92 CAUTOPHTLLACE.E. (piNK FAMILY.) 



soon bcconiijig lateral; sepals olflon-j:, obtuse. — Gravelly shores, &c., Rhode 

 Island to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and northward. May, June. (Eu.) 

 § 4. AMMADENIA, Gniclin. (Honke'nya, EMi.) Pod fleshy, sjilKtinrj into as 

 many calces as there are styles (3, mrely 4 or 5) ; the ovary more or less 3 - (5-) 

 celled: seeds few, smooth, short-btaktd at the naked hilum : disk under the ovary 

 more piominenl than usual, ylundnlar, lO-lohed ; floicers almost sessile in the axi/s 

 of fleshy leaves, sometimes dioecious or jwlyfjamous : root perennial. 

 7. A. peploides, L. Stems (simple or forkin^^ from long rootstocks, 6'- 

 10' high) and uvato i)artly-clasping leaves (8"- 10" long) very fleshy, (llon- 

 kenya peploides, Khrh., cd 2.) — Sands of the sea-shore. New Jersey to Maine 

 and northward. June. (Eu.) 



7. STELLARIA, L. Ciiickwked. Starwoht. 



Sepals 4 -5. Petals 4 - 5, deeply 2-cleft, sometimes none. Stamens 8, 10, 

 or fewer. Styles 3, rarely 4 or 5, opposite as many sepals. Pod ovoid, 1-cclled, 

 opening by twice as many valves as there are styles, several -many-seeded. 

 Seeds naked. — Flowers (white) solitary or eymose, terminal, or appearing 

 lateral by the prolongation of the stem from the upper axils. (Name from 

 Stella, a star, in allusion to the star-shaped flowers.) 



* Stems spreading, flaccid, marked lonfjitudiniilly icith one or two pubescent lines : 



leaves ovate or oblong, i' - 2^' long. 



1. S. sii:DiA, Smith. (Co.mmos Ciiickweed ) Annual or nearly so; 

 lower leaves on hairy petioles; petals shorter than the calyx, 2-parttd ; stamens 3- 

 10. — Everywhere in damp grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. S. ptlbera, Miehx. (Great Ciuckweed.) Root perennial; leaves 

 all sessile ; jietah longer than the calyx, deeply 2-clcft ; stamens 10. — Shaded 

 rocks, Pennsylvania to Kentucky and southward. May. 



* * Stems erect or spreading : tcholly glabrous perennials, with sessile and narrow or 



. small leaver : stamens usually 10, perigynous. 

 ' -t- Scaly-bracted : petals 2-parted, eepialling or surpassing the calyx. 



3. S. longifdlia, Mnhl. (Long-leaved Stitciiwort.) Stem erect, 

 weak, often with rough angles (8'- 18' high); leaves linear, acntish at both ends, 

 spreading ; cymes naked and at length lateral, peduncled, many-flowered, the slender 

 pedicels spreading ; petals 2-parted, longer than the calyx ; seeds smooth. — 

 Grassy places : common, especially northward. June, July. (Eu.) 



4. S. Idngipes, Goldie. (Long-stalked S.) Shining or somewhat 

 glaucous, very smooth ; leaves ascending, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 broadest at the base, rather rigid ; cyme terminal, few-flowered, the long pedicels 

 strictly erect ; petals longer than the calyx ; seeds smooth. — Maine to Wiscon- 

 sin : rare, common farther north. (Eu.) 



5. S. Uligin6sa, MniT. (Swamp S.) Stems weak, decumbent or diffuse, 

 at length prolonged, leaving the naked and nsuaUy sessile cymes lateral ; Icavts 

 lojiceolute or oblong, veiny ; petals and ripe pods as long as the calyx; seeds rough- 

 ened. (S. aquatica, Pollich.) — Swamps and rills, Pennsylvania (Darlington, 

 &.C.), New Hampshire {Blake), and northward iu British America. (Eu.) 



