60 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Annual or biennial. Stems 8-15 inches long, dichotomously branching. Leaves 34 an 
inch to an inch long. ” Peduneles axillary, 1-flowered. 
Common. Native of Europe. 
Obs. This little plant, so common ground dwellings, is found in 
almost every pa sal of ve world. It is exceedingly hardy, a nd may be 
found in flower the winter aiceere wherever the snow melts 
: away the little standibe flowers appear. During the warmer months the 
flowers are much less conspicuous, the ovary ee usually fertilized 
bcos the flowers expanding. In ms ah cold soils it is sufficiently 
to be troublesome, and som =o pies the soi 
exclusion of everything else. It is often given to canary and other mead 
6. SPER’GULA, L. Spurrey. 
Vescarte from the Latin, Spargo, to scatter.] 
5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5-10. Styles 5. Capsule 5 i 
Seeds orbi a narrow margin. Lo 
te the se cular wi 
ralros opposite the sopals.. Soe orion € sti 
ae 1. S. arvénsis, L. Teaves Tinear.and: tareedlike,-anemg. in. a hO%S 
a. 
Fic, 37. Chickweed (Stellaria media). 38, An enlarged flower, 39 A petal. 
