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Family 3. PARONYCHIEZ. 
Like Alsinez, but the parts frequently de- 
fective or reduced in numbers. Leaves with 
scarious stipules. 
1, Spergula L. Cory-Srurrey. 
Stamens 5 or 10. Ovary o-ovulate; styles 
5, alternate with the sepals. Capsule 5-valved. 
Valves opposite to the sepals.—©. 
1. L. arvensis L. Flowers white. — San 
Francisco. Summer. Ballast weed, introduced 
from Europe. 
1. Spergularia Pers. (Lepigonum Fries). 
Sanp-SPURREY. 
Ovary -ovulate; style 3-5-cleft. Capsule 
3-5-valved. 
1. §S. macrorgeca Fisch. & Meyer. Leaves 
with large ovate stipules; flowers rose-col- 
ored.—2¢. Margins of salt marshes. Sum- 
mer. 
2. S.mepra Fries. Leaves with short sti- 
pules; flowers white.—©. Contra Costa. 
Spring. 
3. Pentacena Bartl. 
Divisions of the calyx unequal, persistent in 
fruit; the three external with cucullate apex, 
ending in a spine; two internal mucronate. 
Petals 5, minute. Stamens 3-5. Ovary 1- 
ovulate; style 2-cleft. Fruit a utricle.—©. 
