8o CARYOPHYLLACE/E 



I. A. trinervia (Three-veined Sandwort). — A weak, straggling, 

 downy plant, about a foot long, approaching the Chickweed 

 {Stelldria media) in habit, but at once distinguishable by its 

 undivided petals ; leaves ovate, acute, 3 — 5-veined, ciliate, the 



hol6steum umbellatuivi {IT nibelliferous Jagged Chickweed). 



lower ones stalked ; floivers solitary, from the forks of the stem 

 and axils, on long slender stalks ; sepals longer than the petals, 3- 

 veined, the central vein hairy. — Damp shady places ; common. 

 — Fl. May, June. Annual. 



2. A. serpyllifblia (Thyme-leaved Sandwort). — A repeatedly- 

 forked, sub-erect, grey-green, downy plant, 3 — 6 in. high, with 

 recurved hairs ; leaves ovate, acute, roughish, sessile, i — 3-veined ; 



