PL ex. thal. 72. CARYGPHYLLEJE. 403. Sagina, 651 
VIII. 403. SAGINA. Linnaeus. Pearlwort. 
Calyx 4-sepaled ; petals 4, very small ; stamens 4 ; styles 4; 
capsule 1 -celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 
1 . Sagina procumbens. Procumbent pearlwort . 
Stem trailing, bald ; leaves linear, pointed ; petals very 
short, not cut. 
Alsinella muscoso flore repens, Raii Syn. 345, 2. 
Caryophyllus minimus muscosus noster, Park . 1340. 
Sagina procumbens, Lin. S. P. 185. 
Seal wort. Chickweed breakstone. 
Sand and old walls ; perennial; May to August. 
Stems many, rooting ; leaves bald, connate ; root-leaves 
in tufts ; peduncles single, longer than the leaves ; flowers 
yellowish ; calyx spreading, blunt. 
2 . Sagina maritima . Sea pearlwort. 
Stem rather upright, divaricating, bald; leaves blunt, 
not armed ; petals very small. 
Sagina maritima, Engl. Rot. 2195. 
Alpine and marine rocks ; annual ; April and May. 
Stem purplish ; leaves membranaceous at bottom. 
3. Sagina apetala. Bloomless pearlwort . 
Stem nearly upright, downy; leaves awned, hairy; petals 
very minute. 
Alsinella q. Saxifraga Anglica alsine folio annua Plot. Raii Syn. 345,3. 
Sagina apetala, Lin. Mant . 2, 519. 
Annual pearlwort. 
Sandy places and walls ; annual ; May and June. 
Stems many, downy, not rooting; peduncles long, hairy; 
petals white, or 0 ; seeds girt with a black line. 
IX, 404. SPERGULA. Dodonaeus. Spurry . 
Calyx 5-sepaled; petals 5, not nicked; stamens 5 or 10; 
styles 5 ; capsule 1 -celled, 5-vaived. 
a. Leaves opposite ; stipules 0. 
1. Spergula subulata. Awlshape spurry. 
Herb rather hairy, hairs glandular; leaves nearly facing 
one way, linear awlshape, fringed, slightly awned; peduncles 
very long, solitary; petals the length of the calyx. 
