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14. CABYOFHTtLACE^. 
never lengthening nor flowering ; branches axillary, often root- 
ing, usually with fasciculate leaves. Pet. hlunt, often wanting. 
A fifth part is occasionally added to the fl, in which case it is 
distinguished from S. saxatUis by its cal. spreading when in 
fruit and styles reflexed during flowering. A fleshy maritime 
form is & maritima (Gren.). — fi. spinosa (Gibs.) ; 1. longer and 
narrower veiy minutely spinose-ciliate on the edges. — & am- 
higua (Lloyd ) ; st. and branches ascending, 1. thick linear-subu- 
late awued, sep. blunt slightly falling short of and adpressed to 
mature capsule : seems much like an annual form of S.prqcumhcns. 
It is found at York. — Waste gTound. P. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. iS. apet'ala (L.) ; st. and branches ascending, I. lifiear owned, 
sep. blunt shorter than the capsule hooded ultimately spreading 
in the form of a cross, ped. always ei-ect. — E. B. 881. 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 wed^eshaped and 
truncate. Caps, conical-ovate, subpeltate below, stsuked. — There 
is a form with branches from a rosette which ultimately length- 
ens into a stem aud flowers ; the st. and branches usually pro- 
strate ; common upon gravel-walks. — Walls and dry places. A. 
V. — IX. E. S. I. 
S. cilidta (Ft. ) ; st. long, branches difi"use or spreading, 1. 
linear awned, miter sep. pouited scarcely shoHer than and adpressed 
to the mature cajis. their tips patent. — R. v. 200. S. pattda Jord. — 
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, roimded below, 
stalked. — Dry places and sandy heaths. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 
4. <S. marit 'ima (Don) ; cmtral st. lonr) fm'ked, branches ascend- 
ing, I. fieshy blunt or apiculate rounded at the back glabrous, 
sep. blunt about equalling the capside iJtinxately spreading 
slightly^ ped. 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 procimibent. Sep. concave 
with incurved tips. Caps, ovate, rounded below, — A much- 
branched prostrate form is S. dehilis (Jord.) ; its calyx usually 
exceeds the caps., and all its stems are often prostrate and spring 
from a false rosette. — On the sea-shore. (¥ ries states that his 
plant sometimes occurs upon mountains in Norway.) A. V. — 
IX. Sea Pearlwort. E. S. I. 
[S. den'sa (Jord.); st, veiy much, branched forming dense 
tiiils, with short joints and shorter linear plane-convex 1., caps, 
mate rolnided below. Christchurch, Hants. Wisbeach, Camb. 
Apparently a distinct species allied to & maritima.] 
