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SPERGULARIA 
be rejected, Adanson has two names to choose from, Buda and Tissa, each of which has had its advocates. If Adanson’s 
names be rejected, Stipularia Haworth comes next, the adoption of which would throw the Rubiaceous genus Stipularia 
Beauvois into confusion. The international rules wisely conserve Spergularia, as this is the name which has found its way 
into botanical literature as a whole. 
Before the days of nomina conservata , Babington (in Journ. Bot. ii, 95 (1864)) put in a plea for the adoption of 
Fries’s ungrammatical name Lepigonum. He objected to Syme’s citation {loc. cit .) of Spergularia from Persoon’s Synopsis. 
Babington rightly stated that Persoon only used the name as a section of Arenaria, but curiously overlooked the fact 
that Fries did precisely the same. 
About 20 species ; cosmopolitan, chiefly in saline habitats. 
British series of Spergularia 
Series i. Rubrae (see below). Capsule about as long as or only a little longer than the 
calyx. Seeds pyriform, not winged. 
Series ii. Marinae (p. 22). Capsule 1*2 — i‘6 as long as the calyx. Seeds orbicular, winged, 
or (in hybrids) variable in shape and in breadth of wing. 
Series i. Rubrae 
Rubrae nobis. For characters, see above. 
British species of Rubrae 
1. S. rupicola (see below). Perennial. Shoot usually glandular-hairy. Stipules about as 
broad as long. Calyx a little shorter than the capsule. Petals lilac, concolorous. Seeds about as 
large (07 — 07 mm.) as in S. salina. 
2. tS. campestris (p. 20). Biennial or perennial. Shoot usually somewhat glandular. Stipules 
relatively longer and narrower than in S. rupicola. Calyx usually a little shorter than the capsule. 
Petals purplish-pink, concolorous. Seeds as in 6". rubra. 
3. S. rubra (p. 20). Annual. Shoot usually not or but little glandular, usually less flori- 
ferous than in 5 ". campestris. Stipules lanceolate, eventually silvery. Calyx a little shorter than the 
capsule. Petals pale lilac, concolorous. Seeds rather smaller than those of 5 . rupicola , rimmed for 
more than half the way round, smooth or nearly so. 
4. S. salina (p. 21). Perennial. Shoot usually not or only a little glandular. Stipules about 
as broad as long. Capsule about as long as the calyx. Petals whitish at the base, purplish-pink 
towards the margin. Seeds about twice as large as those of 5 . rubra and S. campestris. 
I. SPERGULARIA RUPICOLA. Plate 16 
Spergularia rupicola Lebel ms. ex le Jolis in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg vii, 274 (i860); Lebel 
in Mem. Soc. Sc. Cherbourg xiv, 39 (1868); Arenaria marina var. hirsuta Gibson 1 in Phytologist i, 218 
(1844)!; 5 . rupestris Lebel Rech. PI. Manche (1848) ex Lebel loc. cit.-, Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 132 (1864); non 
Cambessides ; Lepigonum rupestre Kindberg Syn. Lepigon. 8 (1856); Monogr. Lepigon. 14 et 29, fig. 13 (1863); 
More in Thirsk Bot. Exch. Club Rep. for 1861, 9 (1862); Lepigonum rupicolum More in Eng. Bot. Suppl. 
no. 2977 (1864); Babington in Journ. Bot. iii, 82 (1865); Spergularia lebeliana Rouy in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
iii, 305 (1896); A/sine rupicola Hiern in Journ. Bot. xxxvii, 318 (1899). 
Perennial. Root stouter than in the other British species. Shoot usually densely pubescent 
and glandular, decumbent or suberect. Stipules about as broad as long, broadly triangular, entire, 
more or less silvery. Laminae linear, slightly mucronate, rather succulent. Bracts much shorter 
than the leaves and pedicels. Pedicel of the terminal flower about 2 — 3 times as long as the 
capsule. Flowers 1*3 — 17 cm. in diameter, larger than in S. campestris-, May, appearing a 
little later than those of S. campestris. Sepals narrower than in the other British species, margin 
scarious. Petals lilac, concolorous, rather longer than the sepals. Stamens 5 + 5. Capsule a 
little longer than the calyx. Seeds obovate to pyriform, punctate, not winged, margin rimmed 
for about three-quarters of its length, about 0*5 — 07 mm. long. 
So far as we can find, this plant is first mentioned by Samuel Gibson, in the Phytologist i, 218 (1844) where it 
is named Arenaria marina var. hirsuta. Gibson’s herbarium 1 contains his original specimens; but the specimens are 
not so named. Gibson’s plant came from Cornwall. 
Samuel Gibson’s plants are preserved in the Belle Vue Museum, Halifax. 
