caryophyllacejE. 95 



the situation of its nectaries and the want of petals/' " Seguier/' 

 he adds^ " describes five undivided greenish petals, alternate with 

 the calyx, which nobody else has seen." 



HoNCKENYA [Honkeneju, Ehrh.). — Smooth, succulent, pro- 

 cumbent, perennial plants, with much-branched, angular, leafy 

 stems. FloAvers perfect and dioecious. Sepals 5, one-nerved. 

 Petals 5, entire, more developed in the male flowers, with a disc 

 and nectariferous glands. Stamens 10, without pollen in the 

 female flowers. Ovary barren in the male flowers. Styles 3. 

 Capsule fleshy, globular or roundish, with as many valves as 

 styles. Seeds few, large, pyriform, beaked, dotted, furrowed on 

 one side. 



H. peploides, Ehrh. Sea Chickweed. — e.b. 189. l.b.s. 173. 

 A. 17. C. 75. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-46°. 



Stem spreading, many times forked. Leaves ovate, acute, 

 fleshy, glabrous, one-nerved. Pedicels axillary, about as long as 

 the calyx. Sepals ovate, obtuse, one-nerved, shorter than the 

 petals. Capsule rugose, large, globular, one-third part longer 

 than the calyx. The root creeps very extensively, and the stems 

 are often more than half-buried in the sand. (Sm.) 



Sandy seacoasts. Perennial ; June-September. 



Tribe II. STELLARINEjE. — Valves entire, twice as many as the 

 styles, or cleft or 3 -toothed and equal in number to the styles. 



Sub-Tribe 1. AJtUNJEIU^.-— Styles 2-3, opposite to the petals ; 

 capside ovate, rarely conical. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENEBA. 



MCEHEINGIA. — Sepals and petals 4-5. Seeds numerous, with an appendage 



at the hilum. 

 Aeenaeia. — Sepals and petals 5, the latter entire or notched. Capsule opening 



by teeth, which are twice as many as the styles. 

 Stellaeia. — Sepals and petals 5, the latter cleft or parted. Capsule opening 



by valves. 

 HoiosTETTM. — Petals entire or toothed. Capsule opening by 6 teeth. Seeds 



rough. 



Sub-Tribe 2. CERJSTIEM— Styles 5, rarely 4-3, opposite to the 

 sepals. Capsule cyliudi'ical or somewhat conical ; teeth of the 

 capsule twice as many as the styles. 



MoENCHiA. — Glabrous and glaucous plants. Calyx in 4-5 divisions. Capsule 



not longer than the calyx. 

 Ceeastium. — Mostly hairy plants. Capsule cylindi-ical, longer than the calyx. 



