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erect.— E. B. 880. R. v. 201. .St. 30. .3.--Glabroiis. Central 
St. never lengtliening nor flowering : branches axillary, often 
rooting, usually with fasiculate leaves. Pet. small blunt, 
often wanting. A fifth part is occasionally added to the fl., 
in which case it is distinguished from S. m.ixitilis by its cal. 
spreading when in fruit and xtjfJes rcj'fxed during flowering. 
A fleshy maritime fonn is nmrltima- ((rren.). — ,8. sp/iiosa 
(Gibs.) ; 1. longer and narrower veiy minutely spinose-ciliate 
on the edges. — Waste ground. P. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. S. npet'cda (Ard.) : st. and branches ascending, 1. linear 
OAi-aed, sep. blunt shorter than the capsule hooded ultimately 
spreading in the form of a cross, ped. always erect. — E. B. S.sl. 
R. V. 200. — Central st. lengthening flowering and together with 
the branches erect, never rooting ; upper part of St., ped., and 
cal. often bearing glandular hairs. Pet. very minute, inversely 
wedge-shaped and truncate. Caps, conical-ovoid, subpeltate 
below, stalked. — ,8. prostrata (Gibs.) ; prostrate., branching 
from a rosette which lengthens into a stem and flowers. 
[7. .?. jBeit/Ei-i (Boiss.); st. much branched, perl, short densely glandular, sep. 
usually appressed.]. — Walls and dry places. |8. Common on gravel 
walks. [7. Wore. Heref. Pembr.] A. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
3. a. dlidta (Fr.) ; st. long, branches diffuse or spreading, 
1. linear awned, outer xej/. pointed scarcely shorter than and 
iidpressed to the mature capjs. tlieir tiijs patent. — Sy. E. B. 247. 
R. V. 200. A', patnla (.lord.). — Glabrous. Central st. flowering 
and together with the branches erect or ascending, not rooting. 
Cal. and tips of ped. sometimes with gland-tipped hairs. Caps, 
ovate-attenuate, rounded below, stalked. — <S'. amhigna (Lloyd) 
is probably a maritime form. — Dry places and sandy heaths. 
A. V. VI. E. S. I. 
4. N. inarit'ima (Don) ; central st. long fo7-ked, branches 
ascending, /. fleshy blunt or apiculate rounded at the back 
glabrous, sep. blunt about equalling the capsule ultimately 
spreading slightly, /ircZ. erect. — E. B. 2195. S. stricta (Fries.). — 
St. often purple, brittle. The central stem produces flowers 
and is erect, or in luxuriant plants more or less procumbent. 
Sep. concave with incurved tips. Caps, ovate, rounded below. 
— A much-branched prostrate form is (/i) .S'. dehilis (Jord.) ; 
its calyx usually exceeds the caps., and all its stems are 
often prostrate and spring from a false rosette. — Anotlier 
very much branched state forming dense tufts, with short 
joints and shorter linear plane-convex 1., is (7) S. densa 
(Jord.). — On the seashore. Fries states that his plant some- 
