428 
5 S. vraa ra (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) plant 
glabrous; stem upright, dichotomous; leaves ovate-cordate, 
$-nerved ; flowers terminal, 3 or 4 in an umbel, on short pe- 
duncles ; sepals oblong, bluntish, with scarious margins, much, 
longer than the corolla; styles very short. %.H?, Native of? 
Alsine virgata, Deless. herb. 
Twiggy Stitchwort. Pl. 3 foot. 
6 S.? arista Ta (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) stems 
tufted, dichotomous ; leaves ovate, awned at the apex, ciliated 
at the base, spreading; flowers cymose, stalked; sepals lan- 
ceolate, shorter than the corolla; petals bidentate; stamens 5 ; 
ovary ovate; style 1; stigmas 3. %. H. Native of Mexico. 
Alsine? aristata. Moc. et Sesse, pl. ined. icon. Flowers white. 
Awned-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
7 S. ra‘pians (Lin. spec. 603.) stem dichotomous ; leaves 
lanceolate, acute, somewhat serrulated; petals 5-parted, twice 
as long as the calyx. ©? H. Native of Siberia in bogs. 
Poir. dict. 7. p.416. Wikstroem, acad. handl. 1822. Flowers 
white. Leaves hairy, veined. 
Var. B, uniflora (D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) stem simple, 1- 
` flowered.—Amm. stirp. ruth. t. 10. 
Radiant Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
8 S. vittosa (Poir. dict. 7. p. 416. but not of Schlecht.) stems 
and peduncles hairy ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; 
flowers on long stalks, somewhat panicled, terminal; petals 
much longer than the calyx. Y.S. Native of the island of 
Bourbon. Flowers white. 
Villous Stitch-wort. Pl. } foot. 
9 S. ratiréxia (Pers. ench. 1. p. 501.) stems diffuse, forked, 
rooting a little at the base; leaves ovate, lower ones stalked, 
rather cordate, upper ones sessile; pedicels axillary, younger 
ones crowded into umbels; fruit-bearing ones reflexed ; petals 
shorter than the calyx ; seeds disciform, rough. ©.H. Native 
about Montpelier, and of Germany, in watery places. D. C. fl. 
fr. suppl. 5. p. 614. Stellaria Cerastium, Lin. syst. veg. ed. 15. 
p. 452. Flowers white. 
Broad-leaved Stitchwort. 
foot. 
10 S. Jamesonn (Torrey in ann. lyc. new york, vol. 2. 1827.) 
plant clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, some- 
what falcate, sessile, acute; stem rather branched, yellow; 
flowers loosely panicled, divaricate; petals 2-lobed, about twice 
the length of the oblong, acute sepals. 2%.H. Native of North 
America on the Rocky Mountains. 
Jameson’s Stitchwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
11 S. LANCEOLATA (Poir. dict. 7. p. 416.) leaves lanceolate, 
oblong, acute ; panicle pubescent ; sepals longer than the corolla. 
4Y? H. Native of the Straits of Magellan. Flowers white. 
Lanceolate-leaved Stitchwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
12 S. me‘pra (With. 418. Smith, engl. bot. t. 537.) stems 
procumbent, with an alternate hairy line on one side; leaves 
ovate; peduncles solitary, axillary ; fruit-bearing ones deflexed ; 
capsules profoundly 6-valved, scarcely longer than the calyx ; 
seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, rough. ©. H. Common every 
where throughout the world in waste and cultivated grounds. 
Alsine mèdia, Lin. spec. 389. Curt. fl. lond. fase. 1. t. 20. 
Lam. ill. t. 214. FI. dan. t. 438 and 525. Stamens 3-5 or 10. 
Plant pale-green. Petals white. Small birds and poultry eat 
the seeds and whole herb. ‘The latter may be boiled for the 
table like spinach. 
Var. B, Javénsis (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 647.) 
stem procumbent, with an obverse lateral, villous alternate 
line ; leaves ovate, smooth, veinless, upper ones sessile; pedicels 
axillary, and are as well as the calyxes hairy ; young pedicels 
umbellately aggregate ; fructiferous ones reflexed ; petals bifid, 
shorter than the calyx ; seed rather reniform, wrinkled. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 1 
CARYOPHYLLEE,, XXXI. STELLARIA. 
