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CARYOPHYLI.ACE.f; 



(Name from the Latin sfargo, I scatter, from scattering its 

 seeds.) 



I. .V. arvhisis (Corn Spurrey). — More or less pubescent and 

 viscid; 5/cot 6 — iS in. high, willi many. I-;nee-hke bends; leaves 



cyUndncal, rather fleshy ; 



flowers white, j in. across, 

 on slender stalks which 

 bend down in fruit. — A 

 common weed in sandy 

 cornfields, and occasionally 

 cultivated. — Fl. June — 

 August. Annual. 



1 6. Al.-^ine (Sandwort- 

 _ J Spurreyj. — Prostrate plants, 

 »S'/*°='^^ differing chiefly from Sper- 

 f:ula in having only three 

 valves to their capsules, 

 ani^ generally three styles. 

 (Nirne of unknown ety- 

 mology.) 



r. .1. rubra (Field Sand- 

 woi't-Spurrey), — A small, 

 branching, pubescent plant; 

 leave linear, flat, pointed ; 

 s/ipitlei united, lanceolate, 

 silvery, torn ; j/awers rosy, 

 ^ in. across. — Common in 

 sal^dy places. — Fl. June — 

 September. Annual. 



2. A- iiiargi/Hi/a (Sea- 

 side Sand\v(jrt-Spurrey). — 

 A. nearly allied, glandular- 

 pubescent f(.irni ; lea7'es fleshy, blunt ; s/ipitles broadly triangular, 

 usually entire ; _flo7oers pink with a white base ; petals shorter 

 than the sepals ; stamens less than ic— :Jvear the sea. — Fl. June 

 — September. Annual. 



3. A. media ( Perennial Sandwort-Spurrey). — A nearly allied, but 

 glabrous, larger, and stouter ionw ; J/ou'irs h in. across; petals 

 lilac or white, as long as the sepals ; slainens 10. Muddv salt 

 marshes.- -Fl. June— Septeiiibcr. Perennial. 



..(. ./. r/z/vVvA; (Rock San(l\vort-S|nnTey). A nearly allied, but 

 glandular-pubescent form, ^\llh leaves fascicled and pointed, which 

 occurs rarrly on rocks near the sea.-' 1"1. June — September. 

 J'erennial. 



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