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son, to whose paper upon these plants in the Phytologist (i. 177.) 
I would refer the reader. — On walls and dry places. A. V. — IX. 
8. Sfergula Linn. 
* L. opposite connate, stipules 0. Spergella R. 
1. S. saginoides (L.) ; 1. linear mucronate smooth, st. pe- 
duncles and cal. glabrous, pet. shorter caps, longer than the calvx. 
— E. B. 2105. R. 4962.— St. prostrate, slightly rooting, nume- 
rous, peduncles long, their apices reflexed after flowering ulti- 
mately erect. Caps, rather longer than the calyx, sometimes 
twice the length when it becomes S. macrocarpa R. 4903. b. 
Closely resembling Sag. proctimbens but distinguished by the 
valves of its capsule being much more narrowed upwards, the 
sep. adpressed and narrower, pet. longer, styles not reflexed. — 
Highland mountains. P. VI. — VIII. 
2. S. subulata (Sw.) ; I. atoned linear often ciliated, peduncles 
and calyx glandular-hairy, pet. about as long caps, longer than 
the calyx. — E. B. 1082. R. 496:5. — St. procumbent. Peduncles 
very long, the apex slightly reflexed after flowering ultimately 
erect. — Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. — VIII. 
3. S. nodosa (L.) ; 1. subulate glabrous, upper I. shorter fasci- 
culate, pet. much longer than the calyx, peduncles always erect. — 
E. B. 694. R. 4965. — Primary stem abbreviated, not flowering ; 
lateral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 in. 
long. Fl. terminal 1,2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. Whole 
plant often quite glabrous, but sometimes the upper parts of the 
stem, the connecting membrane of the leaves and the base of the 
calyx are glandular-hairy, when it is S. glandulosa Bess. — Wet 
and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. Knotted Spurrey. 
** L. not connate, in two opposite clusters so as to appear 
whorled ; stipules scurious. 
4. S. arvensis (L.) ; I. linear convex above furrowed beneath, 
fl. panicled, fruitstalks deflexed, seeds slightly compressed tu- 
bercled or papillose with a narrow margin. — E. B. 1535. — St. 
6 — 12 in. high. L. long, slender. Seeds black, covered with 
minute elevated points. S. sativa Boeningh. S. arvensis (R.) 
Icon. t. 511. — /3. vulgaris (Koch) ; seeds covered with white or 
brown clubshaped papillae. S. vulgaris Boeningh., Reich. Icon, 
t. 512. — On cultivated ground. A. VI. — VIII. Corn Spurrey. 
5. S. pentandra (L.) ; I. linear subterete convex beneath, fl. pani- 
cled, seeds much compressed smooth with a broad membranous 
margin. — E. B. 1536 ? — I have not seen specimens of this plant, 
which appears to differ from S. arvensis only by having the under 
side of its leaves not hollowed into a furrow but convex. — Said to 
have been found in Ireland. A. VII. ? I. ? 
