. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. Arenaria; a, A. laterifoKa, Sandwort; 6, A serpyllifolia, Sandwort. Seeds few. Perennials with broadish leaves. Sparingly branched, minutely pubescent, leaves ovate, 1-2 cm. long. Pe- duncles 2-flowered. May and June. A. serpyllifolia, S a n d - wort. Seeds many. Leaves roughish-pubescent. The plant 5-iS cm. high. Leaves ovate, small, and acute. Sandy or rocky soil. June- August. STELLARIA Herbs with solitary clustered white flowers. Sepals 4 or 5 and separate, petals 4 or 5 and deeply 2-cleft. Stamens 3—10. Styles 3. (Name from jfeZZa, a star, in all
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. Arenaria; a, A. laterifoKa, Sandwort; 6, A serpyllifolia, Sandwort. Seeds few. Perennials with broadish leaves. Sparingly branched, minutely pubescent, leaves ovate, 1-2 cm. long. Pe- duncles 2-flowered. May and June. A. serpyllifolia, S a n d - wort. Seeds many. Leaves roughish-pubescent. The plant 5-iS cm. high. Leaves ovate, small, and acute. Sandy or rocky soil. June- August. STELLARIA Herbs with solitary clustered white flowers. Sepals 4 or 5 and separate, petals 4 or 5 and deeply 2-cleft. Stamens 3—10. Styles 3. (Name from jfeZZa, a star, in allusion to the star-?haped flow- ers.) • S. media, Chick- weed. Stems weak and spreading. Leaves ovate or oblong, the lower on hairy petioles. The petals shorter than the sepals. Annual or nearly so. Stellaria media, Chickweed, flowering shoot and single flower- enlarged; b, Cerastium vulgatum, Mouse-ear chickweed. A common weed. Introduced from CERASTIUM Sepals 5, rarely 4. Petals many or 2-lobed, rarely entire, often wanting in some of the flowers. Stamens 10 or fewer. Stamens mostly 5, opposite the sepals. The pod often curved, many-seeded. Seeds rough. (Name from keras, a horn, alluding to the shape of the pod.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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