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* * Parts of the flower in fives, the stamens not rarely 10. 



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

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

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

 slender; petals equalling or shoiter than the calyx (S. Elliottii, Fenzl.), — or in 

 rar. SaifTHH, a slender form, seemingly annual, apetaloua, 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. (Perhaps nat. from Eu.) 



4. S. nodosa, 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 fascicled in their axils so that the branchlets appear 

 knotty; 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. SPEEGULARIA, Pers. Sand-Spurrey. 



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 J 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 

 LEpfGOxuai, Eries. Our species, which perhaps run together, are here arranged 

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

 annuals and subperennials. 



1. S. rubra, Presl., var. campestris. Nearly glabrous, 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. salina, 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-winged. — Brackish sands, &c, coast of New Eng- 

 land to Virginia and southward. (Eu.) 



3. S. media, 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. macrocarpa. (S. macrocarpa, Presl. Lepigonum marinum, Fries.) 

 Root 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.) 



