444 CARYOPHYLLEZ. 
fork, on a long pedicel; capsules ovate, shorter than the calyx. 
Yy.4H. Native of Siberia. C. serpillifolium, Bieb. ex Stev. 
in litt. 1817. 
Wild-thyme-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. 
Cit. 1817. Pl. decumbent. 
29 C. toneiro'tium (Willd. spec. 2. p. 814. but not of Poir.) 
stem erect, dichotomous, hairy, clammy ; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late ; sepals with membranaceous margins; petals shorter than 
the calyx ; fruit-bearing peduncles horizontal; capsules length 
of calyx. ©. H. Native of Armenia. 
Long-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. 4 to 3 foot. 
30 C. Commersonia‘nuM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 417.) 
stem dichotomous, viscid, angular ; leaves linear, very long, ses- 
sile, rather viscid; flowers dichotomously-umbellate ; sepals 
lanceolate, acute, hardly membranaceous at the margins; corolla 
and capsule length of calyx. ©. 4%? H. Native of Monte 
Video. C. longifdlium, Juss. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 164. but not 
of Willd. 
Commerson’s Mouse-ear Chickweed. Pl. 4 foot. 
81 C. aeva’ticum (Lin. spec. 629.) plant rather hairy ; root 
creeping ; stem weak, straggling, round, forked; leaves heart- 
shaped, sessile ; peduncles lateral, solitary, 1-flowered, viscid ; 
sepals ovate, slightly marginate ; capsule ovate, length of calyx 
or longer, opening by 5 cloven teeth. %. H. B. Native of 
many parts of Europe in watery places and on the margins of 
rivers and ditches ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, eng. bot. t. 
538. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 1. t. 54. The general appearance of 
this plant much resembles Stellaria némorum. Petals white, 
equal with the calyx. This plant is said by M. Sering to be the 
Larbréa aquatica of St. Hilaire, but that is a truly distinct plant 
with perigynous stamens belonging to Paronychiée. 
Water Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. July. Britain. 
cumbent. 
32 S. re‘nue (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1; p. 
501.) smooth, erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; peduncles elon- 
gated ; sepals 3-nerved, with membranous margins, nearly twice 
the length of the corolla; capsule oblong. ©. H. Native of 
Corsica. 
Low Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. PI. 4 foot. 
33 S. HETEROPHY’LLUM (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Lin- 
nzea. 1, p. 501.) leaves smoothish, lower ones ovate, upper ones 
linear ; calyx hairy, equalling the corolla in length; capsule 
round. ©.H. Native of Corsica. 
Variable-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. Ju. Jul. Pl. 4 ft. 
Pl. de- 
§2. Petals exceeding the calyx in length. 
* Capsules equal in length with the calyx, or shorter. 
34 C. Ma’nticum (Lin. spec. 629.) plant very smooth ; leaves 
lanceolate-linear ; stem straight, dichotomous; peduncles very 
long ; sepals and bracteas lanceolate, acute, with membranaceous 
margins, shorter than the corolla, capsules ovate, almost equal 
in length to the calyx. ©. H. Native of Italy and Hungary 
on the mountains. Walds. and Kit. hung. 1. p. 96. t. 96. 
Stellaria Mantica, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 794. 
Mantic Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. 
Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
35 C. rure’stre (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 417.) plant 
rather pilose ; stems prostrate, branched ; leaves ovate-linear ; 
flowers dichotomous, with a solitary flower in each fork on a 
long peduncle ; sepals ovate, obtuse, with membranaceous mar- 
gins ; petals cloven, much longer than the calyx ; capsules egg- 
shaped, almost equal in length to the calyx. %.H. Native 
of the alps of Siberia in bogs overflowed by the melting of the 
snow above a place called Tschala. 
Clt. 1801. 
XXXIV. CERASTIUM. 
Rock Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. prostrate. 
36 C. ronta'num (Baumg. fl. trans. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 
416.) stem creeping, somewhat tetragonal, hairy; leaves pilose, 
radical ones spatulate, cauline. ones ovate; flowers panicled ; 
petals shorter than the calyx ; capsule ovate-globose. 2%. H. 
