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CARYOPHYLLACE^ 



(Name from the Latin spargo, I scatter, from scattering its 



seeds.) 



I. S. arvensis (Corn Spurrey). — More or less pubescent and 



viscid; stem 6 — 18 in. high, with many knee-Hke bends; leaves 



cyhndrical, rather fleshy ; 

 ^^^^^^^=,=v fioivers white, \ in. across, 



on slender stalks which 

 bend down in fruit. — A 

 common weed in sandy 

 cornfields, and occasionally 

 cultivated. — Fl. June — 

 August. Annual. 



1 6. Alsine (Sandwort- 

 s' Spurrey). — Prostrate plants, 

 ^ differing chiefly from Sper- 

 gula in having only three 

 valves to their capsules^ 

 and generally three styles. 

 (Name of unknown ety- 

 mology.) 



1. A. rubra (Field Sand- 

 wort-Spurrey). — A small, 

 branching, pubescent plant; 

 leaver linear, flat, pointed ; 

 stipules united, lanceolate, 

 silvery, torn ; flowers rosy, 

 ^ in. across. — Common in 

 sandy places. — Fl. June — 

 September. Annual. 



2. A. margindta (Sea- 

 side Sandwort-Spurrey). — 

 A nearly allied, glandular- 

 pubescent form ; leaves fleshy, blunt ; stipules broadly triangular, 

 usually entire ; flowers pink with a white base ; petals shorter 

 tlian the sepals ; stamens less than lo. — Near the sea. — Fl. June 

 — September. Annual. 



3. A. media (Perennial Sandwort-Spurrey). — A nearly allied, but 

 glabrous, larger, and stouter form ; flozvers | in. across ; petals 

 lilac or white, as long as the sepals ; stamens 10. — Muddy salt- 

 marshes. — Fl. June — September. Perennial. 



4. A. rupicola (Rock Sandwort-Spurrey). — A nearly allied, but 

 glandular- pubescent form, with leaves fascicled and pointed, which 

 occurs rarely on rocks near the sea. — Fl. June — September. 

 Perennial. 



SPi^RGULA ARVENSIS (Com S/ntrrc}'). 



