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Siih-oi'dcr II. Ai.siNE.E. — Chickwecd Tribe 

 Sepals distinct or very nearly so. 



5. Sagina (Pearl- wort). —5i?/>rt/s 4-5 ; petals 4-5, minute or 

 sometimes wanting ; stamens 4-10 ; styles 4-5 ; capsule 4- 

 5-valved ; seeds numerous. (The name in Latin signifies fattening 

 meat, but is totally inapplicable to the minute plants of this genus.) 



6. McENCHIA. — Sepals 4, erect ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 or 8 ; styles 

 4 ; capsule opening at the top with 8 teeth. (Name in honour of 

 Conrad Mcench, Professor of Botany at Hesse-Cassel.) 



7. HoLOSTEUM (Jagged duckweed). — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, toothed 

 at the margin ; stamens 3-5 ; styles 3 ; capsule opening at the top 

 with 6 teeth. (The name signifies in Greek all hone, but why it 



8. Stellaeia (Stitch wort). — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, deeply 2-cleft ; 

 stamens 10 or sometimes 5 ; styles 3 or 5 ; capsule opening with 

 6 calves, or teeth. (Name from stella, a star, which the expanded 

 flowers resemble in shape.) 



g. SpergulArta (Sand Spurrey). — Sepals 5, flat ; petals 5, 

 ovate, entire, as large as the sepals ; stamens 10, sometimes less ; 

 styles usually 3. (Name from the resemblance to the next genus.) 



10. Spergula (Spurrej^). — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, ovate, entire, as 

 large as the sepals, styles 5, alternate with the sepals. (Name 

 from the Latin, sparge, to scatter, the genus being 



widely diffused.) 



11. Polycarpon (All Seed). — Sepals 5, keeled at the 

 back ; petals 5, small, notched ; stamens 3-5 ; stigmas 3, 

 on very short styles ; Iriiit i-celled, 3-valved. (Name 

 from the Greek, polys, many, and carpos, fruit.) 



12. Arenaria (Sandwort). — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, en- 

 tire ; stamens 10 ; styles 3, occasionally 4 ; capsule open- 

 ing with 3 or 6 valves. (Name from the Latin, arena, 

 sand, many species growing in sandy ground.) 



13. Cerastium (Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Sepals 5, 

 occasionally 4 ; petals 5, 2-clcft, occasionally very small, 

 or absent ; stamens 10 or 5 ; styles 5, seldom less ; cap- 

 sule tubular, opening at the end with usualhy 10 small 

 teeth. (Name from the Greek, keras, a horn, from the 

 shape of the capsule in some species.) 



I. DiANTHUS [Pink) 

 I. D. armeria (Deptford Pink). — Stem from 1-2 feet 

 high ; leaves downy ; fl.owers in close tufts, rose-coloured, 

 dotted with white, and scentless ; calyx-scales very ^'*^^^;^^ 

 narrow, downy, as long as the tube. Waste places, (Deptford 

 rare.— n, July, August. Annual. Pmti) 



