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WILUAMS' <strong>SAGINA</strong> 191 Herb. Kew.), incidentally referred to by Smith, Engl. Bot. t. 2105 (1810), as previous to 1794. English names for the commonest species are first used by Ray, Cat. Plant. Cantabr., p. 151 (1660):-' Saxifraga Anglica Occidentalium . . . Pearlwort, Chickweed-Breakstone.' The comparative census of species of Sagifja for different countries may be of interest, giving with each the authority, the date, aQd the estimated ~ber of species :- Throughout the World.-Engle1' and Prantl (1889) about 20 Europe.-Gurke, Plantw Europrere, ii. p. 238 (1899) ... 20 Spain.-Willkomm and Lange (1818) ... ... ... II British Islands.-London Catalogue, ed. x (1~8) .., 10 " " British PlaQt List, including I alien ... 10 " " (present revision, 1917) ... ... ... 9 France.-Rouy and Foucard (18g6)... ... ... ... 9 Austria-Hungary.--ex Gurke (18
~2 SUPPLEMENT Procumbente nobis in Journ. Bot. 1896, p. 427} 'alia subulata aristata. I. S. procumbens Linn. 3. S. ciliata Fries. 2. S. apetala Ard. 4. S. Reuteri Boiss. Subsect. 2. Maritimre nobi$ (= sttbgen. En-Sagina sect. Mari- !mre ftobi$ l.c.).-Folia linearia mtttica. ,. S. maritima G. DOh. Sect. 2. Spergella Koch l.c. p. 118; Willk. and Lge. l.c. p. 602 l?ouy and Fouc. loco p. 291 ; Halocsy l.c. p. 247.-Ftores penta meri, °staminibus 10 (raro 5). Petalia conspicua. Perennes. 60 S. subuJata Prest. 8. S. Linnmi Presl. 7, S. scotica Druce. 9. S. nod,osa Fenzl. S. PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 128 (1753). Perennis vel plurannua, proctimbens; dense crespitosa; glabra vel patCe-'puberula, sempervirens. Rhizoma fibrosum. Caules 5-10 ttim., ex axillis foliorum rosulre centralis sterilis undique prodeuntes, prostrati, radicantes, Folia circiter 12 mm., trinervia; caulina internodiis breviora. Pedunculi solitarii, terminales et axillares, sub anthesi et in fructu recti, post anthesin autem apice hamato-curvati. Sepala late ovata, exterlora 2 mm., interiora 2'4 mm., fructifera cruciatim patentia. Petala 1.6 mm" oblonga, interdum nulla. Stamina 2 longiora basi glanduligera,. 2 breviora basi non glanduligera, sepalis requilonga vel vix longiora. Capsula 2'2 rom. Semina dorso, sulculata (pearlwort). Stat. Waste ground, damp places, fields, heaths" pastures! walls, bare spots; absent from a considerable area of meadow land, chalk downs, and from portions of arable land. Ascends to 1150 metres in Inverfi'ess"shire (Watsdn,- but I think the estimate is too high); to 1006 metres on the mountains of the Brt?adalbane district of Perthshire, on bare ground (F. B. White, Flora, p, 86), as on Ben Ein (E, S. Marshall, 1889, in Herb. Brit.); to 810 metres in Aool-deenshire (Dickie, Bot. Guide;. p. ~4); to 936 metres in Kerry, near-the summit of Mt. Brandon (R. W, Scully, Flora, 1916, p. 46~; to 75° metres in Wicklow (Cyb. Hib.. ed. 2, p. 58); to 54° metres in Cumberland, in the springs on Great Gable, at the head of Ennerdale (J. G. Bake", Fl. Engl. Lake District, p.
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