Native of Transylvania. ‘ 
Fountain Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. creeping. 
37 C. curarum (Kit. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 417.) stem 
straight ; leaves linear, in fascicles, scabrous above, but revolute 
and smooth beneath ; peduncles terminal, elongated, corymbose ; 
petals bifid, much longer than the obtuse sepals. 2/. H. Native 
of Croatia on the Matra mountains. C. Matrénse, Kit. in Spreng. 
pl. min. cogn. 1. p.33. Panicle terminal, leafy. 
Ciliated Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1817. P1.4 ft. 
38 C. rtonca‘tum (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 321. but not of 
Bieb.) plant hairy ; leaves linear, longer than the internodes, 
divaricating ; peduncles terminal, elongated, di-trichotomous ; 
bracteas ovate ; petals emarginate, twice the length of the acute 
sepals ; capsules somewhat globose. %.H. Native of North 
America on the plains of the Columbia river. 
Elongated-peduncled Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. Apr. May. 
39 C. perie’xum (Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 417.) plant 
downy ; stem tall, dichotomous, panicled; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, waved; flowers erect, small ;. petals exceeding the calyx; 
capsule-bearing peduncles deflexed ; capsules hardly equalling 
the calyx in length. 2? H. Native of the north of Persia. 
Deflexed-peduncled Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. May, July. 
Pl. 1 foot. . 
40 C. TENUIFÒLIUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 321.) plant 
tufted, clothed with very fine pubescence; leaves narrow, linear, 
longer than the internodes; flowers on long peduncles ; petals 
obovate, emarginate, almost three times the length of the acute 
sepals. %. H. Native of North America on the banks of the 
Schuylkill and Delaware, Pennsylvania. Very like C. arvénse.. 
Fine-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. F]. May, Ju. Pl. 4 foot. 
41 C. Furca TUM (Cham. in Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 61.) pu- 
bescent, glandular above; stem nearly simple; leaves broad, 
lanceolate, acute, hairy ; flowers dichotomously-panicled ; sepals 
obtuse ; petals twice the length of the sepals; capsule shorter 
than the calyx. ©.H. Native of Siberia. 
Forked-stemmed Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Pl. 
x to 1 foot. 
42 C. campanuta'tum (Viv. annal. bot. 1. p. 2. p. 171. t. 1.) 
plant ascending, diffuse, villous ; radical leaves spatulate ; cauline 
ones oblong ; panicle dichotomous ; corollas campanulate ; petals 
semibifid, twice as long as the calyx; capsules ovoid, equal in 
length with the calyx. ©.H. Native about Rome. Sebas. 
rom. pl. fasc. 2. p. 12. t. 3. f. 1. C. Ligisticum, Viv. cat. hort. 
Dinegro. C. præ'cox, Ten. fl. neap. 1. p. 27. 
Campanulate-flowered Mouse-ear Chickweed. 
May. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4 foot. 
43 C. 1nca‘num (Ledeb. mem. acad. scienc. potz. 5. p» 514.) 
plant erect, hoary, pubescent; leaves oblong-linear, acute, 
clothed with very short, appressed hairs; peduncles trichoto- 
mous; sepals with membranaceous margins; petals spatulate, 
semibifid at the apex, twice the length of the calyx ; capsules 
globose, inclosed in the calyx. 2%.H. Native of the south of 
Siberia. 
Hoary Mouse-ear Chickweed. FÌ. June, July. Pl. 4 to T ft. 
44 C. GRanpirtorum (Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung. 2. t. 168.) 
stems creeping; leaves linear, acute, with somewhat revolute 
margins, hoary, tomentose ; flowers dichotomous ; sepals oblong, 
scarcely hoary, with scarious margins ; petals twice the length 
of calyx; capsules oblong. %. H. Native of Hungary and 
Iberia on. dry hills. West. in flora, 1820. p.357. ©. argén- 
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