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the capsule, apex of the jjed. rejlexed after flowering ultimately 

 erect.— E. B. 880. R. v. 201. St. 30. 3.— Glabrous. Central 

 st. never lengthening nor flowering; branclies axillary, often 

 rooting, usually with fasciculate leaves. Pet. Uunt, often 

 wanting. A fifth part is occasionally added to the fi., in which 

 case it is distinguished from 8. saxatilis by its cal. spreading 

 when_ in fruit and styles reflexed during flowering. A fleshy 

 maritime form is S. maritima (Gren.). — /3. spinosa (Gibs.) ; 1. 

 longer and narrower very minutely spinose-oiliate on the edges. 

 —Waste groimd. P. V.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. 8. apet'ala (L.) ; st. and branches ascending, I. linear awned, 

 sep. blunt shorter than the capsule hooded ultimately spreading 

 in the form of a cross, ped. always erect. — E. B. 881. B. v. 

 200. — Central st. lengthening flowering and together with the 

 branches erect, never rooting ; upper part of St., ped., and cal. 

 often bearing glandular hairs. Pet. very minute, inversely 

 wedge-shaped and truncate. Caps, conical-ovoid, subpeltate 

 below, stalked. — There is a form with branches from a rosette 

 which ultimately lengthens into a stem and flowers ; the st. 

 and branches usually prostrate ; common upon gravel-walks. — 

 Walls and dry places. A. V.— IX. E. S. 1. 



S. S. dlidta (Fr.) ; st. long, branches difiiise or spreading, 1. 

 linear awned, outer sep. pointed scarcely shorter than and adpressed 

 to the mature caps, their tips patent. — Sy. E. B. 247. B. v. 200. 

 S. patida Jord.' — Glabrous. Central st. flowering and together 

 with the branches erect or ascending, not rooting. Cal. and tips 

 of ped. sometimes with gland-tipped hairs. Caps, ovate-at- 

 tenuate, rounded below, stalked. — S. amhigua (Lloyd) is proba- 

 bly a maritime form. — Dry places and sandy heaths. A. V. VI. 



E. S. I. 



4. S. marit'ima (Don) ; central st. long forhed, branches 

 ascending, I. fleshy blunt or apiculate rounded at the back 

 glabrous, sep. blunt about equalling the capsule ultimately 

 spreading slightly, ped. erect. — E. B. 2195. S. stricta Ei-ies. — 

 St. often purple, brittle. The central stem produces flowers 

 and is erect, or in luxuriant plants more or less procumbent. 

 Sep. concave with incurved tips. Caps, ovate, rounded below. 

 — A much-branched prostrate form is S. debilis (Jord.); its 

 calyx usually exceeds the caps., and all its stems are often pros- 

 trate and spring from a felse rosette. — Another very much 

 branched state forming dense tufts, with short joints and 

 shorter linear plane-convex 1., is 8. den'sa (Jord.). — On the sea- 

 shore. (Fries states that his plant sometimes occurs upon moun- 

 tains in Norway ; and G. Don seems to have found it on Ben 

 Nevis.) A. v.— IX. 8ea Pearlwort. E. S. I. 



