2,Agrostemm i. 
@rect herbs with opposite leaves; stipules none. Flowers showy, 
at the ends of branches. Calyx ovoid-tubular, 1l0-ribbed, not inflated, 
the lobes subfoliar, elongate. Petals 5, red, without appendages, clawed. 
Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-chambered, achiscent by 5 teeth at the 
apexe 
le As Gi thago Le Corn cocklee Annual, the stems erect, branching 
above, hirsute with soft appressed hairs, hoary; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
ascending, 5-10 cme long, acute; flowers ‘several, on peduncles 10-<5 cm. 
long; calyx tube about © cm. lone eh hoary with a hirsute, 
appressed pubescence, the lobes spreading, 2-5 CMe long, linear, subfoliar; 
corolla red, the limb rotate, <-4 cm. in diameter, blades of the petals 
obovate, nalf as long as the fae lobes. 
An occasional grain field weed; naturalized from Surope. 
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Dianthus: Armeria L. Stiffish slender erect annuals 20-40 cm. tall with 
qi) several tlowers in a dense terminal cluster and small rose-purple_petals with 
toothed marginse — 
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ae —— > An occasional entrant in dry pastures; native of Europe. 
