DEC ANDRIA.— PENTAGYNIA. 



* Leaves with stipules at the base. 



7. A. rubra : stems prostrate ; leaves narrow-Uneai 

 acute, flat, somewhat fleshy, mucronate ; stipule- 

 sheathing, ovate, cleft ; capsule as long as the ca- 

 lyx ; seeds compressed, angular, roundish. 



HAB. Sandy fields. 0. Smooth, spreading; cal 

 viscid-jmbes. ; fl. red; stam 5 — 10. 



3. marina : leaves cylindrical, fleshy, unarmed. 



HAB. Salt marshes. May— Nov. $. Stem 

 smooth ; fi. dark rose-col. ; seed compr. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



308. SPERGULA. Spurrey. Caryophyllem. 



1, S. arvensis: leaves verticillate : panicle dichoto 



mous ; peduncles of the fruit reflexed. 

 HAB. Sandy fields. June— Aug. 0. Stem 6—10 

 in. high; leav.Jilif., 8 — 10 zuhorled. §. 



2. S. saginoides : glabrous ; leaves opposite, subulate 



awnless ; peduncles solitary, very long, smooth. 

 1IAB. Sandy fields. July. 0. Stem spread., 2— 

 3 in. long; ped. axill. and term. 



*09. CERAST1UM. Mouse-ear Chickweed. Caryo 



'phyllcce. 



* Petals not exceeding the calyx in length. 



• . C. vulgatum: hairy and viscid, cespitose, suberect , 

 leaves ovate ; flowers capitate, longer than their 

 pedicels. 

 HAB. Fields and dry hills. May— Sept. 0. Plan, 

 pale green, viscid -when young. §. 

 I. C. viscosum : hairy and viscid, spreading; leavo 

 oblong-lanceolate ; flowers somewhat panicled. 

 shorter than their pedicels. 

 HAB. Fields and road sides. May — Sept. U 



Darker green, spreading, rarely vise. 

 C. semidecandrum : hairy and viscid, suberect, 

 'eaves oblong-ovate ; flowers somewhat panicle^ 

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