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3. S. apetala (Hard.) ; st. elongated forked, brandies ascend- 
ing, /. linear mucronate, sep. blunt niueh longer than the jietals 
and shorter than the capsule, peduncles always erect. — E.B.881. 
R. 4958. — Plant jialc green, the upper jiart of the stem, peduncles 
and calyx 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 amucro as in our plant. — ^.glabra (Bab.) ; 1. glabrous, 
tubercles on the seeds blunt, outer sej). obtuse but often mucro- 
nate. — y. lavis (Gibs.); smooth in every part. — S. prostrata 
(Gibs.) ; jilant dark green hairy, stem and branches short all 
jirostrate hairy, 1. short. For this I am indebted to Mr. S. Gib- 
son. See Pliytol. i. 177. Walls and dry places. A. V. — IX. 
** Sep., pet., styles andvahesb. Stam.\0. Spergella. Reich. 
4. S. saxatilis (Wimm.); 1. linear mucronate smooth, st. ^e- 
duncles and cal. glabrous, pet. shorter caps, longer than the calyx. 
— Spergula saginoides Sm., E.B. 2105. R.4862. — St. prostrate, 
slightly rooting, numerous, peduncles long, their ajhees reflexed 
after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather longer than the 
calyx, sometimes twice the length when it becomes S. macrocarpa 
R. 4963. b. Closely resembling S. procumbens but distinguished 
by the valves of its capsule being much more narrowed upwards, 
the sep. adprcssed and n.arrower, pet. longer, styles not reflexed. 
— Highland mountains. P. VI. — VIII. 
5. S. subulata {\iimm.)-, aiwiecninear often ciliated, 
cles and calyx glandular hairy, pet. about as long caps, longer 
than the calyx. — Spergula Sm., E. B. 1082. R. 4963. — St. pro- 
cumbent. Peduncles very long, the apex slightly reflexed after 
flowering ultimately erect. — Ury gravelly and sandy places. P. 
VI.— VIII. 
6. S. nodosa (E. Meyer) ; 1. subulate glabrous, upper 1. shorter 
fasciculate, pet. much longer than the calyx, ])eduncles always 
erect. — Spergula Sm., E. B. 694. R. 4965. — Primary stem abbre- 
viated, not flowering ; lateral stems j)rocumbent at the base then 
ascencling, 2 — 6 in. long. FI. terminal 1, 2 or 3 together, white, 
consjricuous. Whole jdant often quite glabrous. Sometimes (/3. 
pubescens. S. glandulosa Bess.) the up])er ])arts of the stem, the 
connecting membrane of the leaves and the base of the calyx are 
glandular-hairy. — Wet and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. Knot- 
ted Spurrey. 
8. Spergula Linn. 
I. S. arvensis (L.); 1. linear convex above furrowed beneath, 
fl. panicled, fi'uitstalks deflexed, seeds slightly compressed tu- 
