44 CARYOPHYLLACE.E. (PINK FAMILY.) 



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3. C. arvense, L. Hairy or downy ; steins numerous, naked above; 

 leaves narrowly or broadly lanceolate ; cymes rather few-flowered ; petals 

 uocordate, twice as long as the oblong sepals. Rocky or dry soil, chiefly in 

 the upper districts. May -June. 2/ Stems 6'- li' high. Leaves seldom 

 1 long. Flowers ' wide. Capsule rather longer than the calyx. 



4. C. nutans, Raf. Clammy-pubescent ; .stems tufted, furrowed ; leaves 

 lanceolate ; cymes ample, many-flowered ; petals oblong, emargiuate, rather 

 Linger than the oblong sepals. Low grounds in the upper districts. (T) 

 t- terns 1 high. Peduncles long. Capsule curved, three times as long as the 

 calyx. 



9. STIPULICIDA, Michx. 



Sepals 5, emargiuate, white-margined. Petals 5, spatulate, 2-toothed near 

 the base, longer than the sepals, withering persistent. Stamens 3, opposite 

 the inner sepals. Style very short, 3-parted. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. A small perennial, with an erect forking stem. Stem leaves 

 minute, subulate, witli adnate pectinate stipules. Radical leaves spatulate, 

 clustered, growing from a tuft of bristly stipules Flowers white, iu a 

 terminal cluster. 



1. S. Setacea, Michx Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to North 

 Carolina. April -June. Stem 3' 6' high, the branches spreading and 



curving. 



10. SPERGULARIA, Fere. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, oval, entire. Stamens 2- 10. Styles 3 - 5. Capsule 

 3 - 5-valved ; the valves when 5 alternate with the sepals. A low maritime 

 herb, with opposite fleshy leaves, and conspicuous scarious stipules. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, rose-colored. 



1. S. salina, Presl. Stems diffusely branched, glandular, 4' -6' high; 

 leaves linear; sepals oblong, about as long as the pedicels ; petals red; seeds 

 roundish, roughened with raised points. Sandy coast. April. 



11. SPERGULA, L. SPURRY. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5 or 10. Styles 5. Capsule 5-valved, 

 the valves opposite the sepals. Embryo forming a ring around the albumen. 

 Leaves whorled. Flowers cymose, white. 



1. S. arvensis, L. Stem erect; leaves flesh v, narrow-linear, several in 

 a whorl ; cyme loose, long-peduncled ; fruiting pedicels reflexed ; stamens 10; 

 seeds rough. Cultivated fields. Introduced. (T). 



12. POLYCARPON, L. 



Sepals 5, carinate Petals 5, emarginate, shorter than the sepals. Stamens 

 3 - 5. Styles 3, very short. Capsule 3-valved. Low annuals, with whorled 

 leaves, and minute flowers, in terminal cymes. 



1 P. tetraphyllum, L. Stems (3'- 6') forking, diffuse ; leaves spatu- 

 late-obovate, the lower ones 4 in a whorl, the upper opposite ; sepals acute ; 

 stipules conspicuous. Near Charleston. Introduced. May - June. 



