CARYOPHYLLEZ. XXXI. Sretraria. 
e 56 S. susuza'ra (Boeber. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
p. 195.) leaves linear, bluntish ; flowers corymbose ;_ petals one- 
half shorter than the awl-shaped sepals. 2 ? H. Native of 
Siberia. Petals white. 
Awl-shaped-sepalled Stitchwort. Pl. diffuse. 
57 S. Danu'rica (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
p. 195.) leaves lanceolate, very entire, sessile, acute, pubescent 
at the base as well as the stems; flowers axillary, solitary ; pe- 
duncles twice the length of the leaves. 4? H. Native of Da- 
huria. Very like S. diffisa, but the leaves are broader and the 
flowers solitary and larger. Petals white. 
Dahurian Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 ft. 
58 S. Moseue’nsts (Bieb. in Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. 
mag. 1816. p. 195.) leaves linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the 
spaces of the stems between the leaves; flowers in panicles. 
4? H. Native of Russia near Moscow. Petals white. 
Moscow Stitchwort. Pl. 4 foot? 
59 S. serryLLIrÒòLIA (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag.” 
1816. p. 26.) stems much branched, procumbent; leaves on 
short footstalks, ovate, acute, and somewhat mucronate, rounded 
at the base, thickish, with the margin as well as the middle 
nerve on the under surface ciliated ; calyx pubescent ; ovary con- 
taining about 25 seeds. 2%. H. Native of South America in 
the frigid plains of mount Antisana at the height of 6300 
feet. Flowers white, generally terminal. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 25. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Stitchwort. PI. procumbent. 
60 S. recurva'ra (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
p. 196.) stems diffuse; leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, acute, 
mucronated, l-nerved, thickish, keeled, recurved ; nerve on the 
under surface, hairy ; calyx glabrous ; ovary containing about 
40 seeds, u.H. Native of New Granada in cold places at 
the height of 3480 feet. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. 
amer. 6. p. 26. Flowers white. 
Recurved-leaved Stitchwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
61 S. ova`ra (Willd. herb. ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 
Pp. 196.) stems diffuse, rather pilose ; leaves stalked, somewhat 
rhomboidal, ovate, acute and somewhat mucronate, membran- 
aceous, ciliated; fruit-bearing peduncles diverging, reflexed ; 
hairy at the base ; capsules containing about 20 seeds. XY. H. 
Native of South America in shady places near Caripe. H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 26. S. ciliata, Willd. 
herb. ex Kunth, l. c. Petals white. 
Ovate-leaved Stitchwort. Pl. procumbent. 
62 S. ELonca' ra (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 289.) stem diffuse, 
procumbent, pubescent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate ; 
peduncles lateral, solitary, very long; flowers apetalous. 2? H. 
Native of Carolina and Georgia. 
Elongated-peduncled Stitchwort. PI. procumbent. 
63 S. tonerro'tra (Muhlenb. in Willd. enum. p. 479. but not 
of Fries.) leaves linear, acute; panicle terminal; petals acute, 
2-parted, shorter than the calyx. %4? H. Native of Pennsyl- 
vania. Petals white. 
Long-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. ? 
64 S. mura‘uis (Link. enum. 1. p. 459.) plant covered with 
glandular pubescence ; leaves ovate, fleshy, tapering into the 
footstalk at the base ; petals cut, scarcely longer than the calyx. 
: Native of Crete. Arenària muràlis, Sieb. crete exsic. 
Sepals acute, nervous. This is an intermediate plant between 
Stellaria and Arenària. Petals white. 
beral Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. procum- 
tere, S. Rapr'cans (Lapeyr. fi. pyr. t. 93. ex abr. p. 250.) stems 
tuse e» prostrate, rooting, many-flowered ; leaves elliptical, ob- 
iiS ining, cauline ones leaning to one side ; peduncles diva- 
Ing; sepals linear, obtuse, twice as long as the petals ; 
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capsules pear-shaped. 
y. H. 
white. 
Rooting-stemmed Stitchwort. Pl. prostrate. 
66 S. rupe’srris (Scop. fl. carn. 1. p. 317. t. 18. f. 1.) leaves 
flat, 3-nerved on the under surface ; stems villous, few-flowered ; 
petals ovate, acuminated, shorter than the calyx. 4%? H. Native 
of the alps of Carniola. Petals white. 
Rock Stitchwort. Pl. trailing. 
67 S. e’LEGAns (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 400.) stems 
prostrate at the base ; leaves elliptical, small, glabrous; flowers 
dichotomously panicled ; peduncles twice as long as the calyx, 
rather downy ; sepals lanceolate, acute, smoothish, with some- 
what membranaceous margins; petals twice the length of the 
calyx. %.H. Native of Siberia and the Altaian mountains. 
Cerastium élegans, Fisch. in litt. Petals white. 
Elegant Stitchwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. prostrate. 
68 S. Lo’Neires (Goldie. plant. canad. in edinb. phil. journ. 
apr. 1822.) plant very smooth; leaves linear-lanceolate ; pe- 
duncles terminal, dichotomously branched, furnished with brac- 
teas ; pedicels very long ; petals broad, obovate, 2-parted, hardly 
longer than the sepals, which are 3-nerved. &? H. Native of 
North America in woods near Lake Ontaria, and about Mackenzie 
River and Bear Lake. Petals white. 
Long-pedicelled Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. None of the species of Stellaria are worth cultivating 
for ornament except the S. Holéstea, which makes a very pretty 
border-flower. Most of the species require to be grown in 
moist shady situations, several of the smaller kinds require to 
be grown in pots in a mixture of loam and sand, particularly 
S. scapigera and S. cerastiordes, &e. The perennial herba- 
ceous species are easily increased by dividing the plants at the 
root; and the annual ones only require to be sown in the open 
border. None of the species require any particular care. ‘The 
South American kinds require shelter during winter. 
XXXII. ARENA‘RIA (from arena, sand, in which most of 
the species are found). Lin. gen. no. 774. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 
130. f.9. D.C. prod. 1. p. 400. 
Lin. syst. Penta-Decdéndria, Trigynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. 
Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, or from abortion fewer. Styles 
3. Capsules 1-celled, opening by 3 or 6 teeth at the apex, 
many-seeded. Small grassy or chickweed-looking alpine plants 
without stipulas. 
Native of the Pyrenees. Petals 
§ 1. Leaves grassy. 
1 A. GRAMINIFO`LIA (Schrad. hort. geet. t. 5. neu. journ. 1810. 
2. p. 159.) stems erect, simple; leaves long, awl-shaped, fili- 
form, scabrous on the margins from serratures ; panicle tricho- 
tomous, pubescent, lax ; sepals very blunt, 6 times shorter than 
the obovate petals. 2%. H. Native of Caucasus in fields. 
Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. no. 852. A. filifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 
852. p. 844. but notof Vahl. Flowers white. 
Var. 2, glabérrima (D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) panicle glabrous, 
many-flowered ; flowers larger, A. graminifolia, Willd. enum. 
p. 481. ex Bieb. l. c. Flowers white. 
Grass-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 
4 to $ foot. . 
2 A. tonatro LIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 845. suppl. 308.) leaves 
awl-shaped, filiform, serrulated; stems erect, simple ; panicle 
trichotomous, glabrous, crowded; sepals ovate, obtuse, not 
half the length of the obovate petals. Y.H. Native of Siberia 
on the Lower Volga.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 157. no. 65. t. 63. f. 2. 
Very like A. graminif dlia, but the flowers are smaller, and 
more numerous, and the sepals are narrower and keeled. 
Flowers white. 
Long-leaved Sandwort. 
Pl. 
Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
