DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Spergula. 569 
(S. saginoi'des. Leaves awl-shaped, opposite, pointless, naked: fruit- 
stalks solitary, very long, smooth. 
E. Bot. 2105— FI. Dan. 12. 
Root fibrous. Whole plant smooth. Stems lying down, a little branched, 
an inch and a half to three inches long, leafy, cylindrical, knee- 
jointed, upright towards the extremity. Leaves united at the base, 
awl-shaped, sharp-pointed. Fruit-stalks mostly terminal, solitary, 
upright, one-flowered, cylindrical, naked, very smooth, nearly as long 
as the stems. Blossoms bent downwards, white. Leajits of the calyx 
egg-shaped, blunt, smooth, almost destitute of fibres, gibbous at the 
base. Petals roundish, blunt, very entire, shorter than the calyx. 
Stamens ten, scarcely longer than the petals. Capsules egg-shaped, 
twice the length of the calyx, five-valved. Seeds kidney-shaped, brown, 
not bordered. FI. Brit. 
Swartz is said to have found this plant with only five stamens. 
Smooth Awl-shaped or Pearl-wort Spurrey. S. saginoides. Linn. 
On the highest mountains of Scotland. On Ben Lawers, where it was 
discovered by Mr. J. Mackay, in 1794, FI. Brit, but previously by Mr. 
G. Don, on Mall-ghyrdy. E. Bot. On Ben Lomond. M. Winch. E.) 
