XXXV. D@r+tiofi of Sclgina ceraj'oides, a new Bri'.t$!i Plant d$o- By she vrred in Scotland

Pr@ienent, Mr. rarnes Dickfin,. F. L. S.

SAGINA CERASTOIDES.

code dTuJ dicbototiro, foliis fpatulatis obovat$ve' recurvis, pedunculis S * frziCtlferis rdexis.

Habitat in armofis maritimis et fiKuris rupiumj in Bodotriae infulis.

Herbs facie CeraRii, fed floribus femper quadrifidis. I Radix. fibroca, annua ut videtur. Gades ylurimi, diffufi, fpithamaei, teretes, foliofi ; bafi attenuati,

glabriufculi, alternatim ramofi ; fupern2 magis pubefcentes, dichotomi, geniculis tumidiufcculis, pallidis, ramulis diva- ricatis..

Eolia oppoiita,. patenti - recurva, integerrima, acuta, xncllia, utrinclue pubefcentia ; fubtus pallidiora atclue nitidiora, ve- nulis reEtis, longhudinalibus ; inferiora fpatulata, longihs petiolata ; i'uperiora obovata, fealia ; fumma ovata. IYL$ula nulla.

Elores

Junio, Julio. o ?

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FZores i: dichotomi2 caulis, foIitarii, primo fubfefiles, itatim pe- dunculati ; peduiicdis uncialibus, idiformibus, pubekentibus ; fr u Ai feris reflexis.

Cnbx 6 foliolis quatuor, -parum patentibus, lanceolatis, acutis, concavis, baG obtus2 carinatis, e x t h pubefkentibus, inths lucidis; quorum duo oppofita angufiiora funt, margineque membranacea

PetnIa quatuor, calyce fert du plo breviora, cuneifurmia, alba, tenu- ifima, ayiee bifida, lobis acutis, reais.

Siarnira quatuor, aequalia, yetalis alternantia parumque breviora. FiZumenfa capillaria, alba. Anihera? parvz, €ubrotunda, lu- teolz.

P$iZZurn. Germen ovatum, longitudine itaminurn, pallid2 vi- refcens, glabrum. Sty& quatuor, brevsimi, ereai. St&- mata recurva, villo€a, a lba

CapfuUla cylindrica, longitudine calycis, aureo nitens, apice de- hikens denticulis oAo, triangularibus, abtuiismis.

Semincs numerofa, lu teo-fti fca, fubcuneiformia, depreKa9 bafi em=- ginata, margine fcabriufcula.

T H I S plant was firfi difcovered by Mr. Dickfon on the rocky and fandy hares of Inch-Keith and Inch-Combe in the Firth of Forth, as well 2s on the beach below Preflonpans. Its habit is altogether that af a CeruJium, moit nearly refembling 6. fimidecandrzlm, perztandrum and vufgatum, But its flowers being

3 conitantly

conitantly quadrifid, oblige us to refer it to the genus of Sagina, with which they exaalp agree; more efpecially as the genera in this natural order are ikarcely to be &criminated with- out taking into confideration the comparative number of the parts of fruAification.

The flowers are karcely to be found expanded excqt in a funny afternoon.

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