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5. AGROSTEMMA, L. CORN-COCKLE. 



Calyx naked, tubular, coriaceous, its limb of 5 long and linear foliareous 

 teeth or lobes, longer than the corolla, which fall off in fruiting. Petals not 

 crowned, entire. Stamens 10, those opposite the petals adhering to the base of 

 their claws. Styles 5, alternate with the calyx-teeth. Pod 1-celled, opening at 

 the top by 5 teeth. Embryo coiled. Annual or biennial, erect and branching, 

 pubescent, with long linear leaves, and large purple flowers on long peduncles. 

 (Name dypov ffW/ti/ia, crown of the field, being a handsome corn-weed.) 



1. A. GITHAGO, L. (Lychnis Githago, Lam.) Wheat-fields; too common; 

 the black seeds of Cockle being injurious to the appearance of the flour. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



LYCHNIS, Tourn., to which the Cockle was once referred, is represented in, 

 our gardens by L. CORONARIA, the MULLEIN PINK ; L. CHALCEDONICA, the 

 SCAULET LYCHNIS ; and L. FLOS-ctrcuLi, the BAGGED ROBIN. 



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SUBORDER II. AL.siltfE.ZE. THE CHICK WEED FAMILY. 



6. HONK.ENYA, Ehrhart. SEA-SANDWORT. 



Sepals 5, fleshy. Disk at the base of the ovary conspicuous and glandular, 

 10-notched. Petals 5, obovate-wcdge-shaped, tapering into a short claw. Sta- 

 mens 1 0, inserted on the edge of the disk. Styles 3-5, short, opposite as many 

 of the sepals. Ovary more or less 3 - 5-celled. Pod fleshy, opening by as many 

 valves as styles, few-seeded at the base. Seeds smooth, short-beaked next the 

 naked hilum. A very fleshy maritime perennial, forked, with ovate or oblong 

 leaves, and solitary axillary flowers, more or less polygamo-dicecious. Petals 

 white. (Named in honor of Honckeny, a German botanist.) 



1. II. peploides, Ehrhart. (Arenaria peploides, L.} Sea-beach, 

 Maine to New Jersey. May, June. Grows in large tufts hi the sands, 6'- 10' 

 high. Leaves f ' long, partly clasping, very thick. (Eu.) 



7. A L, SINE, (Tourn.) Wahl. GROVE SANDWORT. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire, or rarely notched at the apex. Stamens 10, in- 

 serted on a small disk. Styles 3. Ovary 1-celled. Pod many-seeded, 3 valved 

 to the base ; the valves entire, opposite the inner sepals. Seeds usually rough, 

 naked at the hilum. Small tufted herbs, with narrow leaves, and mostly white 

 flowers, which are solitary and terminal or cymose. (Name from oXo-os, a 

 yrove.) This and No. 9 are comprised in Arenaria by many botanists. 

 * Leaves rigid, awl-shaped or bristle-shaped, 



1. A. squarrosa, Fenzl. (PINE-BARREN SANDWORT.) Densely tuft- 

 ed from a deep perpendicular root ; leaves closely imbricated, but spreading, awl- 

 shaped, short, channelled,- branches naked and minutely glandular above, several- 

 flowered; sepals obtuse, ovate, shorter than the pod. 1J. (Arenaria squarrosa, 

 Michx.) In pure sand, Long Island, New Jersey, and southward along the 

 coast. May - July 



