1244 xvin. CARYOPHYLLE.E. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Spergula. 



In the same situations as S. arvensis, and with the same distribution. 



I am unable to distinguish this in a dried state from the preceding. I find 3 styles 

 very frequently, as described by Roxburgh, which does away with the difference be- 

 tween the genera Spergula and Spergularia, to which latter the following species 

 belongs. 



** Leaves opposite. 



3. S. rubra, Linn. (A renaria) ; suberect or prostrate, glandular-pubes- 

 cent,leaves simply opposite linear flat, stipules cleft, sepals lanceolate-obtuse, 

 petals pink or white, seeds wingless scabrid, margin somewhat thickened. 

 Spergularia rubra, St. Nil. ; Boiss. Ft Orient, i. 732. 



Plains of the PANJAB, Edgeworth, &c. DISTRIB. N. and W. Asia, Europe. 



Root fusiform, annual. Stems much branched from the base, 4-8 in. Leaves {-I in., 

 fleshy; stipules broad, silvery. J-'lotrcr* \-^ in. diam., subglobose ; pedicels divaricate 

 or deflexed. Sepal* green, with membranous borders, obtu-e. I' tul* obovate, obti;s- : 

 shorter than the sepals. Xt<un< UK 5 or 10. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, longer than the 

 sepals. Seeds pale brown, irregularly re ni form or pyriform. This is usually referred to 

 another genus ^/icnjul iria, Persoon (/,c/>i<ii>in/t. Fri.-sK whii-h differs from >/ 

 in having only ;', styles; but tin- prevalence of 3 styles in the typical species of /Spergula 

 in India, renders this character valueless as a generic one. 



17. DRYXKARXA, Willd. 



Diffuse or suberect dichotomously branching herbs. Leaves opposite, flat ; 

 stipules small, often fugacious. Fl<>n't'rx axillary or terminal, solit. TV or 

 cypaose. SV/ *//.% 5, herbaceous. Prttitu 5, 2-G-fid. >'/>///,,/,* f>, rarely .fewer, 

 .Slightly perigynoUB. fM/>// 1 -celled ; style 3-fid ; ovules few or numerous. 

 3-valved. N- l* globose, renitorm or compressed, hilum lateral, 

 embryo curved. PISTKIP,. Species K>, all Tropical American except the fol- 

 lowing and an Australian species. 



1. D. cordata, IIV/A/. . glabrous, leaves ovate-cordate elliptic or orbi- 

 cular petioled, petals L'-lobed shorter than the sepals. Wight & Arn. /'/<//. 

 359. P. extensa, Wall. Cat. G47. Cerastium cordifolium, Roxb. Fl. 1 nd. 

 ii. 458. 



Tropical and subtropical INDIA and CEYI.ON, extending westwards to the Panjab and 

 ascending the llima.aya to 7000 ft. in Sikkim. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, Africa, and 

 America. * 



A diffuse glabrous shrubj branched from the base ; branches 1-3 ft., slender. Leaves 

 3-5-nerved from the base, mueronate; petioles variable; stipule of several bristles. 

 Flowers $- in. diam., in axillary and terminal cymes; pedicels slender; bracts \\ili 

 membranous edges. Cuh/s obconic at the very base ; sepals oblong, with ."> strong 

 nerves, and membranous margins. Petals 2-lobed to belo\v the middle, lobes narrow not 

 exceeding the sepals. Stamens 3-5. Style short; ovules 3 or more. Capsule ovoid, 

 3-gonons, shortly pedicelled, 3-valved to the base ; 1- co-seeded. Seeds orbicular, com- 

 pressed, muricate. 



18. FOLYCARFON, Linn. 



Piffuse or dichotomously branched, glabrous or pubescent herbs. 

 Leaves flat, opposite, appearing whorled from the presence of axillary 

 fascicles of leaves ; stipules scarious. Flowers small, in crowded many- 

 flowered cymes with scarious bracts. Sepals 5, keeled. Petals 5, small, 

 hyaline, entire or toothed. Stamens 3-5. Ovary 1 - celled ; style short, 3-fid; 

 ovules numerous. Seeds ovoid, hilum subbasal ; embryo almost straight 

 or incurved, cotyledons incumbent or oblique. PISTKIB. Species about 6, 

 natives of various tropical and warm climates. 