Intermediate Stitchwort or common Chickweed. Fl. March, 
Nov. Britain. Pl. trailing. 
13 S. mono’cyna (D. Don, prod fi. nep. 215.) stamens 5; 
stem much branched, procumbent, glabrous, bearded at the 
joints; leaves ‘roundish, nerved, glabrous, stalked; umbels 
dichotomous, stalked ; style simple, crowned by 3 stigmas. ©. 
H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers white. 
One-styled Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. trailing. 
14 S. RoTtUNDIFÒLIA (Poir. dict. 7. p. 416.) leaves stalked, 
round, thickish, 3-nerved, rather mucronate ; panicle terminal, 
with twiggy branches; corolla longer than the sepals.— Native 
of the Straits of Magellan. Perhaps a species of Drymària ? 
Round-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June. Pl. trailing. 
15 S. ctra ra‘ (Vahl. in herb. Juss. Pers. ench. 1. p. 503. 
but not of Kunth, nor Scop.) leaves cordate, acute, small, on 
short footstalks, which arẹ ciliated ; flowers axillary, solitary ; 
petals hardly exceeding the calyx.—Native of Peru. Petals 
white. 
Ciliated-footstalked Stitchwort. Pl. trailing. 
16 S. picno’roma (Lin. spec. 603. but not of Willd. herb.) 
plant hairy ; leaves cordate, ovate, half stem-clasping ; stems 
dichotomous ; flowers solitary ; fruit-bearing peduncles reflexed ; 
sepals lanceolate, acute, exceeding the petals. © ? H. Native 
of Siberia on the Alps. Smith, icon. ined. 1. p. 14. t. 14. Pe- 
tals white. 
Dichotomous-stemmed Stitchwort. Fl. year. PI. 1 foot. 
17 S. pu'sera (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 273.) plant 
downy ; leaves oval, ciliated; pedicels erect, shortish ; sepals 
ovate; petals longer than the calyx. %.H. Native of North 
America from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in shady woods 
on rich soil. Flowers large, white. 
Downy Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Pl. trailing? 
18 S. ButBosa (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 3. p. 21. icon. rar. 3. t. 
468.) leaves broad, ovate, lanceolate, veinless on the under 
surface; stem rather branched ; peduncles 1-flowered; sepals lan- 
ceolate, acute, shorter than the petals; root filiform, creeping; 
bearing bulbs. 2%.H. Native of Carinthia on the Alps in shady 
moist places. Petals white. Anthers at first red, then black. 
Bulbous-rooted Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Cit. 1823. Pl. 
4 to 4 foot. 
19 S. vrscıpa (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p- 342.) plant villous, 
clammy; leaves linear-lanceolate; stems dichotomous erect; 
petals longer than the calyx; capsules rather cylindrical, twice 
as long as the lanceolate sepals. ©.H. Native of Hungary, 
Tauria, and Caucasus, in fields. Cerdstium anémalum, Willd. 
spec. 2. p. 812. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. t. 22. Petals white. 
This is probably a species of Me’nchia. ; 
Var. B, glabritiscula (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 307.) smoothish. 
Viscid Stitchwort. Fl. Ju. July. Cit. 1820. Pl. 4 to} ft. 
20 S. sasguròsa (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 397.) plant 
villous, clammy; leaves linear, very narrow ; stems dichoto- 
mously-panicled ; petals hardly longer than the calyx ; capsules 
rather cylindrical, almost twice the length of the lanceolate 
sepals. ©? H. Native of Persia about Lenk-heran. Per- 
haps only a variety of S. dibia of Bast? Petals white. 
Gravel Stitchwort. Pl. 4+ to 4 foot. 
21 S. pu`sra (Bast. suppl. p. 24. D.C. fl. fr. suppl. p- 614.) 
leaves linear, glabrous, rather ciliated on the margins; stem 
erect; peduncles erect; sepals 3-nerved. ©. H. Native of 
France. Cerdstium arvénse trigynum, Bast. fl. Maine et Loire, 
p. 163. Petals white. 
Doubtful Stitchwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
22 S. monospe’RmA (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, fl. prod. nep. 
p- 215.) leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminated, sessile, and are 
glabrous, as well as the erect stem; panicle terminal, trichoto- 
mous, many-flowered; calyx glabrous, obtuse, shorter than the 
