Pl, ex. thal. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. 404. Sperg. 653 
margined ; stamens 5 or 4 ; seeds kidneyshape, tubercular, 
rough. — Herb nutritive to cattle, and causes them to give 
much milk; seeds used to feed poultry, and to make bread. 
5. Spergula pentandra. Five-slamened sparry . 
Leaves in whirls ; flowers 5-stamened ; seeds flat, mar- 
gined. 
Spergula annua semine foliaceo nigro, circulo membranaceo albo 
cincto, Rail Syn . 351, 8. 
Spergula pentandra, Lin. S. P. 630. 
Sandy fields ; annual ; June. 
Leaves very fleshy; calyx-margin scarcely scarious; seeds 
smooth, margin white. 
X. 405. CHERLERIA. Haller. Cherler. 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals 5, very small, nicked; stamens 10; 
styles 3; capsule 3-valved, 3-celled ; cells 2- seeded. 
Cherleria sedoides. Sedumlike cherler. 
Stems tufted: leaves 3-sided, awl shape, 3-ribbed ; peduncle 
single, axillary, 1 -flowered. 
Sedum montanum perpusillum luteolis florihus, Park. 737. 
Cherleria sedoides, Lin. S. P. 608. 
Mossy cyphel. 
Alpine rocks ; perennial ; July. 
Root woody, branched; leaves close, blunt; peduncles 
2-bracteatea in the middle \ flowers yellowish green, upright; 
sepales keeled ; seeds angular. 
XI. 406. ARENARIA. Linnseus. Sandwort. 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals 5, not cut ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; 
capsule 1 -celled, 3-valved. 
a. Stipularia. Stipules at the base of the leaves , scarious . 
1. Arenaria rubra. Red sandwort. 
Stem prostrate ; leaves linear, mucronate, longer than the 
internode ; seeds compressed, angular, roughish. 
Spergula purpurea, Rail Syn. 351, 9. 
Alsine spergulae facie, Ger. em. 1125, 5. 
Saginas Spergula minima. Park. 561. 
Arenaria rubra, Lin. S. P. 606. 
Arenaria campestris, Allioni Pedem. 
Chickweed spurrey. Small red spurrey. 
Sandy fields ; annual ; July and August. 
Stem divaricating, bald; leaves flat; stipules torn; panicle 
terminal, downy ; flowers bluish flesh-colour; capsule three- 
valved, as long as the calyx ; seeds wedgeshape. 
