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branches spreading short firm, strife on the calyx straight parallel, 
caps, scarcely as long as the calyx, 1. subulate spreading at the 
base." DC.—B. tenuifolia (Sm.)'-E. B. 1313.— It is doubtful to 
which of DeCand. species the B. tenuifolia Linn, should be re- 
ferred, possibly he included them all under that name. — Said to 
have been found near Boston, Lincolnshire, and upon Ilounslow 
Heath ; probably a mistake. A. VI.] E. 
7. Sagina Linn. 
1. S. procumbens (L.) ; st. very short, branches elongated pro- 
cumbent, I. linear mucronate glabrous, sep. blunt much longer 
than the petals and slightly shorter than the capsule, apex of the 
peduncles reflexed after flowering ultimately erect. — E. B. 880. 
R. 4959. St. 30. 3. — Central St. very short, barren and erect. 
The branches elongated, procumbent, often rooting. Pet. blunt, 
often wanting. A fifth part is occasionally added to the fl. in 
which case it is distinguished from Spergula saginoides by its cal. 
spreading when in fruit and styles reflexed during flowering. 
Mr. Borrer found, at Pulborough, Sussex, a curious variety with 
nearly sessile flowers. — /3. spinosa (Gibs.) ; 1. longer and nar- 
rower very minutely spinose-ciliated on the edges, sepals con- 
siderably shorter than the capsule. — Waste ground. A. V. — IX. 
Procumbent Pearlwort. 
2. <S. maritima (Don) ; st. elongated forked, branches ascend- 
ing, I. fleshy blunt rounded at the back glabrous, pet. 0, sep. blunt 
slightly longer than the capsule, peduncles always erect. — E. B. 
•2195. R. 4960. S. stricta (Fries) Sv. Bot. 562. 2.— The central 
stem produces flowers, erect, or in luxuriant plants more or less 
procumbent. Caps, sometimes longer than the calyx. Speci- 
mens of S. procumbens which have become more fleshy from 
growing near the sea are often mistaken for this plant. — On the 
sea-shore. [Fries states that his plant sometimes occurs upon 
mountains in Norway.] A. V. — IX. Sea Pearlwort. 
3. S. apetala (Hard.) ; st. elongated forked, branches ascend- 
ing, /. linear mucronate, sep. blunt much longer than the petals 
and shorter than the capsule, peduncles always erect. — E. B. 88 1 . 
R. 4958. — Plant pale green, the upper part of the stem, peduncles 
and calvx more or less clothed with glandular hairs. The cen- 
tral stem elongated and bearing flowers. Branches often quite 
erect, sometimes prostrate. Pet. very minute, inversely wedge- 
shaped and truncate. L. ciliated. Tubercles on the seeds acute. 
S. ciliata (Fries) Sv. Bot. 562. 1. has the outer sep. acute, not 
blunt with a mucro as in our plant. — fi. glabra (Bab.) ; 1. glabrous, 
tubercles on the seeds blunt, outer sep. obtuse but often mucro- 
nate. — y. leevis (Gibs.) ; smooth in every part. — 8. prostrata 
(Gibs.) ; plant dark green hairy, stem and branches short ail 
prostrate hairy, 1. short. For this I am indebted to Mr. S. Gib- 
