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/3. bipedalis, ramosissimus, omnibus partibus majoribus. — S. ramosissima. Douglas^ MSS. 

 — S. maxima. Wiehe in Beich. Ic. t 113, 



Hab. Canada; about Quebec. Mrs. Percival; Mr. Sheppard. On the high grounds of the Red and 

 Assiniboin Rivers. Douglas. /3. Common on the banks of the Columbia at Fort Vancouver, and near the Paci- 

 fic, in open prairies. Douglas. — The seeds in /3., as well as in «., have a small narrow border, and are black, with 

 raised points or papillae of a pale brownish colour. The S. ramosissima of Mr. Doug-las has been cultivated 

 in our gardens ; but I do not find that it affords any specific mark by which it can be really distinguished 

 from a. It seems to be the S. maxima of Wiehe, both in point of size and in regard to the seeds. In the 

 former character it agrees with the S. pentandra of Smith, but that has the seeds witli a broader margin. 



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Foliis qppositisy junioribus in axilla fasdculatis ; stipulis nulUs, DC, 



2. S, 7iodosa; foliis subulatis oppositis glabris coiinatis, iufcrioribus vaglnantibus, 

 'superioribus in axillis proliferis, petalis calyce duple longioribus. — Linn, Sp. PL p, 630, 

 EngL Bot t 694. De Cand* Prodr. v, 1. p, 394. Rich, in FrankL 1st Journ, App. p, 18. 



/3, axillis foliorum superiorum viviparis. 

 y. fasciculis foliorum axillaribus paucis. 



Hab. Upper Canada, to the shores of the Arctic Sea, eastward of the Mackenzie River. Dr. Hichardsoiu 

 — The specimens from the Arctic shores differ in no respect from the others, except in having their leaves 

 shorter and more fleshy. The clusters of young leaves, in the axils of the older upper ones, are very 

 numerous and so compact as to appear like gemmae ; they evidently fall out from those axils, and doubtless 

 become new plants. In the individuals from the Mackenzie River, the axillary clusters of youug leaves are 

 very few. 



3. S. saginoides ; glabra, foliis subulatis acutis muticis, pedunculis solitariis longis, petalis 

 calycem eequantibus capsula longioribus. — lAnn, Sp, PI, p- 631. Engl, Bot, t 2105. Mich, 

 Am, V. 1. p, 276. Pursh, Fl. Am, v, 1. p. 320. Torre?/, Fl, of Un, St. v, \, p. 457. De 

 Cand, Prodr, v. I, p. 394, Cham, et Schlecht, in LimiCBa^ v, 1. j9. 46. — S. decumbens. 

 Elliott, Carol v. h p, 523. 



Hab. North -West Coast of America. Mr. Menzies in Herb, nostr. Islands of Unalaschka, St. Paul, 

 and in the Bay of Eschscholtz. Chamisso, 



4. S. suhulata ; glabra vel subpubescens, foliis anguste lineari-subulatis mucronatis, 

 pedunculis solitariis longis, petalis capsulaque calycem sequantibus. — Swartz, Act, Holm. 

 1789. p. 45. t, 1, / 3. Engl, Bot. t, 1082, De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 394. — S. saginoides. 

 Curt. — S. procumbens, /3. Linn, 



Hab. Rocky Mountains, north of the Smoking River, lat. 56°. Druminond. 



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6. LARBREA. St. Hil. 



Co/, 5-fidus (potius 5-partitus) basi breviter urceolatis. Pet 5, bipartita, caljci inscrta, 

 Stam. 10, etiam perigyna. Styli 3, (vel 5.) Ovarium l-loculare, polyspermum. Ovula axi 

 centrali adfixa. Capsula apice 6-valvis, valvis nempe trlbus apice bifidis. — Herba glabra 

 hahitu Stellarice medics, Flores parvi albi. DC. Prodr. v. 3, p. 366, 



L, uliginosa, — Larbrea aquatica. St. Hil, (not Ser. in De Cand. Prodr, v. \. p, 393. quae 

 est Cerastium aquaticum. Linn.) — De Cand. Prodr. v, 3. p. 366, — Stellaria uliginosa, 

 " Murr. Gott. 55." ETigl. Bot. t. 1074. — S. aquatica. Poll, Pal, v. 1. p. 429. De Cand. Prodr. 

 v,l, p. 395. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, t\ 1, p. 50, — S. graminea, y. Linn, 



