148 ALSINE^. (CHICKWEED FAMILY.) 



3. ALSINE. Petals 5. Styles 3. Ovary many-ovuled. 



4. aUERIA. Petals 0, Styles 3. Ovary 1-ovuled. 



TRIBE II. STEIiLiARINEiE. Stipules 0. Valves or teeth of capsule twice 

 as many as styles. 



* Styles 2-3 {^rarely 5) Capsule usually ovate or ovate-conical. 



5. AREWARIA. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, perigynous. 



6. STELLARIA. Petals 4-5, bifid or bipartite. Stamens 10, hypogynous or perigynous, 



7. HOLOSTEUM. Petals 5, denticulate. Stamens 3-4. 



* * Styles 5, {rarely 3-4). Capsule cylindrical, or conico-cylindrical. 



8. CERASTIUM. Petals 5 (rarely 4,) 2 toothed or bifid. 



TRIBE III. MALiACHIE/E. Stipules 0. Valves of capsule and styles 5. 



9. MALACHIUM, Petals 5, bipartite. 



TRIBE IV. SPEBtGUIiEiE. Leaves stipulate. Valves of capsule as many as 

 styles. 



10. SPERGULA. Styles 5. Leaves whorled, 



11. SPERGULARIA, Styles 3, Leaves opposite. 



1. SAGIl^A, L. Peaklwort. 



Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5, entire or retuse, often 0. Stamens 4-10, 

 hypogynous. Ovary many-ovuled. Capsule 4-5-valved to base. Seeds 

 kidney-shaped. Tufted annual or perennial herbs, with white or green 

 flowers, and awl-shaped leaves, connate at base, forming a sheath. 



1, S. procunifi^eiis, L. Ti .02to.l, stems procumieiit, rooting 

 at base. Leaves glabrous. Sepals ovate, obtuse, equal; petals ovate, 

 half as long as calyx, sometimes — September — Subalpine Lebanon, 

 Amanus, and northward. 



2. S. apetala, S. © .02 to .05, stems erect, branching from 

 base. Leaves ciliate at Jjase, rarely glabrous. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 unequal, shorter than capsule ; petals minute, lanceolate, or — Spring 



— Sandy places ; along coast. 



2. BUFFOIVIA, Sauv. Buffonia. 



Sepals 4, scarious-margined. Petals 4, entire or bidentate. Sta- 

 mens 4-8, inserted on a perigynous, sometimes glandular disk. Styles 

 2. Ovary 2-10-ovuled. Capsule lenticular, compressed at base, 2- 

 valved. Seeds generally 2, basilar — Annual or perennial herbs with 

 aspect of Juncus bufonii. 



* Annuals. 



1. B. inacrosperma, J. Gay. © .2 to .4 ; stems simple or 

 forked. Pedicels scabrous ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 3-7-nerved ; 

 petals one-half to three-fourths as long as sepals ; stamens 4, as long 

 as petals ; styles shorter than ovary ; seeds tubercled at face and back 



— May and June — Stony places ; Lebanon, Coelesyria, and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



Var. Tirgata, Post. Stems nearly simple. Seeds less strongly 

 tuberculed on face than at back — Same range as last. {B. mrgata, 

 Boiss.) 



