An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . d. Fig. i; Holoslciin :bcllati(in U \.ZS. 1753. Glabrous or slightly downy below, viscid andglandular-pubescent above, simple, tufted, 5-l2high. Basal leaves spreading, oblanceolate or ob-long; stem-leaves oblong, acute or obtuse, sessile,i-i long; umbel terminal, 3-8-flowered; pedicelsvery slender, about l long, erect or ascending inflower, subsequently reflexed
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . d. Fig. i; Holoslciin :bcllati(in U \.ZS. 1753. Glabrous or slightly downy below, viscid andglandular-pubescent above, simple, tufted, 5-l2high. Basal leaves spreading, oblanceolate or ob-long; stem-leaves oblong, acute or obtuse, sessile,i-i long; umbel terminal, 3-8-flowered; pedicelsvery slender, about l long, erect or ascending inflower, subsequently reflexed and again erect whenthe fruit is mature; flowers white, 2-3 broad;sepals obtuse, about 2 long, scarious-margined,somewhat shorter than the eroded petals; capsuleovoid, nearly twice the length of the sepals, its teethrecurved. Very abundant in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pa.; Dela-ware ; Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Native alsoof northern Asia. April-May. Moenchia erecta (L.) Gaertn., a low annual, native ofEurope, with entire petals, an 8-toothed ovoid pod, thestyles opposite the sepals, collected many years ago aboutPhiladelphia and Baltimore. not been found thererecently, and is not illustrated in this Genus 4. CHICKWEED FAMILY. 51 2. 5. decumbens. 3. S. saginoidcs. 4. 5*. nodosa. 4. SAGINA L. Sp. PI. 128. 1753. Tufted matted low annual or perennial herbs, with subulate leaves, and small pedicelledwhitish flowers. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals of the same number, entire, emarginate or of the same number, or fewer, or twice as many. Ovary i-celled, as many as the sepals and alternate with them. Capsule 4-S-valved, at length dehis-cent to the base, the valves opposite the sepals. [Ancient name of the spurry.] About 10 species, natives of the northern hemisphere. Type species: Sagina procumbens of the flower in 4s (or some flowers in ss) ; seeds not resinous-dotted. i. S. procumbens. Parts of the flower in 5s, rarely some in 4s.
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