CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 31 



IlaJ). Sandy fields, gardens, &c. frequent. Fl. Juue. Fr. July. 



Obs. The S. noctiflora, L. seems to have disappeared, since last 

 edition of this work. 



ff Calyx with 5 elongated fdiaceous segments. 



[53. LYCIIWIS, Tournef. 



[Gr. Lychnos, a lamp; the cottony leaves affording material for wicks.] 

 Calyx ovoid-oblong, coriaceous. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 

 half 5-celled, opening with 5 or 10 teeth at summit. 



1. L. GithUgo, Lam. Hairy; leaves lance-linear, acute ; petals obo- 



vate, emarginate, not crowned. 



Agrostemnia Githago, L. $ FL Cestr. ed. 2. p. 281. 



GITH-LIKE LYCHNIS. Cockle. Rose Campion. 



Plant greyish or glaucous green, annual Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, simple, di- 

 chotomously paniculate at summit. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, sessile, connate by 

 a scabrous membrane. Flowers violet-purple, on stout leafless peduncles 4 to 8 

 inches long. 

 Hub. Wheat and Rye fields. Nat. of Europe. Fl. June. Fr. July. 



Obs. This foreign weed (specifically named Gitliaao, from its fan- 

 cied resemblance to " Gith," or Guinea-Pepper), though diligently 

 rooted out by all neat farmers, obstinately maintains its ground in 

 our grain fields. The rough black seeds, when abundant among 

 wheat (and their size makes it difficult to separate them from it), 

 are injurious to the quality and appearance of the manufactured 

 flour. 



SUBORDER II. ALSIN'EAE. 



Sepals 5, nearly or quite distinct ; petals without claws, Inserted, with the stamens, 

 at the base of the sessile ovary ; styles 2 or 3 to 5 ; capsule 1-celled, few- or many- 

 seeded ; stipules none. 



54. AREUT A X RIA, L. 



[Latin, Arena, sand; from its usual place of growth.] 



Petals usually 5, entire. Stamens twice as many. Styles mostly 3. 

 Capsule many-seeded, splitting at apex into 8 valves, the valves 

 sometimes 2-cleft. Flowers white. 



1. A. stricta, MX. Cespitose; smooth; leaves subulate-linear, 

 with axillary fascicles ; panicle trichotomous. 



UPRIGHT ARENARIA. Rock Sandwort. 



Perennial. Stems 4 to 8 or 10 inches high, slender, with short internodes, 

 trichotomously branched above. Leaves half an inch to three-quarters in length, 

 rather rigid. Panicle terminal ; branches filiform. Petals twice as long as the 

 sepals. 

 Hob. Rocky banks ; serpentine ridge : not common. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



2. A. serpyllifdlia, L. Diffusely branching; roughish-pubescent; 

 leaves ovate, acute; peduncles solitary. 



THYME-LEAVED ARENARIA. Common Sandwort. 



Annual. Stems 3 to 6 or 8 inches long, more or less procumbent, dichotomously 

 branched. Leaves 2 or 3 lines in length, ciliate, sessile. Peduncles axillary and 

 terminal. Petals mostly shorter than the sepals. 

 Hob. Dry, eandy banks. Nat. of Europe. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



