244 xyiii. CARYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Sperguk. 



In the same situations as S, anensis, and with the same distribution. . " 



I am unable to distinguish this in a dried state from the preceding. I find 3 stylei 

 rery frequently, as described by Roxburgh, which does away with the difference be- 

 tween the genera Spergula and SpergulariQj to which latter the following species 

 belongs. r*^, 



* ** Leaves opposite. ;*^ 



rubra 



ipal 



mi. 



Plains of the Panjab, EJgewo^^th^ &c.— Distrib. N. and W. Asia, Europe, ; 



Eoot fusiform, annual. Stems much branched from the base, 4-8 in. Leaves |-1 id*, 

 fleshy; stipules broad, silvery. Flowers J-^ in. diam., subglobose; pedicels divaricate 

 or deflexed. Sepals green, with membranous borders, obtuse. PeiaZ^ obovate, obtuse, 

 shorter than the sepals. Stamens 5 or 10. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, longer y*^°|"® 

 sepals. Seeds pale brown, irregularly reniform or pyriform. This is usually referred lo 

 another genus Spergularia^ Persoon {Lepigonvm, Fries), which differs f^^^^^^^"^ 

 in having only 3 styles ; but the prevalence of 3 styles in the typical species of bpergwa 

 in India, renders this character valueless as a generic one. 



generic 



17. DaVMARZA, Willd. 



stipules small, often fugacious. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary ^ 

 cymose. Sepals 5, herbaceous. Petals 5, 2-€-fid. Stafnens 5/ rarely Jewer, 

 fllightly perigynous. Ovary 1-celled ; style 3-fid ; ovules few or '^"^^J'^"?' 

 Capsule 3-valved. Seeds globose, reniform or compressed, hilum ^^^P 



embryo curved.— Distrib. Species 16, all Tropical American except 

 lowing and an Australian species. 



orbi- 



cular petioled, petals 2-lobed shorter than the sepals. Wight iic Arn.rr(xir' 

 359. D. extensa, Wall. Cat. 647. Cerastium cordifolium, Hoxb. J^l- mi 



il45a : ]^ 



Tropical and subtropical Inota and CEYr.ojf, extending westwards io the ^*"J^^ j 

 ascending the Himalaya to 7000 ft, in Sikkim.— Disteib. Tropical Asia, Alnca, 

 America, -. ^ 



^ A diffuse glahrous shrub, branched from the base ; branches 1-3 ft., slender, ^^'^j^^ 

 3-5-nerved from the base, mucronate ; petioles variable; stipule of several D - 

 7?/nm/=.-i» 1-J. Jn AU^ ;« «^;no a 4,..-„- „i „. '..i;,.^ia alptider: bracts «> » 



com* 



xj <^u^iicv4 iiuui LUC uaoe, muurouaic ; peiiOiCS vanauie, aupuic ^^ ^ ts wi B 



J^/oirer« J-J in, diam., in axillary and terminal cymes; pedicels slender ;brac^ 

 membranous edges. Calyx obconic at t^" """" i^"-"- «.^r.oia nMmiir. witn o 

 nerves, and membranous margins. Petals 

 exceeding the sepals. Stamens 3-5. St 



3-gonou8, shortly podicelled, 3-valved to tL_ , 



pressed, muricate, ' . , ^ 



18. FOXiTCABPON, Linn. .^' 



Diffuse or dicliotomoualy branched, glabrous or pubescent her^^ 

 Leaves flat, opposite, appearing whorled from the presence ^i **^y. 

 fascicles of leaves ; stipules scarious. Flowers small, in crowdea ^^^^j^ 

 flowered cymes with scarious bracts. Hepals 5, keeled. /^'^*^ °' g.^j; 

 hyaline, entire or toothed. IStamms 3-5. Ovary 1-celled; ^tyje snori, lj 

 ovules numerous. Seeds ovoid, hilum subbasal: embryo alnipacs^^^^^ ^j^ 



or incurved, cotyledons incumbent or oblique.— Distkie. 

 natives of various tropical 



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