CARYOPH YLLACE AE 2 1 3 



B. Styles 5, rareJy less, opposite the sepals. Capsule cylindrical. 



Several S. A. species, others as weeds. Flor. Cap. 1, 1 30. 



2. Cerastium DHL 



Tribe II. Sperguleae. 



Stipules membranous. Petals entire ; styles free. 



A. Styles 5 ; petals white. 



1 introduced species, Sp. aruensis. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 135. 



3. Spergula L. 



B. Styles 3 ; petals pink or purple. 



3 widely diffused species, in brackish soil. 

 (Syn. Lepigonum in Flor. Cap. 1, 134.) 



4. Spergularia Presl. 



Tribe III. Polycarpeae. 



Stipules membranous. Styles connate below. 



A. Petals 5, deeply 2- or 4-parted. 



30, mostly S. American species, 1 of them, 

 D. cordata, found at our South Coast. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 135. 



5. Drymaria Willd. 



B. Petals entire. 



a. Sepals membrane-edged, sharply keeled. 



P. tetraphyllum, a cosmopolitan weed. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 133. 



6. Polycarpon Loefl. 



b. Sepals membranous, not keeled. 



P. corymbosa Lam., widely spread in warm countries. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, [33. 



7. Polycarpaea Lam. 



Series B. Fruit indehiscent. 



Tribe IV. Paronychieae (Illecebraceae). 



Perianth simple or double. Style 1, entire or 2 — 3-fid. Fruit a minute 

 nut enclosed in the persistent perianth. Stipules scarious. 



A. Perianth simple, urceolate. Ovules 2 — 00 . Leaves subverticillate. 



1 species {P. campestris) E. and No. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 133 and v, 1, 399. 



8. Pollichia Poland. 



