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XIY. CARYOPlIYLLACEiE : ALSINE^-. 



[ Sagi 



ma. 



panicled above, pubescent, viscid in a slight degree about the joints 

 Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate. Calyx in the anther-bearinJ 

 flowers sub-cylindrical, in the fruit-bearing ones ovate. ^ 



- 5. L. diurna Sibth. (red C) ; flowers subdioecious, calyx of the 

 pistilliferous flowers with triangular teeth, capsule nearly ^lo, 

 bose, the teeth recurved. L. dioica a. Z. ; E. B. t. 1579. ^ 



Damp hedge-banks or in woods, not uncommon. 1^. 6,7.^ 

 Petals red, very rarely nearly white. In both this and the last the 

 fiowers have occasionally both stamens and pistils, but we have seen 

 none such in which one or other were not abortive. 



5. Agkostemma Linn. Cockle. 



CaL monopbyllous, tubular, coriaceous, with 5 teeth. Tet. 5 

 clawed, their border undivided and without a crown. Staml 

 10, alternate ones opposite to the petals and adhering to their 

 claws. Styles^ 5. Caps, opening with 5 teeth, 1 -celled. 

 Name : aypov arsfx/ja, Crown of the fields from its being a great 

 ornament to corn-fields. 



(Corn C). E, B. t. 741. Lychnis Lam. 



Desf, 



Corn-fields, now too frequent, but probably an introduced plant. 11, 



Stem 1 — 2 ft. high, branched erect. Zeat-e^ linear-lanceolate. 



I 



Flowers 



6—8. 



Cafya: ribbed, its segments much longer than the corolla, 

 large, purple. As now limited this is the only species; all the others 

 of Linnasus having been referred to Lychnis, and among them the 

 Flos Jovis, to which the name Agrostemma principally referred. 



f 



Sub-Okb. II. ALSIXEiE. Sepals distinct or nearly se. Petals 

 and stamens inserted on an hypogynous or perigynous ring. 

 Capsule sessile^ \- celled, 



6. Sagina Linn, Pearl-wort. 



Pet. 4 — 5, entire or emarginate, some- 



Cal of 4 



5 sepals. 

 Stam, 4 



times wanting, 



and alternate with them. 



10. Styles as many as the sepals, 

 Valves of Capsule entire, as many as 

 the sepals and opposite to them. Seeds small, numerous. — The 

 name (signifying meat which fattens) is little applicable to any 

 of the minute plants belonging to this genus. 



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Sepals, stamens and styles 4, rarely 5. 



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Eusagina. 



M 



slightly hairy erect or ascending, leaves aristate fringed, sepals 

 4, much longer than the calyx, very spreading in fruit obtuse, 

 or the two outer ones slightly mucronate. B, B, t. 881. 



Dry gravelly places, and walls. &e., frequent; sometimes upon the 

 sea-shore. Rare in Scotland. ©. 5 — 9. — More slender than 



