P/. ex. Mar 72. CARY0PHYLLE7E. 404. Sperg. 65S 



margined ; stamens 5 or 4 ; seeds kidneyshape, tubercular, 

 rough. — Herb nutritive to cattle, and causes them to give 

 much milk; seeds used to feed poultry, and to make bread. 



5. Spergula pentandra. ■ Five-stamened spurry. 



Leaves in whirls ; flowers 5-stamened ; seeds flat, mar- 

 gined. 



Spergula annua semine foliaceo nigro, circulo membranaceo albo 

 cincto, Rail Syn, 351, 8, 



Spergula pentandra, Lin. S. P. 630. 



Sandy fields ; annual ; June. 



Leaves very fleshy ; calyx-margin scarcely scarious ; seeds 

 smooth, margin white. 



X. 405. CHERLERIA. Haller. Cherler. 



Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals 5, very small, nicked ; stamens 10; 

 styles 3; capsule 3-valved, 3-celled; cells 2- seeded. 



Cherleria sedoides. Seduml'ike cherler. 



Stems tufted; leaves 3-sided, awlshape,3-ribbed; peduncle 

 single, axillary, 1 -flowered, 



Sedum montanuoi perpusillum luteolis florilms, Park. 737. 

 Cherleria sedoides, Lin. S. P. 608. 

 Mossy cyphel. 



Alpine rocks ; perennial ; July. 



Root woody, branched ; leaves close, blunt ; peduncles 

 2-bracteated in the middle; j^owe/,? yellowish green, upright; 

 sepales keeled ; seeds angular. 



XI. 406. ARENARIA. Linnaeus. Sandwort. 



Calyx 5-sepaled; petals 5, not cut; Haw ens ,10 ; styles 3 ; 

 capsule 1 -celled, 3-valved. 



a. Stipularia. Stipules at the base of the leaves, scarious. 



1. Arenaria rubra. Red sandwort. 



Stem prostrate; leaves linear, mucronate, longer than the 

 internode ; seeds compressed, angular, roughish. 



Spergula purpurea, Raii Syn. 351,9. 

 Alsine spergulse facie, Ger. em. 1125, 5. 

 Saginse Spergula minima, Park. 561. 

 Arenaria rubra, Lin. S. P. 606. 

 Arenaria carapestris, Allioni Pedem. 

 Chickweed spurrey. Small red spurrey. 



Sandy fields ; annual ; July and August. 



Stem divaricating, bald; leaves flat; stipules torn; panicle 

 terminal, downy ; flowers bluish flesh-colour; capsule three- 

 valved, as long as the calyx ; seeds wedgeshape. 



