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CARYOPHYLLACE.E 



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

 seeds.) 



i. S. arvensis (Corn Spurrey). — More or less pubescent and 

 viscid; stem 6 — 18 in. high, with many knee-like bends; leaves 

 __ cylindrical, rather fleshy ; 



^^^^Sbs^ floivers white, \ 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. Alsine (Sandwort- 

 v Spurrey). — Prostrate plants, 

 differing chiefly from Sper- 

 gula in having only three 

 valves to their capsules, 

 and generally three styles. 

 (Name of unknown ety- 

 mology.) 



i. A. rubra (Field Sand- 

 wort-Spurrey). — A small, 

 branching, pubescent plant; 

 leaver linear, fiat, pointed ; 

 stipules united, lanceolate, 

 silvery, torn ; flowers rosy, 

 \ in. across. — Common in 

 sandy places. — Fl. June — ■ 

 September. Annual. 



2. A. marginal a (Sea- 

 side Sandwort-Spurrey). — 

 A nearly allied, glandular- 

 pubescent form ; leaves fleshy, blunt ; stipules broadly triangular, 

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

 than the sepals ; stamens less than io. — Near the sea. — Fl. June 

 — September. Annual. 



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

 glabrous, larger, and stouter form ; flowers \ in. across ; petals 

 lilac or white, as long as the sepals; stamens 10. — Muddy salt- 

 marshes. — Fl. June — September. Perennial. 



4. A. rupicola (Rock Sandwort-Spurrey). — A nearly allied, but 

 glandular-pubescent form, with leaves fascicled and pointed, which 

 occurs rarely on rocks near the sea. — Fl. June — September. 

 Perennial. 



sp^rgula arvensis {Corn Spurrey). 



