Detmaeia.] CABYOPJEYLLE^. 67 



Leaves in false whorls, seeds winged. 



Green, seeds granulate or papillose . . 1. S. arvensis, 



Glan cons, seeds smooth .... 2. fif. pentandfra. 



leaves opposite, flat, seeds not winged . . 3. S. rubra. 



1. S. arvensis, Linn. 8p. PI. 440 ; F. B. I. i. 243 ; Watt E. D. (Corn 

 Spnrrey). 



A green sparingly pubescent annual. Stems 6-18 in. long, branched from 

 the root, geniculate Leaves ^-2 in., in false whorls, linear-subulate, 

 spreading, ^-terete, grooved beneath, rather fleshy. Flowers ^-i in. in 

 diam., subumbellate ; pedicels spreading or deflexed. Sepats ovate, obtuse; 

 Petals obtuse, white. Styles 5 or 3. Cajpsule ovoid, longer than thelcalyx. 

 Seeds keeled or narrowly winged, granulate or papillose, black. 



Plentiful in cultivated ground, flowering during the cold season. 

 DiSTEiB. : Punjab, and throughout the N. Hemisphere. Grown in 

 Europe as a fodder plant. 



2. S. pentandra, Linn. 8p. PI. 440 ; jP. B. I. i, 243. Arenaria flaccida, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 447. 



A glaucous annual. Leaves in false whorls, linear-subulate, terete, not 

 grooved beneath. Petals lancaolate, acute, white. Seeds piano-com- 

 pressed, smooth, wing often as broad as the striated nucleus. 



Common in cultivated fields. Disteib. : Punjab, Bengal, and through* 

 out the N. Hemisphere. Very similar to the preceding and difficult to 

 distinguish when dried. 



3. S. rubra, D. Dietr. Syn. PI. ii, 1598 ; F. B. I. i, 244. Arenaria rubra 

 L. (Sand Spurrey). 



A suberect or prostrate gland-pubescent annual. Stems 4-3 in. long. 

 Leaves |-1 in. long, simply opposite, linear, flat, fleshy ; stipules cleft, 

 broad, silvery. Flowers ^-1 in. across. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, margins 

 scarious. Petals obovate, shorter than the sepals, pink or white. Stamens 

 5 or 10. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, longer than the calyx. Seeds not 

 winged, pale brown, scabrid. 



Meerut District vEdgeworth). Distrib. : Punjab Plain, extending to 

 N.-W. Asia and Europe. 



6. DRYMARIA, Willd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 244. 



Diffuse or suberect dichotomously branchinsr herbs. Leaves 

 opposite, flat ; stipules small, often fugacious. Floiuers axillary or 

 terminal, solitary or in cymes. Sepals 5, herbaceous. Petals 5, 

 deeply bifid. Stamens 5, or fewer, slightly perigynous. Ovary 

 l-celled ; style 3-fid. Capsule 3-valved. — Species about 30, nearly all 

 Tropical American. 



D. cordata, Willd. ex Poem. St SchuU. Syst. V, 406 ; W. <^ A. Prod. 359 

 F. B. I. i, 244. Cerasfcium cordifolium, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 458. 



