54 14. CAETOPHTLLACE^. 



** Sep., pet., styles and valves usuaBy 5. Stam. 10, Spergella. 



5. S. saxat'ilis (Wimm.) ; central st. short and barren, 1. linear 

 muoronate glabrous, st. ped. and cat. glabrous, pet. shorter tlian 

 caps, longer than the calyx. — Spergula saginoides Sm. E. B, 

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

 tips reflexed after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather 

 longer than the calyx, sometimes twice the length. Closely 

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

 capsule being much more narrowed upwards, sep. adpressed 

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

 mountains. P. VI.— VIII. S. 



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

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

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

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

 and branches dividing repeatedly (no true rosette), 1 — 15 in. 

 long, not rooting, 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. VHI. S. 



7. S. suhddta (Wimm.) ; I. owned linear often ciliate, ped. 

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

 than the calyx. — Spergula Sm. E. B. 1082. — St. procumbent. 

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

 mately erect. Caps, ovate-attenuate, rounded below, sessile. — 

 Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VT. — VHI. E. S. I. 



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

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

 Spergula Sm. E. B. 694. — Primary stem short, not flowering ; 

 latpral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 m. 

 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. VH. VIH. Knotted Spurrey. E.. S. L 



8. Honkeite'ja EhrJi. 



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

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

 the petals. — Arenaria Sm. 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. 



