94 
Alsinacese. 
103. Sagma. Pearlwort. IV, 23. X, 26. 
1. FIs 4-merous, with 4 stas, rarely chance specimens 
5-merous, with 5 stas. (Pets at most half as long as seps) 2 
— FIs 5-merous, with 10 stas. 4 
2. Central axis reduced to a barren rosette; stems prostrate, 
rooting. Ls not ciliate, rarely (b. bryoides Frol.) ciliate- 
denticulate.—Damp fields, road-sides, ditches; distrib. 
and as high as the Alp. 5 . . procumbens L. 350. 
— Central axis developed; central rosette 0; stems erect 
or ascending, not rooting . .... 3 
3. Ls ciliate. Seps spread like a cross on the ripe caps. - 
Fields, fallow-ground. T. Y. B. J. Z. S. 5 
apetala L. 351. 
— Ls glabr. or only faintly ciliate at the base. Seps ap¬ 
plied to the caps. Pis more spreading and of a deeper 
green than the last; the 2 outer seps terminated by a 
distinct point which is gen. bent inwards when dry. 
S. depressa Schultz starg., patula Jord., filicaulis Jord., 
—As the last and often with it and (or) 350; Geneva, 
Coeuve, Bale, Wilchingen. 5 . . ciliata Fr. 352. 
4(1). Ls with long awn-like points, pubescent, as also the 
upper part of the stem, and the peduncles which are 
very long.—Yeltlin; indicated in Misox. 7 
subulata Presl. 353. 
— Ls shortly mucronate . . . . . 5 
5. Upper ls distinctly shorter, bearing in their axils clusters 
of small ls (stunted branches). Pets twice as long as 
the cal.—Turfy-land; here and there (wanting in G. S.). 7 
nodosa Fenzl. 354. 
— Upper ls not noticeable smaller . . . . G 
6 . Pets rather shorter than, or barely as long as the cal. PI. 
glabr. Habit of S. procumbens, but fls 5-merous, ped¬ 
uncles longer, seps applied to the caps. &c. Sp. macro- 
carpa Maly.—Alp., subalp. and Jura. 6, 7 
Linnaei Presl. 355. 
— Pets IV 2 —2-times as long as the cal. PI.pubescent with 
glandular hairs. S. glabra Koch, (nomen ineptum).— 
Alp.; St. Bernard. 7 repens Burnat. 356. 
104. Buffonia. Buffonia. IV, 23. 
1. Habit of Juncus bufonius. B. macrosperma Gay, B. tenui- 
folia Gaud, not L.—Gravelly places; W. (Charat, Ardon 
&c.). 7 . . . ... paniculata Delarbr. 357. 
105. Alsine. Alsine. X, 26, 29. VIII, 23. 
1. Ls roundish, oval, oval-lanceolate or lanceolate . 2 
— Ls linear or subulate ..... G 
