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* Sep., pet., sfi/lcs and valves o. Starn. 10. Spergella Reich. 
5. S. saxat 'His (Wimni.) ; central st. short and barren, 1. linear 
mucronate smooth, st. ped. and cal. glabrous, pet. shorter caps, 
longer than the calyx. — SjK'rgula sagino'ides Sm., E. B. 2105. — 
St. prostrate, slightly rooting, many. Ped. long, their tips re- 
flexed after flowering ultimately erect. Caps, rather longer 
than the calyx, sometimes tmce the length. Closely resemhling 
S. proctnnbms, but distinguished by the valves of its capsule 
being much more nan-owed upwards, sep. adpressed and nar- 
rower, pet. longer, styles not reflexed.— Highland moimtains. 
P. VI.— vm. s. 
6. S. subidata (Wimm.) ; /. aimed linear often ciliate, ped. 
and calyx glandid-ar-hairy, pet. about as long caps, longer than 
the calyx. — Spcrgula Sm., E. B. 1082.— St. procumbent.. Ped. 
very long, the tip slightly reflexed after flowering ultimately 
erect. Caps. ovate-att«nuate, rounded below, sessile. — Dnr 
gravelly and sandy places. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 
7. S. 7ioddsa (E. Meyer) ; I. subulate glabrous, upper I. shorter 
fasciculate, pet. much longer than the calyx, ped. always erect. — 
Spergula Sm., E. B. 694. — Primary stem short, not flowering ; 
tateral stems procumbent at the base then ascending, 2 — 6 in. 
ong. Fl. terminal, 1, 2 or 3 together, white, conspicuous. 
Whole plant often quite glabrous. Sometimes {S. ghndulosa 
Bess.) the upper parts of the st., the connecting membrane of 
the-1. and the base of the cal. are glandidar-hairy.— Wet and 
sandy places. P. YH. VIII. Knotted Spurrey. E. S. I. 
8. Hokksne'ja Ehrh. 
1. H. peploides (Ehrh.) ; 1. sessile ovate acute fleshy glabrous 
1-veined, pet. obovate, sep. ovate blunt 1-veined shorter than 
he petals. — Arenaria E. B. 189. — St. forked, procumbent, rhi- 
{omatous. Fl. from the forks of the stem, fi-equently dioecious 
)r polygamous. Caps, large, globose. Seeds few, large. — Sandv 
»ea-coasts. P. ^T- IX. E. S. 1. 
9. Axsi'ne WaJil. 
1, A. stric'ta (Wahl.) ; I. filiform veinless, fl.-shoots erect 
laked above, pet. equalling the cal. oblong-oval attenuate below, 
tep. ovate-lanceolate acide .3-veined (when dry), ped. terminal 
I — 3 very long. — Aren. uligiaosa E. B. S. 2890. — St. prostrate, 
aespitose. — Widdy-bank Fell, Teesdale; very rare. Mr. J. 
''ackhome. P. Vl. ' E. 
2. A. ver'na (Jacq.) ; linear-subulate acide 3-veined, pet. 
xeeeding the calyx rounded-obovate attenuate below, sep. ovate- 
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