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1. Arenaria neelgherrensis, WiijJit lj- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 43. 

 Annual ; stems procumbent, elongate, much-branched, with an alternate 

 line of pubescence on one side. Leaves subsessile, distant, -L-| by 

 g— ^ in., obovate or elliptic, mucronate, glabrous, dotted with minute, 

 whitish points, l''lo^^■ers in terminal, few-tlowered cymes or solitary and 

 axillary ; pedicels long, slender, viscidly pubescent ; bracts leafy. Sepals 

 ovate, very acute, with a strong dorsal hairy nerve, the margins mem- 

 branous. Petals usually longer than the sepals. Styles usually 3 

 (sometimes 2 or 4). Capsules ovoid, about equalling the sepals. Seeds 

 compressed, transversely striate. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 239 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 15: Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1807) p. 124.— Mowers : 

 Peb. 



Southern districts of the Presidency ; not common. Kanaka : Yacombi (N, Kanara), 

 Woodrow, S. M. Country : Belgaum and Dharwar, Bahell S; Gibson. 



6. SPERGULA, Linn. 



Annual herbs, with forked or fascicled branches. Leaves opposite, 

 often with abbreviated leaf-buds in their axils whence the foliage appears 

 whorled; stipules small, scarious. Flowers white, in peduncled, panicled 

 cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10 (rarely 5). Ovary 

 1-celled; ovules many ; styles 5, opposite the petals. Capsule 5-valved ; 

 valves entire, opposite the sepals. Seeds black, compressed, margined 

 or winged ; embryo annular. — Disteib. Weeds of cultivation in tem- 

 perate regions ; species 2 or 3. 



1. Spergula arvensis, Linn. 8p. PL (1753) p. 440. Annual, 

 G-18 in. high, pubescent or glandular ; stems geniculate, branched from 

 the root. Leaves in false whorls, i-l-l- in. long, linear-subulate, semi- 

 terete, grooved beneath, rather fleshy. Plowers white, ^\ in. in diam., 

 in terminal, subumbellate cymes; pedicels slender, spreading or deflexed. 

 Sepals ovate, obtuse, slightly shorter than the petals, with vei-y narrow^ 

 membranous margins. Capsules longer than the sepals, subglobose. 

 Seeds tubercled, narrowly margined. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 243 ; Eoiss. PL 

 Orient, v. 1, p. 731 ; Syme, Eng. Bot. v. 2, p. 126, t. 253 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 3, p. 320. 



SiND : Kirthar mountains, Woodroiv. — Distrib. A weed of cultivation in all tem- 

 perate regions. 



7. POLYCARPON, Linn. 



Diffuse or dichotomously branched glabrous or pubescent herbs. 

 Leaves flat, opposite or whorled ; stipules scarious. Flowers numerous, 

 small, in crowded, much-branched, terminal, bracteate cymes; bracts 

 scarious. Sepals 5, keeled, entire. Petals 5, small, entire or slightly 

 notched. Stamens 3-5. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules many ; style short, 

 3-fid. Capsule 3-valved. Seed's ovoid, not winged. — Distrib. Tem- 

 perate and warm regions of both hemispheres ; species 6. 



1. Polycarpon Loeflingise, Bentli. c|- ffool-.f., Gen. PI v. 1 (1862) 

 p. 153, in note (Loeflingii) ; Edgew. cj- Hool-. f. in Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 245. 

 A perennial herb ; branches more or less pubescent, 4-10 in. long, 



