agina erecta. Upright Pearlwort. 
SAGINA Linmei Gen. PI. TetSandria TetragynJa. 
Cal. 4-pbyllus. Pelala 4. Caps. 1 locularis, 4 valvis, polyfperma. 
RallSyn. Gen. 24. Herb* pentapetal* vasculieer*. 
SAGINA ereBa caule eredo fubunifloro. Linn. SjJl. Vegetai. p. ,42. Sp. PI. p. l8j . 
ALSINELLA foliis caryophy lleis. Cat. Gifs. 47. 
SAGINA fcapis unifloris. Guelt. Stamp, p. 2 J 6 . Dalib. Pam. p. j6 . 
ALSINE verna glabra. Magn. Menfp. 14. VaiU. Paris. 6. 3 . ft. 2 . S yn. fig. 4 . /. ij. p. , 44 
the leaft Stich-wort. ^ ^ 44 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 73. 
Lightfoot. FI. Scot. p. 125. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. 
J ROOT annual, Ample, and fibrous. 
CAULES plerumque plures, fupra terram expanfi, af- I STAI rq „u n r , 
cendentes, bi aut triunciales, teretes! purpu- 1 S 7 °* ^ ’ ex f anded on *1= 
rafcenfps. <vsn.V.,fnf; i -n • eartn, and afterwards riling upright, from two 
to three inches hio-h r. .. 
5 •-.ivitiv.i.iitso, u-icicb, purpu- 
raicentes, lawes, geniculati, uniflori, biflori 
aut etiam triflori. 
FOLIA glauca, inferiora linearia, feflilia, rigida, linea 
longitudinali exarata, caulina connata, fiepe 
recurvata, latiora, magifque acuminata. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, perfiftens, fo- 
liolis ovato acuminatis, ereftis, plerumque 
claulis, margine membranaceis albidis, laevi- 
bus, glaucis, fg. i . 
upiigur, rromtwo 
-°. thr fe ' nches high, round, purplilh, linooth, 
jointed, fupporting from one to three flowers. 
LEAVES glaucous ; the lower ones linear, feffile, ri- 
gid, grooved ; thofe on the ftalk uniting at 
their bafe, often bent back, broader, and more 
pointed. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of four leaves, permanent 
the eaves oval and pointed, upright, general- 
ly doled, membranous and whitilh on the 
edges, imooth and glaucous. 
COROLLA : Petala quatuor calyce breviora, alba, I COPOTT a . r n 
oblonga, obtufa, fubflriate, apice indivifa, | Jbite f Jh| PETAI 'l! than the cal 7 x - 
Jig. 2, and. r ’ | w “ te ' ° b ?° n & obtufe, fomewhat ftriated, 
I and undivided at top, fig. 2 . magnified. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, intra petala loca- I STATvrma . c ir 
ta, petalis paulo breviora, fetacea : Anther* I - , ' fou , r F . I . L f™ NTS placed between the pe- 
fubrotundi, didymse, flavefcentes, JJ , 4 J tals > and a a httfc tetter than the petals, fe!a- 
& 4 I c-ous: Anther* roundilh, double, ofayel- 
+ lowifh colour, fg. 3, 4. J 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum: Stylus breviflimus, ? PTSTTT T TTlvr . rv , „ 
longitudine flaminum: Sttomaxa I Germen oval: S 
longitudine flaminum : Stigmata quatuor' 
villofa, reflexa, fg. 5, 6. 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula oblongo ovata, merxibra- 
nacea, unilocularis,univalvis, calyce paulo lon- 
gior, ore plerumque deCemdentato, /fg. 7 Q 
fg. 8, aud. h 9t 
SEMINA plurima, e fufco aurantiaca ; fubreniformia, 
fcabra, fg. 10, 11. 
1 .t, r — 0' ^ TYLE very Ihort, the 
length of the flamina : Stigmata four, vil- 
lous, and turning back, fig. 5j 
PERICARPIUM : an oblong, oval, membranous Cap- 
sule, of one cavity and one valve, a little 
longer than the calyx, the mouth opening ge- 
nerally with ten teeth, fig. y, 9 . ft? g, m B g n . 
SEEDS numerous, of an orange brown colour, fome- 
what kidney-Ihaped, and rough on the furfece 
fig- IO, II. 
. treating of this little plant, we have been rather at at Infs wh^t-hor •_ 
it with the Sagina of Linnjeus : for though it agrees with the W, ■ r on ^ ( ? er Jt ^ new genus, or arrange 
as having a Calyx and Corolla each confiftfng offour leases together wfth°fof, r °q, ltS char aSers, fudi 
veflels, which probably Linnasus might not have feen in anerfeS ftaTr b ^ r “m PlftlUa < y et in its ted- 
sisttz 
If the feafon prove dry, as hath been moll unufuallv the cafe this v«r .1, a ■ 
if the ground be moift, it throws out many ftalks, which firftforead on the Zfth*' j"! ls S eneran y Ample ; but 
as is reprefented in the middle figure. ‘ P 0n the eaith ’ ai,d stewards become upright. 
