G8 14. CARYOPHYLLACILE. 



3. A. salina (Groves); st. compressed, I. flattish fleshy blimt- 

 ish or slightly pointed, stip. broadly triangular-ovate entire, 

 caps, exceeding the cal. about as lone/ as the fr. -stalk, seeds com- 

 pressed roundish nearly surrounded by a thickened border and 

 some often with a broad scarious wing. E. B. S. 2978. 

 L. salinum (Kindb.) ed. viii. L. long ; pan.-l. sometimes long, 

 sometimes inconspicuous. Ped. occasionally twice as long as 

 the capsule. Pet. pink ivith a white base falling short of cal. 

 Stam. less than 10. L. medium (Fr.) has shortly ovate stip., 

 caps, about equalling cal., seeds triquetrous smooth with a 

 thickened border but rarely a few winged. L. neylectum 

 (Kindb.) is glandular. Near the sea. A. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



4. A. marina (Wahl.) ; st. compressed, 1. fleshy bluntish, 

 stip. broadly triangular usually entire, caps, very large often 

 twice as long as the cal. but scarcely | as long as the fr.-stalk, 

 seeds compressed roundish nearly surrounded by a thickened bor- 

 der within a broad scarious wing. E. B. 958. L. long, j-terete ; 

 pan.-l. very short, inconspicuous. Caps, larger than in the other 

 species. Seeds reddish. Pet. pale pink, with a white base. 

 Stam. 10. Muddy salt marshes.* P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



18. SPER'GULA Linn. Spurrey. 



1. S. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. linear convex above furrowed beneath 

 scarcely viscid, fl. in forked panicles, fr. -stalks deflexed, seeds 

 slightly compressed obscurely margined, covered with club- 

 shaped papilla. S. I'ulyaris (Boenn.). L. grass-green. 

 Cultivated land. A. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. S. sativa (Boenn.) ; 1. linear convex above furrowed beneath 

 very viscid, fl. in forked panicles, fr.-stalks deflexed, seeds 

 slightly compressed with a very narrow margin covered with 

 minute elevated points. L. grey-green. Seeds black. Cul- 

 tivated land. A. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



[S. pent an' dr a (L.) ; seeds broadly winged. A specimen in 

 Dillenian Herb, supposed to have been collected by Sherard 

 in Ireland. See Ann. Bot. iv. 378 and J. of B. 28. 302.] 



Suborder IV. Scleranthea. 



19. SCLEKAN'THUS Linn. Knapwell. 



1. S. arinmis (L.) ; subdecandrous, seym. of fr.-cal. patent 

 acute with a very narrow membranous margin, as long as their 

 tube. E. B. 351. Styles exceeding the stamens. St. re- 



