36 COMMO>f CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



3. C. arven'se, L. (Field Chickweed.) Stem decumbent 

 at the base, pubescent, stender, 4^8 inches high. Leaves 

 linear, or linear-lanceolate, often fascicled in the axils, longer 

 than the lower internodes. Petals oboordate, more than 

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

 calyx. 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, Kaf. stems very clammy-pubescent and 

 branching diffusely. The loose and open cymes many- 

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

 curved upwards, thrice the length of the calyx. — In places- 

 where water lies in spring. 



1. SAGl'x\A, L. Peaklwokt. 



1. S. proeum'bens, L. (Peaelwoet.) 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' hent into a hooTc. — Damp 

 places, Atl. Prov. 



2. S. nodo'sa, Fenzl. 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. 

 Flowery terminal. Pods as in S. prooumbens. — Wet sandy 

 shores, Atl. Prov. 



8. eslIUA, Adana. Sand-Spcekey. 



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

 Leaves linear, flat, hardly fleshy. Stipules lanceolate. 

 Steins usually glandular- pubescent near the summit. Calyx 

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

 Seeds rough with projecting points.— Dry sandy ground, 

 Atl. Prov. 



2. B. marl'na, Dnmort. (Spergularia sali'net; Presl.) 

 More fleshy than B. rubra, usually pubescent. Stipules 



