CARYOPHYLLEA. XXIX. Drymagia. XXX. Scurepea. XXXI. STELLARIA. 
seeds. ©. S. Native of South America in the sand near 
Pachuca, at the height of 3810 feet. D. arenarioides, Roem. et 
Schult. syst. p. 406. Seeds angular, reniform, thickly beset 
with very minute tubercles. Petals white. 
Frankenia-like Drymaria. Pl. trailing. 
2 D. sretzarior pes (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. 
p. 406.) stems dichotomous at the apex, few-flowered ; leaves 
sessile, glabrous ; calyx viscid, pubescent, shorter than the bifid 
petals ; ovary containing about 50 seeds. ©. S. Native of 
Quito near Hambato at the height of 4140 feet. H. B. et 
Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 22. Petals white. 
Stitch-wort-like Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. Pl. trailing. 
3 D. ovara (Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 406.) stems villous 
at the top as wellas the branches ; leaves stalked, ovate, acute, 
mucronated, rounded at the base, puberulous; peduncles bifid, 
few-flowered ; calyx glabrous, equalling in length the corolla ; 
petals profoundly bifid; ovary containing 13 to 17 seeds. ©. H. 
Native near Quito at the height of 4380 feet. H.B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 23. Petals white. 
Ovate-leaved Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. Pl. trailing. 
` 4 D. corpa'ra (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schult. 5. p. 406.) 
stems as well as leaves glabrous; leaves ovate, roundish, acute, 
mucronated, rounded or obsoletely cordate at the base, on 
short footstalks ; peduncles dichotomous, many-flowered ; calyx 
downy, exceeding in length the petals; ovary 7-10-seeded. 
%. S. Native of the West Indies and Surinam. H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 23. Holésteum cordatum, 
Lin. ameen. 3. p.21. mant. 327. Lam. ill. t. 51. f.2. Petals 
white. Plant glaucous. 
Cordate-leaved Drymaria. 
creeping. 
5 D. cra'citis (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea 5. p. 232.) like 
D. cordata, but differs in the leaves being more ovate, never 
dilated nor kidney-shaped, longer than the capillary petioles ; 
peduncles and calyxes smooth, not clothed with glandular down 
as in that plant. The whole plant is more erect, and of a paler 
green colour, and the seeds are much larger. ©.H. Native 
of Mexico at Jalapa. 
Slender Drymaria. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1828. Pl. 4 foot. 
_6 D. paxv’srris (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea 5. p. 232.) 
-like D. cordata, but with a much more slender habit, and 
with the leaves nearly 3 times smaller; bracteas broader and 
blunter ; seeds smaller and echinately-muricated, not granular ; 
peduncles and calyxes smooth; leaves roundish-ovate, rather 
cordate, acutish, younger ones and stems villous. 2. F. Na- 
tive of Mexico at Jalapa. 
Marsh Drymaria. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1830. Pl. creeping. 
7 D. vincésa (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea 5. p. 232.) like 
the rest, but the whole plant is villous ; seeds smaller, tuber- 
culated, not muricated. %4. F. Native of Mexico. 
Villous Drymaria. Fl. April, Sep. Pl. 4:to 4 foot. 
8 D. pia’npra (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 647.) 
branched, puberulous; leaves roundish-ovate, mucronate, smooth, 
tapering to the base; peduncles bifid ; flowers diandrous ; calyx 
clothed with glandular pubescence; petals profoundly bifid ; 
capsule l-seeded. .S. Nativeof Java. Allied to D. ovata 
and D. cordata. 
` Diandrous Drymaria. Pl. trailing. 
9 D. pivarica‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 24.) 
stems as well as leaves glabrous ; leaves stalked, broadly round- 
ish-ovate, acute, rounded at the base; peduncles irregularly 
branched, divaricating, many-flowered ; calyx glabrous, a little 
shorter than the petals; ovary containing about 8 seeds. ©. H. 
Native on the shores of the Pacific ocean, near Lima in Peru. 
