214 DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 



Thtjme-leaved Sand-wort, 



A small branching species, with little white flowers. Every- 

 where common in sandy soil. Annual. From May till autumn. 



ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 



216. SPERGULA. Gen. pi. 798. {Caryophyllea.) 



Calix 5-leaved. Petals 5, entire. Capsule 

 ovate, 1 -celled, 5-valved. 



aneusis. l, S. leaves filiform, verticillate ; panicle dichoto- 

 nious, stalks of the fruit reflexed ; seeds reui- 

 form, angular, rough.— Smith. 



Icon. Fl. Dan. 1033. Engl. Bot. 1535. 



Corn Spurrey. 



About eight or ten inches high. In sandy fields and roads of 

 Jersey ; very scarce. Annual. June, July. 



♦aginoides. g. s. leaves opposite, subulate, naked; peduncles 

 solitary, very long, smooth. — Smith. 

 Icon. Engl. Bot. 2105. 



Pearl-wort Spurrey. 



A very small plant, seldom exceeding three inches in height, 

 and often flowering when only three quarters or an inch high. 

 In sandy grass-plots of Jersey, not unfrequent, though from 

 its minuteness, easily overlooked. Annual. June, July. 



217. CERASTIUM. Gen. pi. 797. (Caryophyllex.) 



Calix 5-leaved. Petals 5, bifid or emargin- 

 ate; Capsule 1 -celled, bursting at the 

 summit, 10-toothed. 



vuigatum. l.C. hirsute, viscid, cespitose: leaves ovate ; pe- 



