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THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



Sepals iinicli exceeding the petals. Petals red, | 

 Introduced and found occasionally in or near fields 

 Sub-order Alsinecs. Sepals free, or nearly so. 



Petals deeply notched. 

 Capsule protruding 

 Capsule included in calyx 

 Petals entire or none. 

 Sepals 4 ... 

 Sepals 5. 



Petals absent. 

 P]ant spreading 

 Plant densely tufted 

 Petals present. Stipulate. 



Leaves filiform, clustered. Petals white... 

 Leaves linear. Petals mostly pink 

 Leaves oblong. Flowers very numerous 



-1 inch long, broad.- 



Cerastium. 



1. Stellaria. 



2. Sagina. 



1. Slellaria. 



3. Colobanthus. 



Spergula. 

 5. Spergularia. 



4. Polycarpon. 



Styles 3, rarely 5- 

 . 4. S. multiflora. 



,. 6. S. media. 

 .. 3. S. flaccida. 



1. S. fungens. 



2, S. gkmca. 



1. STELLARIA. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, deeply bifid, rarely suppressed. 

 Capsule opening in 6 or 10 valves. 



Petals none ... 

 Petals conspicuous. 

 Leaves stalked, broad. 



Petals shorter than calyx, slightly pubescent 

 Petals exceeding calyx. Plant quite glabrous 

 Leaves sessile. 



Leaves pungent, narrow ovate 

 Leaves linear to lanceolate ... 



1. S. PUNGENS, Brong. Decumbent, compact or somewhat spreading. Leaves 

 \ inch, recurved, pungent, usually overlapping. Flowers long-stalked, solitary, 

 axillary. Petals \ inch long. 



Common. Temperate Australia. Fl. Dec. 



2. S. GLADCA, D. C. Generally erect, 2 inches to 2 feet. Leaves linear, acute, 

 ^-1 inch. Flowers long-stalked in the terminal axils. Petals ^ inch long. S^ 

 palustris, Retz. 



Found occasionally, chiefly in central and northern parts ; also throughout the 

 world. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



3. S. FLACCIDA, Hook. A very spreading, decumben perennial. Leaves 

 ovate to lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base, about ^ inch long, and usually 

 more or less stalked. Flowers solitary, stalked in the axils of the leaves. Sepals 

 under j inch, broadly lanceolate, acute. Petals rather longer, deeply cleft. S. 

 media, Hook. 



Common in damp, shaded places. Found also in New South "Wales and 

 Victoria. Fl. spring and summer. 



4. S. MnLTiFLORA, Hook. A small annual, with a decumbent to erect habit. 

 Leaves narrow, mostly sessile, about j inch long. Flowers axillary, on stalks 

 of varied length. Sepals narrow, acute, under j inch long. Petals absent. 



Common. Distributed in Southern Australia Fl. spring and Summer. 



5. 8. MEDIA, J>. C. A weak, spreading annual. Leaves ovate, pointed, usually 

 stalked, from ^-| inch long. Stems with a single line of hairs connecting the 

 nodes. Flowers stalked, mostly towards the ends of the branches. Sepals under 

 J inch, blunt. Petals deeply cleft, mostly shorter than the sepals. 



