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» * Paris of the flower in fives, the stamens not rardy 10. 



3. S. SUbulkta, Wimmer. Perennial (or apparently annual), ascending; 

 the peduncles and calyx with the margins of the upper leaves at first glandular- 

 pitbescent; leaves short, often bristly-tipped, not fascicled in the axils; peduncles 

 slender ; /)rfa/s equaUing or shorter than the calyx (S. Elliottii, Fend.), ^ or in 

 Yar. SmIthii, a slender form, seemingly annual, apetalous, at least in the later 

 flowers. — Near Philadelphia, in waste ground, and sandy fields, &c., Somers' 

 Point, New Jersey, C. E. Smith. — This form has the aspect of No. 2. Seeds 

 minutely roughened. (Pahaps nat. from Eu.) 



4. S. UOddsa, Fenzl. Perennial, tufted, glabrous, or glandular above; 

 stems ascending (3' -5' high; lower leaves thread-form, the upper short and 

 awl-shaped, with minute ones fiiscided in their axils so thai the branchlets appear 

 hiatty; petals much longer than the calyx. (Spergula nodosa, L.) — Wet sandy 

 soil, along the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, also Lake Superior, and north- 

 ward. (Eu.) 



11. SPEBGITLAKIA, Pers. Sand-Spurkbt. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 2-10. Styles and valves of the many- 

 seeded pod 3, very rarely 5, when the valves alternate with the sepals ! Em- 

 bryo not coiled into a complete ring. — Low herbs, mostly on or near the sea- 

 coast, with filiform or linear somewhat fleshy opposite leaves, and smaller ones 

 often clustered in the axils : stipules scaly-membranaceous : flowering all sum- 

 mer. (Name altered from Spergula.} — Genus also known under the name of 

 LEPf OONUM, Fries. Our species, which perhaps run together, are here arranged 

 in view of Kindberg's monograph, but with some reduction. They are all 

 annuals and subpereunials. 



1. S. rtltara, Presl., var. camp6stris. Nearlyglabrous, except the sum- 

 mit of the prostrate slender stems, peduncles, and sepals, which are usually gland- 

 ular-pubescent ; leaves filiform ; stipules triangular-awl-shaped ; pods and pink- 

 red corolla small {2"), hardly equalling or exceeding the calyx; seeds rough with pro- 

 jecting points, semi-obovate or gibbous-wedge-shaped, wingless. — Sandy or gravelly 

 dry soil, New England to Virginia along and near the coast, but rarely mari- 

 time. (Eu.) 



2. S. sallna, Presl. Larger and more decidedly fleshy than the preceding, 

 with ovate stipules, and peduncles rarely longer than the pod, which is longer 

 than the calyx (3" long) ; petals pale ; seeds obovate-rounded and roughened with 

 points, wingless or narrow-ivinged. — Brackish sands, &c., coast of New Eng- 

 land to Virginia and southward. (Eu.) 



3. S. m^dia, Presl. Distinguished from the last mainly by the smooth 

 seeds, either winged or wingless ; peduncles equalling or exceeding the pod, 

 which is 2" or 3" long, and a little exceeds the calyx. (Lepigonum medium, Fries, 

 L. leiospermum, Kindberg.) — Salt marshes and sands, with the last. (Eu.) 



Var. macroc^pa. ( S. macrocarpa, Pres?. Lepigonum marinum,i^nes.) 

 Boot more woody and perennial ; pod 3^" - 5" long, surpassing the calyx; seeds 

 also larger, rounded, broadly winged, or a few wingless. — Sea-beaches, rare 

 northward. (Eu.) 



