SPERGULA, SPURREY; a genus of the pentagynia order, belonging to the decandria class of plants. There are five species; of which the most remarkable is the arvensis, or corn-spurrey, which grows in this country in gravelly soil and corn-fields. In Holland it is cultivated as food for cattle, and has the advantage of growing on the very poorest soils; but does not afford a great deal of food. Poultry are fond of the seeds; and the inhabitants of Finland and Norway make bread of them when their crops of corn fail. Horses, sheep, goats, and swine, eat it. Cows refuse it.