56 ].4. CAEYOPHTILACE^. 



** Sep., pet., styles and valves usually 5. Stam. 10. Spbegblla. 



5. S. saxat'ilis(W\va.m.); central st. short anclbarren,l.liD.ea,T: 

 muoronate glabrous, st. ped. and eal. glabrous, pet. shorter than 

 caps, longer than tne calyx. — Spergula saginoides, L. -B. £■ 

 2105.— St. prostrate, slightly rooting, many. Ped. long, their 

 Ijps roflexed after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather 

 longer than the calyx, sometimes twice the length. Closely 

 resembling S. procumbens, but distinguished by the valves of its 

 capsule being much more narrowed upwards, sep. adpressed 

 and narrower, pet. longer, styles not refiexed. — Highland 

 mountains. P. VI.— Vllf S. 



6. S. nivdlis (Fries) ; central st. and branches ascending cses- 

 pitose, 1. subulate mucronate glabrous, ped. short straight, sep. 

 very blunt adpressed to the ripe capsules, pet. rather exceeding 

 cal. but falling short of caps, entire. — Sy. E.B. 250 (bad).— St. 

 and branches dividing repeatedly (no true rosette), not rooting, 

 1 — 1§ in. long, forming a dense tuft. Fl. divided in fours or 

 fives. Ped. wholly straight. Sep. white with diaphanous 

 edges. — Tops of Highland mountains, very rare. P. VIH. S. 



7. 8. subuldta (Wimm.) ; I. owned linear often cUiate, ped. 

 and calyx glandular-hairy, pet. about as long as the caps, longer 

 than the calyx. — Spergula Sw. JE. B. 1082. — St. procumbent. 

 Ped. very long, the tip slightly reflexed after flowering, ulti- 

 mately erect. Caps, ovate-attenuate, rounded below, ses.sile. — 

 Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



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

 fasciculate, pet. much longer than the calyx, ped. always erect.' — 

 Spei-gula L. E. B. 694. — Primary stem short, not flowering ; 

 lateral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 in. 

 long. Fl. terminal, 1, 2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. • 

 Whole plant often quite glabrous. Sometimes (^S. glandulosa 

 Bess.) the upper parts of the st., the" connecting membrane of 

 the 1.^ and the base of the cal. are glandular-hairy. — Wet and 

 sandy places. P. VII. VIH. Knotted Spurrey. E. S. I. 



8. Honkenb'ja Ehrh. 



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

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

 the petals. — Arenaria L. Ammodenia Gm. (name only). E. B. 

 189. — St. forked, procumbent, rhizomatous. Fl. from the forks 

 of the stem, frequently dioecious or polygamous. Caps, large, 

 globose. Seeds few, large.— Sandy sea-coasts. P. VI.— IX. 



E. S. I. 