Differing from D. cordàta in the peduncles being irregularly 
branched, with longer pedicels. Petals exceeding the calyx, as 
Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1814. Pl. 
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well as the style being longer. 
Petals white. 
Divaricated-peduncled Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. Pl. 4 ft. 
Cult. Drymaria is a genus of chickweed-looking plants, con- 
sequently not worth cultivating, except in botanical gardens. 
They only require to be sown in pots in the spring, and placed 
in a hot-bed. In the month of May they may be planted out 
in the open border in a warm situation. If kept in a stove 
most of them will prove perennial. A sandy soil suits them best. 
Plant rather glaucous, diffuse. 
XXX. SCHI’EDEA (William Schiede, a German botanist 
now in Mexico). Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 45. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Trigynia. Calyx of 5 permanent 
sepals. Petals 5, minute, bifid, permanent, shorter than the 
calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 3, stigmatose on the inside. Cap- 
sule sessile, 1-celled, 3-valved, opening nearly to the base with 
a seminiferous nerve in the middle of each valve. Seeds 10-12, 
orbicular, emarginate. A branched, knotted, bifurcate shrub, 
about 3 feet high. Leaves small, opposite, connate at the base. 
Flowers small, white, in panicles. 
1 S. rieusrri na (Cham. 1. c. 1. p. 46.) h.G. Native of 
the Sandwich Islands, particularly in O Wahu. 
Privet-like Schiedea. Shrub 3 feet. 
Cult. This shrub will grow ina mixture of loam and sand, 
and young cuttings will strike root under a hand-glass. 
XXXI. STELLA‘RIA (from stella, a star, because of the stel- 
late disposition of the petals). Lin. gen. no. 773. Geert. fruct. 
2. t. 130. f. 3. D.C. prod. 1. p. 396. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decdndiia, Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted. 
Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 10, or from abortion only 3-8. Styles 
8. Capsules 1-celled, 6-valved at the apex, many-seeded. 
1 S. ne’mMorvum (Lin. spec. 603.) lower leaves cordate, stalked, 
upper ones ovate or lanceolate, almost sessile ; panicles repeat- 
edly forked ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; seeds orbicular, 
compressed, with a tubercled margin. 2/.H. Native of many 
places in Europe in moist woods and in the neighbourhood of 
springs. In the north of England and in the Lowlands of 
Scotland. Smith, engl. bot. t.92. Fl. dan. 271.  Alsine né- 
morum, Schreb. spic. 30. Root slender, creeping. Stems strag- 
gling, with a few hairs. Leaves pale-green. Flowers numerous, 
white. 
Grove Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Britain. Pl. straggling. 
2 S. cuspipa’ra (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
p- 196.) stems dichotomous, glabrous; leaves stalked, ovate- 
oblong, acuminated, cordate, membranaceous, glabrous ; pedun- 
cles from the wings ; calyx pilose, ciliated at the base, clammy ; 
ovary containing about 30 seeds. Y%. H. Native of South 
America in groves in the province of Quito as well as in Chili. 
H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 27. Very like Stel- 
laria némorum. Plant straggling, pale green. Flowers white. 
Cuspidate-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Pl. strag- 
gling. 
3 S. saxi’rraca (Bert. pl. ital. rar. ed. J. p. 55. no. 4.) plant 
pubescent, diffuse ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, dilated at the 
base, rough; panicles dichotomous; peduncles terminal, gene- 
rally in threes, lateral ones furnished with bracteas; sepals 
narrow- lanceolate, one-half shorter than the petals ; seeds rather 
kidney-shaped, rough. X4. H. Native of Italy on the Peak 
of Sagra in the Alps of Appuanus. Flowers white. 
Saxifrage Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Pl. diffuse. 
4 S. corpa`ra (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1813. 
p. 179.) leaves roundish-cordate; peduncles axillary. %. H. 
Native of South America near Caripe. Flowers white. 
Cordate-leaved Stitchwort. Pl. trailing ? 
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