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.lAMS' <strong>SAGINA</strong>. 2°3 in habit from S. procumbens, and from which it differs in several salieQt characters. S. NODOSA Fenzl. Verso Darst. Verbr. d. Alsineen, tab. synopt. ad p. 18 (1833). In crespitibus parvis laxis, perennis, glabra vel superne glanduloso-puberula. Rhizoma parce ramosum. Cauliculi laterales I-2! dcm., sub rosula centrali egredientes et circulo patiti; de in curvati adscendentes simplices vel superne di-trichtomi, ob axillas folio rum fasciculigeras exitnie nodosi, callIe primario aut centrali ad rosulam foliorum steriIem reducto. Folia subulata obtusa, mutica vel submucronulata; rosularum late vaginantia, 12 mm., caulina 3-6 mm. Dichasium reductum, 1-3 florum. Pedunculi terrnin~es ve;l pseudo-axiIIares, fructiferi erecti, internodio proximo subduplo longiores. Flores 6 mm. diam., breviter pedunculati. Sepala 4 mm., ovalia concava. Petala 9 mm., obovata. Andrrecium d,iplomerum. Capsula 5 mm. Semina obovoideo-rotunda, distincte tuberculata, dorso vix canaliculata. (Knotted Spurrey). Stat. Damp sandy places, on heaths, meadows, and commons, and in peat pits, marshes, and in the slacks of sand-dunes, from Sark (E. D. Marquand, Fl. Guernsey, p. ) northward to Shetland (R. Tate, 1865 Herb. Brit., and herb. Watson). Ascends to 540 metres in Northumberland, in W. Allendale (Baker and Tate, Flora, p. 137); to 500 metres in Westmoreland, by springs between Shap Fell and Kendall Fell (J. G. Baker, Fl. Engl. Lake District, p. 48); to 450 metres in W. Yorkshire, on Malham Tarn shingle (F. A. Lees, Flora, p. 16()); to 420 metres in Perthshire (F. B. White. Flora, p. 85); and to 375 metres in Dublin, on Seecawn Hill (N. Colgan, Flora, p. 40). No longer found in Jersey since most of the St. allen's Pond hollows have been filled up. The glandular and glabrous forms are not separable as varieties, the former being usually a plant of maritime stations. V ar. simplex Graebn. (1895) is a reduced form with simple stems, and var. ramosissima Wohlfarth (1890), is an extreme form with the lateral stems much branched: both are frequently met with. B. MONILIFORMIS Lange. ""t~t Widely distributed from Dorset northward to Sutherland.
2°4 SUPPLEMENT. and from Norfolk westward to Clare (G. C. D1'Uce). On Annacoona, Sligo, Mr. Druce saw it as high as 540 metres, i.e. at ~ greater altitude than the type in England. The life-history of the species in the Lancashire dunes is discussed in a paper in journ Bot. 1911; p. 2~, by W. G. Travis, where it is shown that this variety is a condition in which the plant reproduces itself by leaf-bulbils which develop in the leaf-axils of the lateral stems, especially when the plant grows in wind-swept places. Therefore it may be 1ooked for in sandy places on the coast. Gay (in Kew. MSS. ined.) says that the successive pairs of leaves are not actually decussate, but disposed in a weak spiral (cf. Braun in Flora, 1843, p. 387). This seems t-o me to indicate a transition stage in the direction of. the aberrant type of Caryophyllacere exemplified in TelePhium; which, in its free stylC!s, seems to be more nearly allied to the Spergulariere than it is to the Polycarpere in which the styles are united below, in spite of the presence of stipulate leaves in the Spergulariere. It is. to be regretted that owing to a misunderstanding the above valuable Monograph was printed before an opportunity was given to Dr Williams to correct the proof. There are, unfortunately, many typographical errors. The most important corrections to be noted are :- p, 190, line 16--:.For "Clavand " read "Clavaud." p. 191, line 10-For " Europaeae" read "Europeae." p. 191, line 15-For "Foucard" read "Foucaud." i p. 191, line 19, et seq.-For ,. Fanfani" read" Tanfani." p. 191, line 37, et seq.~For "En." read " Eu." p. 192, line 10-For " petalia " read "petala.'" p.193, line 34~For " Machdin " read ., MacDhui." p. 194, line 36~For "ciliati" read "ciliata." p. 195, line II-For "subsaequans " read "subaequans." p.196, line 24-For "subaequens " read "subaequans." ; , p. 196, line 29, et seq.-For " internodius" read "internodiis." p. 200, line 14-For ., Caenlschen " r'ead "Caenlochen." p. 202. line is-For " structi "read "stricti." .
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