182 Plants of the Punjab. 
ERECT HERBS. 
Heres, ERzor, with Opposite STrpuULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Lear Marains ENTIRE. 
PHTALS UNUNITED. 
Spergula arvensis, medium size, annual, branched from the root, knotty, 
Corn Spurry, often sticky ; leaves 4-2 in., in opposite clusters, linear, 
CaryvopuyLuacem®. half cylindrical, grooved below, rather fleshy, stipules thin, 
F. B. I. i. 248. dry, small; flowers }-} in. diam., in forked terminal 
The Plains to clusters on long stalks, turned back after flowering, sepals 5, 
7,000 ft. blunt, green, unjoined, petals 5, white, blunt, slightly 
Simla (in corn fields) longer than the sepals, stamens 10, styles 5 ; capsule nearly 
(Collett). -round, shining, longer than the calyx, opening by 5 valves, 
seeds many, keeled or narrowly winged, granular. 
Spergula pentandra, much the same as the last species, but leaves with 
CARYOPHYLLACES.  bluish-green waxy gloss, not grooved below, petals sharp- 
Bo, 240" pointed, styles 3, seeds smooth, flattened, broadly 
The Plains to winged. 
7,000 ft. 
(in corn fields). 
Spergula rubra, 
Sand Spurry, 
CARYOPHYLLACE®. 
F. B. I.1; 244. 
The Plains. 
Shahpur (Douie). 
Drymaria cordata, 
CARYOPHYLLACE®. 
FB. Li. 244. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
small, annual, stems 6-8 in. long; leaves 4-1 in. 
long, linear, flat, fleshy, stipules split, broad, silvery ; 
flowers 1-3} in. diam., pink or white, sepals 5, lanceo- 
late, blunt, margins thin, dry, petals 5, ovate with broad 
tips, shorter than the sepals, stamens 5 or 10, styles 3; 
capsule ovoid, longer than the calyx, seeds many, pale 
brown, rough, not winged. In Bentham and Hooker’s 
British Flora this plant is called Spergularia rubra. 
large, annual, smooth, found in shady moist places, 
branches forking into two, slender, 1-2 ft.; leaves flat, 
stalked, ovate or round, tipped with an abrupt point, 
stipules of a few bristles, soon falling off; flowers 4-} in. 
diam., in axillary or terminal clusters, stalks slender, bracts 
with thin edges, sepals 5, green, petals 5, 2-lobed, 
lobes narrow, not longer than the sepals, stamens 8-5, 
styles short; capsule 8-angled, 8-valved, seeds one to 
many, round, flattened, rough with hard projections. 
