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65. Saponaria Linn. 
Herbs, annual or perennial; Jeaves fiat. Flowers in dicho- 
tomous cymes. Calyx more or less tubular, ovoid or oblong, 5- 
with or without a basal scale. Stamens 10. Disk small or 
elongated into a gynophore. Ovary 1-celled or imperfectly 2-3- 
celled; styles 2, rarely 3; ovules numerous. Fruit an ovoid or 
oblong capsule, rarely subglobose, 4-toothed in dehiscing. Seeds 
reniform or subglobose ; embryo annular. 
105. SAPoNARIA VACCARIA pr bs le Ss by '* 9 Bega D. Ss. 850. 
S. perfoliata F. I. ii. 
In fields of grain in ne and Behar, common; C. 
Bengal, occasional only. 
A cold weather weed. Beng. Sabuni; Hind. Musna, 
66. Stellaria Linn. 
Herbs, annual or perennial, erect or prostrate ; leaves usually 
flat; stipules 0. Flowers in dichotomous cymes, OF occasionally 
terminal solitary, white. Sepals 5, rarely 4, free or connate at the 
base. Petals 5, rarely 4, 2-fid or 2-partite, occasionally 0. Stamens 
10, rarely fewer, hypogynous or perigynous. Dis k annular or divided 
into glands. Ovary 1-locular, rarely ¥ locular; styles 8 or rarely 
2-5; ovules usually numerous. Fruit geo capsule, splitting 
from below the middle to the base ge many entire 0 r 2-fid 
valves as there are styles. Seeds pence tubercled, aalede 
or nearly smooth; embryo annular. 
106. SrennaRIA MEp1a Linn.; F. B. L. i. 230; E. D. S. 2789. 
C. Bengal, Sdemaittil in waste ground or gardens, but 
only near Calcutta, in the cold weather. 
A variable weed. 
67. Spergula Linn. 
Herbs, annual or perennial, with dichotomous or fascicled 
branches ; leaves opposite, with frequently axillary leafy buds 
whence leaves become pseudo-verticillate ; stipules able scarious. 
_ Flowers in peduncled Liem cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 
entire, Stamens 10 or 5, rarely fewer, rising from the perigynous 
disk, Ovary 1-locular; styles 3 or 5; ovules numerous. Fruit 
& capsule, with 3 or 5 entire valves. Seeds compressed, winged or 
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