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6. S. palustris (Glaucous Marsh Stitchwort). Stem nearly erect, 

 angular, smooth ; leaves narrow, tapering, entire, glaucous ; flowers 

 solitary, on long axillary stalks ; petals very deeply 2-cleft, much 

 longer than the 3-nerved sepals. Resembling the preceding in 

 habit, 6-12 inches high, but with larger flowers. Marshy places. 

 Fl. June to August. Perennial. 



7. S. Holostea (Greater Stitchwort, Satin-flower, or Adder's Meat). 

 Stem nearly erect, angular, rough-edged ; leaves narrow, tapering 

 to a long point, minutely fringed ; petals deeply 2-cleft, twice as 

 long as the sepals. Among the most ornamental of our early sum- 

 mer flowers, scarcely less conspicuous with its delicate green leaves 

 than with its snow-white petals. The stems do not die down to 

 the ground in winter, as is the case with most other herbaceous 

 perennials ; but though dead to all appearance, they send out deli- 

 cate green tufts very early in the year, so that the flowering stems, 

 especially in bushy places, seem to have made unusually rapid 

 growth. Fl. April to June. Perennial. 



9. Spergularia (Sand Spurrey) 



1. S. rubra (Common Spurrey). Leaves linear, somewhat fleshy, 

 pointed with a minute bristle ; stipules 

 chaffy ; stems prostrate, branching, 3-6 in- 

 ches. A small branching annual or biennial, 

 with purple or sometimes almost white 

 flowers, which vary much in size. Common 

 in sandy fields. Fl. June to August. 



A variety called 5. maritima occurs with 

 fleshy semi-cylindrical leaves without points ; 

 stipules chaffy ; stems prostrate. A stouter, 

 larger plant, with larger flowers. Common 

 on the seashore. Fl. June to August. 



10. Spergula (Spurrey) 



1. 5. arvensis (Corn Spurrey). Leaves 

 cylindrical, in whorls, with minute chaffy 

 stipules at the base ; flowers panicled, bent 

 down when in fruit. A common weed in 



gravelly cornfields, 6-12 inches high, flowers Spergula Arvensis 

 white. Fl. all the summer. Annual. (Com Spurrey) 



11. Polycarpon (All Seed) 

 1. P. tetraphylliim (Four-leaved All Seed). A small plant, with 

 prostrate, branched stems, 3-4 inches long, and many minute 

 greenish white flowers with 3 stamens. The ovate leaves are oppo- 



