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times occurs upon mountains in Norway ; and G. Don seems 
to have found it on Ben Nevis [var. aljd)ia Sy.'] A. V. — 
IX. Sea Fearlivort. E. S. I. 
6. S. JUryd'ii (Buch. -While) ; CH spitdse, st. erect, 1. densely imbrirate linear 
I fleshy rigid strongly recnrved sliortly mueronate, fl. 4-5-merous, sep. broadly 
ovate blunt with narrow membranous niari;ins, pet. 0, ovary globose, flattened at 
the top, " caps, globose shorter [than] and covereii by the sep.," ped. short stout 
slightly curved. — /. of U. 1S92, t. 326 b.— Much branched below, forming dense 
tufts, glabrous dark green shiny. A remarkable plant which requires farther 
study. We have not seen fruit. — Braemar, .Vr IT. B. Boyd. P. VI. S. 
** Sep., jiet., styles aiid ral ves usiuiUy 5. Stam. 10. 
Spergella. 
6. .S'. sagino'ides (Dalla Torre) ; central st. sltort and barren, 
1. linear mueronate glabrous, st. ped. and ad. glabroics, pet. 
shorter than caps, longer than the .calyx. — Spergula sagino ides 
(L.). E. B. 2105. S. Linnthi (Presl.). S. saxatilis (Wimm.). 
— St. prostrate, slightly rooting, many. Ped. long, their 
tips reflexed after' flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather 
longer than the calyx, sometimes twice the length. Closely 
resembling S. jwocumbens, but distinguished by the valves 
of its capsule being much more narrowed upwards, sep. 
adpressed and narrower, pet. longer, styles not refie.red. — 
Highland mountains. P. YI. — VIII. S. 
7. S. nivalis (Fries) ; central st. and branches ascending cajs- 
pitose, 1. subulate mueronate glabrous, ped. short straight, sep. 
very blunt adpressed to the ripe capsules, pet rather exceeding 
cal. but falling short of caps, entire. — Sy. E. B. 2.50 (bad). — St. 
and branches dividing repeatedly (no true rosette), not root- 
ing, 1 — li in. long, forming a dense tuft. Fl. divided in fours 
or ifives. Ped. whoUy straight. Sep. white with diaphanous 
edges. — Tops of Highland mountains, very rare. P. VIII. S. 
8. S. siihiddta(¥r%s\) ; I. airned linear often ciliate, /^ecZ. and 
calyx glandidar-hairy, pet. about as long as the caps, longer 
than the calyx. — Spjergula Sw. E. B. 1082. — St. procumbent. 
Ped. very long, the tip slightly reflexed after flowering, ulti- 
mately erect. Caps, ovate-attenuate, rounded below, sessile. 
—Dry gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
9. *b'. nodosa (Fenzl) ; 1. subulate glabrous upper I. shorter 
fascicidate, pet. much longer than the calyx, ped. always erect. 
— Spergula L. E. B. 694. — Primary stem short, not flowering ; 
1 Mr Bruce s plant irom Caimgorni (Auii. Scot. .Nat. Uist. 18a2, p. Hi) whicli 
has been referred to this, has a central rosette, short ped. and pet. equalling the 
cal.— H. & J. G. 
