3IO CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



6. Honkenya Ehrh. (Ammodenia J. G. Gmel.) 

 I. H. peploides (L.) Ehrh. On sands of the seashore: Arctic 

 Am. to Va. Also in Europe and Asia. 



Conn. Not very common on the beaches in Fairfield Co., in- 

 creasing eastward into New London Co. 

 N. Y. Common along the maritime beaches of L. I.; S. I. 

 N. J. Throughout maritime New Jersey. 



7. Spergula L. 



1. S. arvensis L. In fields and waste places: frequent as a 



weed throughout E. N. Am. Adventive from Europe. 



Common as a weed throughout the cultivated areas in the range, 

 locally wanting. 



5. saliva Boenn. has recently been collected in Conn, as a weed. It is a native of 

 Europe and perhaps not distinct from 5. arvensis. 



8. Tissa Adans. 



Salt marsh species; leaves fleshy. I. T. marina. 



Dry soil species; leaves scarcely fleshy. 2. T. rubra. 



i. T. marina (L.) Britton (Spergularia leiosperma (Thunb.) 

 Smith. 5. salina J. & C. Presl). In salt marshes: N. B. to 

 Fla. Also in those at Salina, N. Y., the Pacific Coast, and 

 of northern Europe and Asia. 



Common throughout the range in salt marshes. 



2. T. rubra (L.) Britton. In waste places and along roadsides 



or sometimes maritime: Newf. to Pa., W. N. Y., Ohio and 



Va. Apparently adventive from Europe. Also in Cal. and 



Ore. 



Frequent, especially near the coasts, decreasing inland. 



Tissa canadensis (Pers.) Britton has recently been reported from near the R. I. 

 border in a Conn, coastal marsh. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



Calyx-ribs at least twice as many as the teeth, running both into the 

 teeth and into the sinuses. 

 Styles 5, alternate with the foliaceous calyx-teeth. I. Agrostemma. 



Styles 3-5, when 5 opposite the short calyx teeth. 



Styles 3, rarely 4. 2. SlLENE. 



Styles 5; capsule i-celled to the base. 3. Lychnis. 



Calyx 5-ribbcd, 5-nerved, or nerveless or striate nerved. 



Calyx conspicuously scarious between its green nerves. 



