with a minute point. 

 Bracts acute. — fi. A. Gerardi (R.); 1. subulate bluntish not 

 apiculate, pet. elliptic shortly clawed scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. L. usually pressed close to the stem. — Rocky places in 

 mountaiaous districts. 0. On the hiUs above Kynance Cove 

 near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. P. V.— IX. E. S. I. 



