1. 3. oxyphylla Robinson, Stems decumbent, rooting at the base, 
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shining, glabrous except for a thin line of minute pubescence; leaves 4-8 
Cme long, 1-1-5 cm. wide, widest at toe middle, tapering and acute at both 
ends, glabrous; flowers few, the lowered Sep oSit@pthe upper leaves, the 
uppermost subtended by reduced leaflike bracts, not scarious, pedicels 1,5-3 
cme long, reflexed in age; sepals acute, 5-6 mm. long, with narrow scarious 
margins¢ petals 5-4 mn. long; capsule subequal to the sepals, obtuse. 
Wiessners feak, Sandberg 608. 
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2 Se media (Le) Cyrill. Common Chickweed. Low diffuse annual, the 
stems decumbent or prostrate, branching, marked by a vertical line of hairs, 
otherwise slabrous; leaves 1 cm. long or less, ovate, subacute, rounded at 
the base, glabrous, on ciliclate petioles half as long; cymes leafy, the 
upper leaves reduced; pedicels 1-2 cm. long, riliform; calyx 4-5 mm. long, 
campanulate, the sepals oblong, scarious toward tne tip, little exceeded by 
the petals; capsule little exserted. 
A frequent weea around dwellings and in waste places. 
