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C. vulgatum, Linn. Herb. & Fl. Suec. (excl. syn.)j Smith, Fl. Brit. 2, p. 496; DC. 



Prodr. 1, p. 415. 

 C. glomeratum, Thuill. Fl. Par. p. 225; Mert. & Koch, Deutch. Fl.; Coss. & Germ. 



Fl. Env. Par. & Atlas, t. 4, f. b. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, near Rio Janeiro. Waiaruru Bay, New 

 Zealand. Doubtless introduced from Europe. 



Subord. III. ILLECEBREiE. 



8. SPERGULARIA, Pers. 



1. Spergularia ramosa, Camb. 



Spergularia ramosa, Cambes. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 2, p. 178. 

 Hab. Rio Negro, Northern Patagonia. 



The flowers and pods are as large as those of the allied Spergularia 

 grandis, of which it may be only a variety. It has a long and thick- 

 ened, somewhat woody root. 



2. Spergularia rubra, Presl. 



Hab. Woolongong, New South Wales; the var. marina (Arenaria 

 marina, Smith). Valparaiso, Chili: a slender, small-flowered variety; 

 apparently the same as the Arenaria floribunda, of Gray's Flora Chi- 

 lena. 



9. SPERGULA, Linn. (excl. sp.) 



1. Spergula arvensis, Linn. 



Hab. Hunter's River, New South Wales. St. Helena.— Doubtless 

 introduced from Europe. 



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