POPULAR FLORA. 



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5. CouYMBEr) S. Herb i" to 2" liijli, with a terete stem, little branched ; leaves oblong, (lotted witli 



blnck HH well as with triiiispiuent dots, and ho generally are the pale yellow petals ; Hcpuls oblong. 

 Low grounds. //. cori/mhiisnm. 



* * * Stamens few, 5 to 15. Styles 3, short. Poil i -colled. Slender annuals, growing in wet 



or Kiindy places, .\' to I^' liigh : Howers very small. 



6. S.\I.\Lr- S. Sem weak, witii spreading branche.s, leafy to tiie top ; leave.s ovate or oblong, partly 



clasping, 5-ribbed. //. vnltifinii. 



7. Canada S. liranches erect, leaves lance-sliaped or linear ; cymes lenfless. //. ('(umiii nxr. 



8. PlNK-WKKi) S. lUishy-branched, the branches wiry anil very slender ; the leaves very minute, 



awl-shaped, close-pressed to tlie branches; flowers minute, sessile along tlie branches. 



//. Sordthra. 



15. PINK FAMILY. Order CAKYOPIIYLLACE/E. 



Herbs witli opposite ami entire leaves, wliicli are not dotted, tlie stems swollen at tiie 

 joints. Flowers regular, tiieir ])iirts in live.-*, sometimes in lours. Stamens never more 

 tlian twice as many as the petals or sepals, and olten fewer, on the receptacle or the calyx. 

 Styles or stigmas generally separate, 2 to 5. Fruit a pod, which is generally i-celled, 

 with the seeds from the bottom or ou a central column. These are kidney-shaped, and 

 have the embryo on the outside of the albumen, generally coiled around it. Bland 



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3<t2. Piece of SiJe-llotti'iiiig Saiiihvort,. ,".<i.'!. Kluwer in iKiiil'nil. .HU .» s'mmI .livul'il. >li(m i-.i^; tl;i' I'liibiyo colled around th« 

 outside (if tloalbuiiicn. Sii'i. Pistil of SaiidSpurroy cut ihrnu.;!! Ii'iijjtliuisi' anil iiiaKiiiri''d. 3otj. Lower part of tin- i>vary of the 

 •ame, cut acrusa. 307. Flower of u CatcliHy cut through leiijjthwi.se. yOM. A ueparate petal. 



