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Petals distinctly notched or 2-cleft at their tip, sometimes 
so deeply as to appear as if they were twice as| \ 
many. 
_Lower leaves stalked, from 3 inch to over an inch 
wide. Wwe 
Stella'ria. 
-Leaves not stalked, rarely over 3 inch wide. 
Ovary surmounted by 3 styles; fruit opening by 3 
| or 6 teeth or valves. - dpe: 
| Stella'ria. 
~Ovary with 4 or 5 styles; fruit opening by 8 or 10 
short teeth. )¥ 
L Ceras'tium. 
Petals not notched or cloven, sometimes very small or 
altogether absent. 
Flower-stalks 3 or more from one point, in am e 
f “umbel’’; petals ee Nine abe esa - 
olos'teum umbella'tum./ 
Flow ers not in an umbel. 
Ovary with 3 styles (or, if more, the leaves very 
f thick and fleshy) ; fruit usually with 3 or 6 | 7 
teeth. ArenaTria. Sandwort. 
“Ovary surmounted by 4 or 5 styles. 
Sepals 4, with fine points and broad white 
f margins ; fruit eae 4 8 ae f ue 
cen’chia erec'ta. 
\ Sepals 5, or, if 4, bluntish; fruit opening by 4 or 
5 teeth; leaves very narrow, ) 
Sagina. Pee 
CHENOPODIA'CE 2. 
Leaves cylindrical, with prickly points, and a pie 
base. 
Sal'sola Kali. Saltwort. 
Leaves without prickly points. 
Stem with opposite, cylindrical, jointed branches, 
[ without any distinct leaves. } 
L Salicor’nia herba'cea. Marsh Samphire. 
Plant without jointed branches. 
Leaves cylindrical, very fleshy and succulent; flowers 
[ minute. 
Sue’da. Sea-Blite. 
Rieti flat. 
