. A class-book of botany; designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the capitol, lat. 38 3/4 o. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. 186 XXIII. CARYOPHYLLACEvE. 1. S. ARVENSis. Corn Spurnj. Lis. verticillate, linear-subulate; sta. 10 ; sti/. 5; ped. reflexed in fruit; sds. reniform, angular, rough.—A common weed in"cultivated grounds, Can. to Ga. Root small. Stem round, branched, with swelling joints, beset with copious whorled leaves, somewhat down
. A class-book of botany; designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the capitol, lat. 38 3/4 o. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. 186 XXIII. CARYOPHYLLACEvE. 1. S. ARVENSis. Corn Spurnj. Lis. verticillate, linear-subulate; sta. 10 ; sti/. 5; ped. reflexed in fruit; sds. reniform, angular, rough.—A common weed in"cultivated grounds, Can. to Ga. Root small. Stem round, branched, with swelling joints, beset with copious whorled leaves, somewhat downy and viscid. Two minute stipules under each whorl. Cyme forked, the terminal (central) peduncles bending down as the truit ripens. Petals white, longer than the calyx, capsule twice as long. Seeds many, with a membranous margin. May—Aug. ^ 2. S. RUBRA. T. & G. (Arenaria rubra. Linn.) St. decumbent, much branched; Ivs. linear, slightly mucronate; stipules ovate, membranous, cleft; sep. lanceolate, with scarious margins; pet. red or rose-color; sty. 3; sds. compressed, angular, roughish.—A common and varia- ble species, found in sandy fields! Can. to Flor. &c. Stems a few inches in length, slender, smooth, .spreading on the ground, with small, narrow leaves and dry, sheathing stipules. Flowers small, on hairy stalks. May—Oct. Order XXIII. CARYOPHYLLACE^.—Cloveworts. Htrbs, with the stems swelling at the nodes. Lvs. opposite, entire, destitute of stipules. Fls. regular. C'a^—Sepals 4—5, distinct, or cohering in a tnlie, persistent. Cor.—Petals 4—5, (sometimes none) either unguiculate and inserted upon the pedicel of the ovary, or without claws and inserted on the outside of a fleshy disk. Sta. twice as many as the petals, rarely equal or few ; anthers introrse. Ova. often stipitate. Styles stigmatose the whole length of their inner siu^ce. Fr. a l-celled capsule or imperfectly 2—5-celled, opening at the apex by twice as many teeth as there are stigmas.
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