Stellaria 



CARYOPHYLLACE.E 



179 



Annual. Stem diffuse, procumbent, with a pubescent line down one 

 side. Leaves ovate or broadly-elliptical, glabrous, '5-3 cm. 1. Floivers 

 long-stalked. Sepals somewhat obtuse, 3-4 mm. 1. Petals a little shorter. 

 Stamens 10-3. Capsule a little longer than the calyx. Seed limm. 1. 



Fig. 70. Stellaria inedia Vill. 



A) Apex of branch x . 



B, Flower x 4. 



C, Capsule open x 4. 



D, Seed cut lengthwise X 20 ; e, endo- 

 sperm ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



5. SPERGULA L. 



Annual herbs branching dichotomously or in whorls. Leaves 

 narrowly linear or thread-like, whorled. Stipules small, ovate, 

 scarious. Flowers stalked in dichotomous cymes. Calyx 5- 

 partite. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5 or 10. Ovary 1 -celled ; 

 styles 5, alternate to sepals. Capsule 5-valved, valves entire, 

 opposite the sepals. Seeds acutely margined or winged. 



Species 2 or 3, natives of Europe and temperate Asia, one 

 found in cultivated land almost all over the world. 



S. arvensis L. Sp. PL 440 (1753) ; Syme Ewjl. Bot. ed. 3, 

 a. 126, tt. 252, 253; Rohrb. in Fl. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, 263, /. 58, 

 /.III. (Fig. 71.) 



Corn Spurrey. 



Portland Gap, 5550 ft., Morris \ Abbey Green, Harris \ In temperate 

 climates and mountains of the tropics of northern hemisphere. 



N 2 



