18 Caryophyllacee. [ Polycarpea. 
styles 3; capsule ovoid, exceeding the sepals; seeds brown, 
tuberculate. 
Montane zone above 5000 ft., introduced. Nuvara Eliya; Hakgala. 
Flowers Jan.—Dec., white. 
Cosmopolitan, ?native of North Temperate Zone. 
SaGina Linn. 
S. PROCUMBENS Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 128 (1753); Edgw. & Hk. f. 1. c. 
1 @: 242. 
Montane zone, introduced, rare. 
Native of North Temperate Zone. 
2a. SPERGULA Linn. 
Herbs; leaves opposite, with leafy buds in their axils, 
whence they appear to be whorled; stipules scarious; fl. in 
cymes; sep. 5, distinct; pet. 5, distinct, entire; stem. 5-10, 
inserted on a perigynous disk; ov. 1-celled; ovules many; 
styles 3-5; capsule subglobose, with 3-5 valves; seeds keeled 
or narrowly winged.—Sp. 3. 
S. ARVENSIS Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 440 (1753); daw 
p. 243. Spergularia arvensis Cambess. in A. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 
II, p. 179 (1828). Alsine arvensis Crantz. Inst. II, p. 408 (1766). 
Pubescent or glandular herb with linear-subulate, semi- 
terete, rather fleshy leaves in false whorls; fls. in terminal, 
peduncled cymes, 4—} in. in diam.; sep. ovate, obtuse; petals 
obtuse, entire; seeds black. 
Montane zone, introduced; Nuvara Eliya; Hava Eliya; Ambevela. 
Fl. Jan.—Dec., white. 
Also in India. Native of North Temperate Zone. 
Page 87.—For Polycarpon Laflingie Bth. & Hk. f. read: 
‘RP. indicum Merr. in Phil. Jcurn. Sc. Bot. X, p. 302 (10915). 
Leeflingia indica Retz. Obs. p. 38 (1786). Pharnaceum depressum 
Linn. Mant. II, p. 564 (1771). Polycarpon depressum Edgw. & 
Hk, f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. I, p. 245 {1875) Sphalo ogee 
Leeflingie B. & H. Gen. Pl. I, p. 153 (1862). 
Soraboraveva ; Bintenna; Hakxgala. 
Page 88.— 
5 POLYCARPEEA Lamk. 
Leaves linear . ; . . I. P. CORYMBOSA. 
Leaves spathulate . : : . 2. 2) SSRIGATA: 
2. P. spicata W. & A. in Ann. Nat. Hist. Sér. 1, III, p. 9: 
(1839); Fl. B. Ind. I, p. 246; Willis in Ann. Perad. V, p. 167. 
An erect annual herb, 24-3 in. high, branched from the 
base; branches once or twice forked, glabrous; leaves broadly 
Part I. 
