i)tCANDRIA PENTAGYWIA, 



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PEXTA a rxL% 



SPERGULA. Gen. pl. 7U8. 



Galyx 5-phyllus. 



Pe. 



fala 5 



5 



Integra. 



Calyx 5 leaved 



P£^ 



t)vata, i-locularis, 



Capsula tals 5, entire. Capmle 



5 



val- 



Vis. 



ovate, 1 celled, 5 valved 



1. 



Arvensis. 



S. foliis tiliforniibus, ver- 



Leaves filiforni, verti- 



panicula dicho- I cilJate ; panicle dicli,>to* 



toma ; pedunculis fnicti. | jnous ; peduncles reflect* 



ticillatis ; 



feris retlexis^ semmibus 



teniformibus, 



!>, 818. 



Sp. pl. 



•a 



f:d when in fruit; ste^ 

 reniform. 



Walt: p. 241. Purshj 1. p. 320. 



Annual. Stem erect, 2 feet high, glabrous. Leaves numerous at 

 enc 1 joint, generally sh^irter than the internodes Panicle ilichoto- 

 jnous, v/ith a flower in each division. Corolla white, rathei loi 

 than the calyx. Capsulp nearly twice as long as the calyx. 



_ Grows in cultivated grounds^ in oatficlds not uncommon. An dx^- 

 otic becoming naturalized. 

 Flowers April — May. 



ger 



2. 



DECUMBIiNS. 



E. 



S. foliis lineari-subula- 



tis. 



oppositis^ 



glabris 5 



P^'dunculis axillaribus, so- 

 Htariis, foliis paulo longi- 

 oribus ; floribus decan- 

 <Jris ; caule decumbente. 



Leaves linear subulate, 

 opposite, glabrous ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, 

 a little longer than tije 



leaves 



flow 



-ei'S decan- 



drous J stem decumbent^ 



S. nodosa, Walt. p. 241. 

 S. saginoides, Mich. 1. p. 276. Pursh, 1 



P 



320. 



{*<> K^*^* ^'*"' branching, 1-— 3 inches long. Leaves connected a# 

 H^e by a membrane. Fednndes 9—4 line3 long, Flowers cpiTct. 



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