CARYOPHYLLACEJl. 



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Divisions of Cal. lanceolate, acute, flat. p. 6, 7- 

 Shady rocks, among mountains. 



2. sedifolia. L. convex on both sides, 

 short, lineari-lanceolate, keeled, p. 6. Col 

 di Tende. 



3. papulosa. L. fleshy, lineari-spatulate, 

 papillose, p. 5. Furlo. Apen. 



B. Stamens 10. Petals 5. 



4. Ponse. L. linear, obtuse, fleshy, nerve- 

 less, smooth, with a short mucro. Stems 

 tufted. Stalks about 2-flowered, terminal. 

 Sepals obtuse, 3-nerved, shorter than petals. 

 Caps. 4-7 valved. p. 6, 7- Rocks. Tyrol. 

 Monte Baldo. 



5. polygonoides. L. lineari - filiform, 

 somewhat fleshy, nerveless. Stems procum- 

 bent. Stalks 1- or more flowered, lateral. 

 Sepals obtuse, 3-nerved, shorter than petals. 

 (Caps. 3-valved, Bert.) p. 6, 7. Stony 

 pastures. Alps. 



6. villosa. Stems ascending. L. lineari- 

 lanceolate, acute, nerveless ; lowest much 

 smaller, elliptic, tapering into a stalk shorter 

 than L. Stalks 1-3-flowered, reflexed after 

 flowering. Sepals acute, nerveless, shorter 

 than petals, p. 6-8. Mns. Poresen above 

 Zarz, Cam. 



7. diversifolia. L. lineari-lanceolate; low- 

 est ovate, acute, tapering iato stalks two or three 

 times as long as L. Stalks 1-3-flowered, ter- 

 minal, porrect after flowering. Sepals ovate, 

 1-nerved; outer acute; inner obtuse, shorter 

 than petals, p. 6, 7- Shady calc. rocks. Sty. 

 Carn. 



8. trinervia. AU L. ovate, acute, 3- 

 nerved ; lower on stalks as long as L. Sepals 

 acute, 8-nerved, longer than petals, a. 5, 6. 

 Shady batiks. 



124. SAGINA. 



1. ciliata. Difiiise. Fr. at first cemuous, 

 afterwards erect. L. linear, awned, cUiate at 

 base. Two outer Sepals acuminato-mncronate. 

 a. 6, 7. Fields, very rare. Bingen. Luxem- 

 burg. Westph. Sax. 



2. bryoides. Creeping. Pr. at first cer- 

 nuous, afterwards erect. L. linear, mucronu- 

 late, finely denticulato-ciliate. Sepals obtuse, 

 pointless, a. Rotten wood in the Valley. 

 Syn near Steeg in Tyrol. 



3. procumbeus. Procumbent. Fr. at 

 first cemuous, afterwards erect. L. linear. 



mucroniJate, quite hairless. Sepals obtuse, 

 pointless, exceeding petals, a. 5-8. Walls and 

 dry. 



4. maritima. Fr. always erect. L. lan- 

 ceolate, very short, quite hairless. Sepals 

 obtuse, pointless. Pet. 0. a. 5-8. Shore. Br. 

 G. w. Fr. Sard. Cors. 



5. apetala. Nearly erect. Fr. always erect. 

 L. linear, bristle-pointed, ciliate. Sepals spread- 

 ing in the Fr. ; two outer somewhat cuspidate. 

 a. 5, 6. Barren. 



6. patula. Stem with spreading branches 

 from the base. Fr. slightly nodding, after- 

 wards erect. L. linear sxibulate, bristle- 

 pointed. Base of Cal. and upper part of Stalk 

 covered with glandular hairs. Cal. of Fr. 

 erect, a. Fields. Quincieux on the Rhone. 

 — Joed AN. 



125. SPERGULA. 



i. L. whorled, stipulate. Seeds winged. 



1. sativa. Stamens 10. Seeds large, reni- 

 formi-subrotund, not tnbercled, but finely 

 granulate under a high power. Crest narrow ; 

 " no peripheric cii-cle by the crest." a. 4, 5. 

 Canton of Tessin. — Beet. 



2. arvensis. Stamens 10. Seeds much 

 smaller than in the last, thick, lenticular, ir- 

 regularly spiinkled with pale dots; margin 

 very nan-ow. a. 5-7. Fields. 



3. pentandra. Stamens usually 5. Seeds 

 compressed, with a broad radiating margin, 

 and surrounded by a ring of minute, white 

 tubercles, a. 4-6. Fields. 



ii. L. opposite. Stipules 0. Seeds 

 loithout wings, reniform . 



4. nodosa. L. lineari-filiform ; upper in 

 bundles. Fl. and Fr. erect. Pet. twice as 

 long as calyx, p. 7, 8. Hoist sand or peat. 

 n. and m. Em*. 



5. saginoides. Creeping. L. linear, with 

 short mucro. Fl.-stallis solitary, very long, 

 smooth. Young Fr. cernuous ; aftei'n'ards erect. 

 Pet. and Sepals obtuse, about equal, p. 6. 



Mountains, high. 



6. subulata. Creeping, cespitose, some- 

 what hairy. L. linear, pointed, rigid, cm-ved, 

 (fringed, Sm.) Fl.-stalks soKtary, very long, 

 somewhat hairy. Pet. and Sepals obtuse, 

 about equal, p. 7, 8. Sandy heaths. 



7. pilifera. Stems tufted, decumbent. L. 

 filiformi-subulate, with a long acumen. Fl.- 



