Drymaria.} CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) 135 
membrane-edged ; seeds triangular-obovate, compressed, smooth, wingless 
or a few of them somewhat winged, with a thickened margin. Kindb. 
lc. p.13+ Koch. Syn. p. 121. A. rubra, 8. marina, L. sp. 668. E. Bot. 
t. 958. Spergula media, E. & Z. No. 1816, ex parte. Spergularia media, 
a, Kena, Hb, Drege. 
Has. Zwartkop’s River, #. ¢ Z./ At the G , : 
(Herb. Vind , Sond.) ; a 
Very like the last, especially like var. 8. but generally larger and more robust. 
Calyx 2 lines long. Petals pale-purple or rosy-white. : 
3. L. marginatum (Koch, Syn. p. 121); perennial ; leaves linear-fili- 
form, sub-muticous, fleshy, semi-cylindrical ; stems prostrate, ascending, 
branched ; branches racemose ; peduncles reflexed after flowering; sepals 
lanceolate, obtuse, nerveless, membrane-edged ; seeds swbrotund, plano- 
compressed, smooth, with a broadish, marginal wing. Arenaria media, 
Lin. sp. 606, excl. syn. Alsine marina, Wahl. Sperg. media, Bartl. E. & 
Z. No. 1816. Lepigonum marinum, Kindb. 1. ¢. p. 12. 
Var. a glabra; altogether glabrous. 
Var. 8. glandulosa; glandularly pubescent. Aven. glandulosa, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenb. 111. t. 355. Spergularia glandulosa, Fenzl. pl. Drege. 
Has. Evegywhere in salt, damp ground near the sea-shore, throughout the Colony. 
Generally more robust than the preceding, often glandularly downy, at length 
glabrescent. Sepals 23-3 lines long. Flowers purple or whitish, Seeds brownish 
with a broad, white margin. 
XII. SPERGULA, L. 
Calyx 5-parted; sepals oval, herbaceous, membrane-edged. Petals 5, 
with short claws, ovate, sub-hypogynous. Stamens 5-10, on a sub- 
hypogynous ring. Ovary unilocular, many ovuled ; styles 5, distinct, 
alternate with the sepals. Capsule 5-valved, many-seeded; the valves 
opposite the sepals. Hndl. Gen. 5219. ; See 
Small weeds and herbs of the temperate zones. Leaves subulate or filiform, fleshy, 
crowded about the swollen nodes. Stipules scarious. Flowers in racemiform cymes; 
the pedicels deflexed after flowering. Name from spargo, to scatter; because the 
1. S. arvensis (Linn.); leaves linear-subulate, whorled, stipulate at 
base ; flowers decandrous ; seeds spheroid, hispid, with a narrow margin, 
black. DC. Prod. 1. p.394. Lam. Ill. t. 392. fig.t. E.§ Z.! No. 1814. 
Has. A weed in cultivated ground ; introduced from Europe. 
XIII. DRYMARIA, Willd. . 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, deeply 2-4-lobed or partite. Stamens 5, 
or fewer, sub-hypogynous. Ovary unilocular, many ovuled. Style fili- 
form, trifid. Capsule membranous, 3-valved, many-seeded. Endl. Gen. 
5220, DOC. Prod. 1. p. 395- 
Herbaceous plants of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Stems slender; leaves 
opposite, cordate or sub-rotund, or lanceolate and linear ; stipules setaceous ; flowers 
small, white, in terminal, effuse cymes or panicles. Name from dpuyos, a 
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