2 Rhodora [JANUARY - 
| Habit and | raflorescence | | Ovary and | Pa 
foliage — | | capsule n 
k | 
ARENARIA L. Annual or Terminal,  Perigynous Ovary l-cell- | Numerous, 
perennial: rarely axil- or ed,  many- reniform or 
mainly tuft- lary. pogynous.  ovuled; cap- | compressed, 
ed: leaves | sule dehis- | with the hi- 
not fleshy cent at tip lum margi- 
into 3 cleft | nal, estrophi- 
or notched | olate. 
| valves. 
Minvartia = Asabove. As above. | Obscurely | As above, | As above. 
L.= ALSINE but valves 
Wahlenb., of capsule 
not L. | | | entire. 
AMMODENIA Succulent Flowers ax- | Well devel- Ovary more Few, pyri- 
Gmel. = perennial | illary or in | oped, with | or less com- | form or obo- 
HoNkENYA with fleshy | leafy cymes. 10 glandu- | pletely 3- or | void, with the 
Ehrh. leaves. | lar lobes. 5-celled (1- | hilum obli- 
| | celled ac- | quely basal, 
| cording to  estrophiolate. 
| Pax); cap- 
| sule fleshy 
or bladdery, 
with 3 or 5 | 
entire valves. 
| 
Moenrinata | Flaccid "Terminal, | Well devel- | Ovary l-cell- Seeds reni- 
L. herbs with often be- ed (but in | form, lus- 
spreading | coming lat- M.  lateri- | trous, stro- 
usually flat eral by pro- flora dis- | phiolate. 
leaves. longation tinctly 2, 3, | 
of axillary or 4-celled); 
branches, valves of 
or axillary. | capsule twice 
| (as many as 
| the style. 
| | 
MERCKIA Similar to As Ammo- | Ovary 3-5- | Seeds lus- 
Fischer Ammodenia | denia. celled; cap- | trous, estro- 
but less nux blad- | phiolate. 
fleshy. | dery, mem- 
branaceous. 
