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CARVOPHYLLACE/E 



I. A. iriiic'rvia (Three-veined Sandwort). — A weak, straggling, 

 downy plant, about a foot long, approaching the Chickweed 

 (Stelldria tnedia) in habit, but at once distinguishable by its 

 undivided pdah i leaves ovate, acute, 3— 5-veincd, ciliate, the 



lower ones stalked ; //utiv/s solitary, frohr the forks of the stem 

 and axils, on l(jng slender stalks ; ,fiy>(7/.v; longer than the petals, 3- 

 veined, the central vein hairy. — Damp shady places ; common. 

 — Fl. May, June. Annual. 



2, A. serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Sandwort). — A repeatedly- 

 forked, sub-erect, grey-green, downy plant, 3 — 6 in. high, with 

 recurved hairs ; leaves ovate, acute, roughish, sessile, 1— j-veined ; 



