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The flour obtained from the seeds of Spurry (_Spergula sativa_), when mixed with that of wheat or rye, produces wholesome bread, for which purpose it is often used in Norway and Gothland.
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The seeds of _Spergula saliva_, a large, smooth-seeded variety of the common cow spurrey, which is cultivated in Flanders as a pasture grass and green crop, afford, on expression, a good lamp oil.
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The pink family is represented by Silene, five species; Alsine, three species; Spergula and Paronychia.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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_Sagina apetala_ and _patula_, [53] _Spergula media_ and _salina_ and many other pairs of allied species have differentiating characters of the same value as those of the elementary species of _Draba verna_.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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(Stellaria media), sandwort (Spergula), and some willow-herbs
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The spurry (Spergula arvensis) is introduced, but grows abundantly in our fields.
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Rare. arvenfe aquaticunx Spergula laricina DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA.
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