36 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



8. C. arven'se, L. (Field Chickweed.) stem decumbent 

 at the base, pubescent, slender, 4-8 inches high. Leaves 

 linear, or linear-lanceolate, of ten fascicled, in the axils, longer 

 than the lower internodes. Petals obcordate, more than 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod scarcely longer than the 

 ■ oaly:x. Cyme few-flowered. 



Var. oblongifolium, HoU. and Britt. Taller, pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Pod twice as long as 

 the calyx. — S. W. Ontario. 



4. C. nu'tans, Eaf. stems very clammy-pubescent and 

 branching diffusely. The loose and open cymes many- 

 flowered. Leaves lance-oblong. Pods nodding on the sialics, 

 curved upwards, thrice the length of the calyx. — In plaoef 

 where water lies in spring. 



7. SAGI'lVA, L. Peaelwort. 



1. S. ppoeum'bens, L. (Peaelwort.) A low, matted 

 herb with narrowly linear leaves. Flowers small, terminal, 

 with their parts in fours, rarely in fives. Petals shorttr than 

 the ovate, obtuse sepals, or none. Pcd many-seeded, 4-5- 

 valved. Top of peduncle often bent into a hook. — Damp 

 places, Atl. Prov. 



2. S. nodo'sa, Penzl. A low, tufted herb. Lower leaves 

 thread-form ; the upper short, awl-shaped, with clusters of 

 minute ones in their axils. Parts of flower in fives, the 

 stamens sometimes ten. Petals much longer than sepals. 

 Flowers terminal. Pods as in S. procumbens. — "Wet sandy 

 shores, Atl. Prov. 



8. BITDA, Adans. Sand-Spurkey. 



1. B. PU'bra, Dumort. {Spergula' ria ru'bra, Presl.) 

 Leaves linear, flat, hardly fleshy. Stipules lanceolate. 

 Stems usually glandular-pubescent near the summit. Calys 

 rather longer than the pink-red corolla, and small pod. 

 Seeds rough with projecting points. — Dry sandy ground 

 Atl. Prov. 



2. B. mari'na, Dumort. (Spergularia sali'na, Presl.? 

 More fleshy than B. rubra, usually pubescent. Stipules 



