. Flowers of the field. Botany. 73 CARYOPHYLLACE^, to the capsule.—Highland mountains"; rare.—Fl. June —August. Perennial. 7. .S. nivalis (Snow Pearhwort).—Glabrous, densely tufted; leaves acuminate ; fiedieris alwa)-s erect ; petals smaller than in ^, Linnki.—Highland mountains ; very rare.—Fl. June—August. Perennial. 5. S. suhuldta (Awl-shaped Pearl-wort). — Glandular-hairy, tufted ; leaves linear, awned, ciliate ; pedicels curved after flower- ing. Closely allied to .?. Lintu'ei. — Dry places; frequent.—Fl. June—August. Perennial. 9. S. nodosa (Knotted Spurrey).—The largest and largest
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 73 CARYOPHYLLACE^, to the capsule.—Highland mountains"; rare.—Fl. June —August. Perennial. 7. .S. nivalis (Snow Pearhwort).—Glabrous, densely tufted; leaves acuminate ; fiedieris alwa)-s erect ; petals smaller than in ^, Linnki.—Highland mountains ; very rare.—Fl. June—August. Perennial. 5. S. suhuldta (Awl-shaped Pearl-wort). — Glandular-hairy, tufted ; leaves linear, awned, ciliate ; pedicels curved after flower- ing. Closely allied to .?. Lintu'ei. — Dry places; frequent.—Fl. June—August. Perennial. 9. S. nodosa (Knotted Spurrey).—The largest and largest- flowered species, 3—4 in. high, glabrous or glandular-hairy ; upper leaves tufted ; peduncles axillary, always erect, i — 2-flowered ; flowers ^ in. across ; petals much longer than the sepals.—Wet sandy places ; common.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 6, HoNKKNV'A (Sea Purslane).—A small succulent glalirous perennial shore-plant, with broad leaves; Jlozuers small, poly. gamous ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, relatively large ; disk'of 10 interstaminal glands; stamens 10; styles 3 ; capsule large, glob- ose, 3-vaIved, T—2-seeded. (Named after G. A. Honckeny, a German botanist who died in 1S05.) I. H. peploides (Sea Purslane).—A low, succulent, dark-green, glabrous, marine plant ; rhizome creeping; branches ascending, forked, 4—S in. high ; leaves decussate, ovate, acute, sessile, recurved ; floivers small, in the forks of the stem, often dicecious ; sepals obtuse, with membranous mar- gins ; capsule large, globose, fleshy ; seeds i—2,, large.—Forming tangled masses on Sandy sea-shores. —Fl. May — September. H(>nK[^;NVA 'L/jiDE=; (Sea run/cic). 7. MiNU.'XRTiA (Lesser Sandwort).— Small annual or perennial herbs with awl-shaped .(eaves : sepals and petals 4 —5 : disk ring-shaped ; stamens 1 o ; styles 3—4; capsule with 3-4 entire'valves ; seeds numerous. (Named in honour of Sr. Minuart, apothecary, of Madiid.) T. AT. v
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