214 DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 
Thyme-leaved Sand-wort. 
A small branching species, with little white flowers. Every . 
where common in san% soil. Annual. From May till autumn. 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 
216. SPERGULA. Gen. pi. 798. {Caryophylkte.) 
^ Calix S-leaved. Petals 5^ entire. Capsule 
ovate^ 1 -celled^ 5-valved. 
arvensis. 1 . S. leaves filiform, verticillate ; panicle dichoto- 
mous, stalks of the fruit reflexed 5 seeds reni- 
form, angular, rough.-— 
Icon. FI. Dan. 1033. Engl. Bot. 1535. 
Corn Spurrey* 
About eight or ten inches high. In sandy fields and roads of 
Jersey; very scarce. Annual. June, July. 
saginoides. g, foavcs opposite, subuIatc, naked $ peduncles 
solitary, very long, smooth. — Smith. 
Icon. Engl. Bot. 2105. 
Pearl-wort Spurrey. 
A very small plant, seldom exceeding three inches in height, 
and often flowering when only three quarters or an inch high. 
In sandy grass-plots of Jersey, not unfrequent, though from 
its minuteness, easily overlooked. Annual. June, July. 
217. CERASTIUJVI. Gen. pi. 797. ( Cary ophy Ilea.) 
Calix 5-leaved. Petals 5, bifid or emargin- 
ate; Capsule 1 -celled, bursting at the 
summit, 10-toothed. 
vuigatum. 1. C. hirsute, viscid, cespitose^ leaves ovate j pe- 
