Drymaria.] CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 63 



Nilgiris, above 6,000 ft. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn., was formerly found near 



Madras. 



6. Sagina, Linn. 



Small herbs. Leaves linear-subulate, connate at the base, 

 exstipulate. Flowers small, globose, solitary, axillary and 

 terminal, pedicelled. Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5, entire or 0. 

 Stamens 4-10, perigynous. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 4-5 ; ovules 

 numerous. Capsule 4-5-valved to the base. Seeds reniform. 

 SAGINA PROCUMBBNS, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 242. 



A small annual with many branches from near the base, short 

 linear acute leaves and small globose flowers on long slender 

 cymose pedicels. 

 Nilgiri Hills, above 6,000 ft. 



7. Spergula, Linn. 



Herbs with forked or fascicled branches. Leaves often 

 apparently whorled ; stipules small scarious. Flowers in ped- 

 uncled paniculate cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 4, entire. Stamens 

 5 or 10, rarely fewer. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3-5, ovules many. 

 Capsule with 3-5 entire valves. Seeds margined or winged. 

 SPERGULA ARVENSIS, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 243. 



A loosely-branched annual weed with whorl-like clusters of 

 narrow linear leaves and large irregular terminal cymes of 

 long-stalked flowers. Seeds brown or black, papillose. 

 A weed of cool climate cultivation, Nilgiri and Pulney Hills 

 above 6,000 ft. 



8. Drymaria, Willd. 



Diffuse glabrous herbs. Leaves roundish ; stipules of several 

 bristles. Flowers in axillary and terminal cymes. Sepals 5. 

 Petals 5, 2-6-fid. Stamens 3-5. Ovary 1-celled; style 3-fid; 

 ovules 3 or more. Capsule 3-valved to the base. Seeds orbicular, 

 muricate. 



DRYMARIA CORDATA, Willd. ; F. B. I. i. 244 ; W. & A. 359. 



A diffuse glabrous herb with nearly orbicular 3-5-nerved leaves 

 and slender inflorescence. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara and Mysore southwards, up to 

 4,000 ffc., in shady places. 



