CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY) 



are styles, few to many-seeded. (Name from arena, sand, in which 

 many of the species grow.) 



A. lateriflora, SANDWORT. 



Arenaria; a, A. laterifolia, Sandwort; b, A. 

 serpyllifolia, Sandwort. 



Seeds few. Perennials with broadish 

 leaves. Sparingly branched, 

 minutely pubescent, leaves 

 ovate, 1-2 cm. long. Pe- 

 duncles 2-flowered. May 

 and June. 



A. serpyllifolia, SAND- 

 WORT. Seeds many. Leaves 

 roughish-pubescent. The 

 plant 5-15 cm. high. Leaves 

 ovate, small, and acute. 

 Sandy or rocky soil. June- 

 August. 



STELLARIA 



Herbs with solitary clustered white flowers. Sepals 4 or 5 and 

 separate, petals 4 or 5 and deeply 2-cleft. Stamens 310. Styles 

 3. (Name from stella, 

 a star, in allusion to 

 the star-shaped flow- 

 ers.) 



single flower enlarged; 

 Mouse-ear chickweed. 



b, Cerastium vulgatutn, 



S. media, CHICK- 

 WEED. Stems weak and 

 spreading. Leaves ovate 



Or oblong, the lower - Stellaria media, Chickweed, flowering shoot and 



on hairy petioles. The 



petals shorter than the 



sepals. Annual or nearly so. A common weed. Introduced from 



Europe. 



CERASTIUM 



Sepals 5, rarely 4. Petals many or 2-lobed, rarely entire, often 

 wanting in some of the flowers. Stamens 10 or fewer. Stamens 

 mostly 5, opposite the sepals. The pod often curved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds rough. (Name from keras, a horn, alluding to the shape of 

 the pod.) 



