Saponabia.] 17. CARYOPHYLLACEA 



! only. Petals usuaj 

 10 or fewer, hypogy: 



_ 



perigynous. Ovary 1-, rarely 3-eelled. St 



i ipsul, short, splitting into is main .-ntir 

 are styles. Seeds compressed. Embryo ann 



1. S. media, L. Chickweed. 



b-cordate base, lower long-pet: 

 I sepals. Seeds brown, obtusely tubercled. 



ith., Wall. Cat 



eate on the petiole s 

 ■2 -25", usually 4-merous. Petals lo 



ng-clawed, often o: 





3. SPERGULA, 



L. Spurn 



>y. 



Herbs w 



so thai the leaves appear to be whorle< 

 .i loon i perigyn u< lisi Ovary 1 -celled 



1. S. arvensis, L. 



A small, pubescent or glanduhu 

 subulate.' semi-terete, rather fleshy 

 diam., petals obtuse. Seeds papil. 

 Tlie fruiting' pedicels are denYxed. 



-. diffuse g 



leaves an< 



los,., k.-eled 



1 .'hit. 



