652 404. Sperg. 72. CARYOPHYLLE/E. PI. ex. that. 
Alsinella q. Saxifraga graininea pusilla foliis brevioi ibus, crassioribus 
et succulentioribus, Raii Syn. 345,4. 
Sagina procumbens /3, Lin. S. P. 185. 
Spergula subulata, Withering Bot. Arr, 436. 
Spergula laricina, Hudson Ft. Angl. 203. 
Spergula saginoides, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Sandy heaths; perennial; July and August. 
Stem trailing at bottom, afterwards erect ; leaves connate; 
peduncles hairy ^ flowers drooping, white; sepales ovate, 
blunt, viscid; stamens 5 or 10; capsule 5-valved; seeds 
with a black line round them. 
2. Spergula saginoides. Pearl- wort sparry. 
Herb bald ; leaves linear, awlshape, smooth, pointed ; 
peduncles solitary, very long, bald ; petals shorter than the 
calyx. 
Spergula saginoides, Lin. S. P. 631. 
Sagina procumbens 2, Withering Bot. Arr, 278. 
Alpine rocks ; perennial ; June. 
Stem decumbent, upright at the tip ; peduncles mostly 
terminal ; flowers drooping ; sepales ovate, blunt ; petals 
roundish, blunt; stamens 10; seeds not edged. 
3. Spergula nodosa. Knotty spurry. 
Leaves awlshape, smooth, rather blunt; lower leaves 
widely sheathing; upper leaves bundled, axillary; stem 
mostly simple, few-flowered; petals twice as long as the 
calyx. 
Spergula q. Alsine palustris foliis tenuissimis, sive Saxifraga palustris 
alsinefolia, Ger. tm. 567, 6; Raii Syn. 350, 5. 
Saxifraga palustris Anglica, Park. 427. 
Alsiue nodosa Germanica, Park. 764. 
Spergula nodosa, Lin. S. P. 630 
Moist sandy places ; perennial ; July to August. 
Stem tufted, spreading, 9 in. high. 
b. Leaves in whirls , stipuled at bottom. 
4. Spergula arvensis. Field spurry. 
Leaves in whirls ; fruit-bear mg ’peduncle bent back ; seed 
kidney shape, angular, not edged. 
Spergula q. Alsine Spergula dicta major C. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 351, 7. 
Saginae Spergula, Ger. em. 1125. 
Saginse Spergula major, Park. 562. 
Spergula arvensis, Lin. S. P. 630. 
Sandy fields, also cultivated ; annual ; July and August. 
Stem upright, spreading, panicled at top ; panicle many- 
flowered ; peduncles downy, 1 -flowered; sepales ovate, blunt, 
