96 CARYOPHYLLE^. [Stellaria. 



h 

 w 



Dr. Richardson's and our S. iceta, which, however, differs in its yet smaller size, shorter foliage, and 

 more acute sepals. 



4. 5. stricta; erecta stricta nitidissima vel subglaucescentia, foliis lineari-subulatis 

 erectis subcanaliculatis rigidis, panicula terminali, petalis linearibus bipartitis calyce glabro 

 obscure trinervi acutissimo plerumque longioribiis, antheris purpureis. — Rich, in FrankL 

 2dJoum. ed* 2. App, p, 15. — S. palustris, /3. FrankL IstJourn. ed, 1. App, «. 164, (excl. syn.) 



*. caulibus laxe pubescenti-pilosis. — S. stricta, «. Rich. L c. 



/8. caulibus glabris. Rich. L c, — S. palustris, a. Rich* in FrankL 1st Joiim, ed. 1. App. n, 

 164. Tar. a. (excl. syn.) 



y. foliis superioribus praecipue glaucescentibus. 



Hab. a. and /3. From Lake Winipeg- (^Douglas) to the Bear Lake, lat, 65°. Dr. RicJiardson ; and from 

 Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains, hetween lat. 52° and bQ'^. Drummond, — It will be readily seen that 

 my third variety, y., may be supposed to pass into the following species ; and there are specimens which do 

 appear, in a dried state indeed, to be intermediate, such as I cannot confidently refer either to the one or to 

 the other. I must content myself with having given the characters of the most marked varieties or species, 

 and leave it to others to judge of their importance. The capsule is similar to that of S. longipes. 



5. S, Imta; erecta stricta valde glauca, foliis erectis lanceolatis basi latioribus acutis 

 carinatis Isevibus, pedunculfs nunc binis unifloris nunc paniculis paucifloris terminalibus, 

 petalis bipartitis calyce glabro pubescenteve obscure trinervi paulo longioribus, antheris 

 albis vel siccitate luteo-fuscis. — Rich, in FrankL \st Journ* ed, 2. App, p, 16. Hook, in 

 Parry'' s 2d Voy, App, p. 390. 



Hab. From Great Bear Lake to the shores and islands of the Arctic Sea; l>r. Richardson; Capt. Sir 

 E. Parry ; and upon the more elevated of the Rocky Mountains, hetween lat. 52° and 56°. DrumnK/nd, — 

 This is more arctic or more alpine than the preceding, and always smaller; thus situation may account for 

 some difference in its habit. 



6. S, Edwardsii ; erectiuscula, caulibus pubescentibus vel glabris, foliis erectis rigidis 

 lanceolatis basi latioribus seu ovato-lanceolatis inferne margineque sgeplsslme laxe pilosis, 

 pedunculis terminalibus uni-bifloris, petalis bipartitis calyce glabriusculo acuto obscure 

 trinervi longioribus, antheris purpureis luteo-fuscisve. (Tab. XXXI.) — Br, in Parry's 

 \st Voy, App, p. cclxxi. Rich, in FrankL Isf Journ, ed. 2, App, p. 15. Hook, in Parry's 

 2d Fay, App, p, 390. Cham, et Schlecht in Linn(Ba, v. 1, p. 48. — S. nitida. Hook, in 

 Scores!), GreenL App, p, 411. Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnceay v, 1. p, 47. 



Hab. Shores and Islands of the Arctic Sea. Dr. Richardson; Capt. Sir John Franklin; Capt, Back; 

 Capt. Sir E. Parry; Mr, Edwards. Behring's Straits. Chamisso ; Messrs. Lay and Collie in Capt. 

 Beechey^s Collection. — A figure of the most distinct appearance of this plant may not be unacceptable to 

 Botanists : but then, I must confess, that when the panicle bears three or four flowers, it is very difficult 

 to form a character by which to distinguish it from S. stricta. The colour of the anthers is considered 

 by Mr. Brown of specific importance : but Dr. Richardson's var. y, has the anthers small and white, 

 destitute of pollen. Perhaps in all of this groupe they are purple when perfect — yellow, dingy brown, 

 or white, when abortive; for I find all these differences in what I should otherwise consider as one and the 

 same species. The plant is plentiful in the extreme North-West America: and Chamisso and Schlechten- 

 dal have devoted two pages of the Linnaea to remarks on what they conceive may be *S'. nitida and 

 S. Edwardsii, while they think the S. dahuricay of Schlecht. and De Cand., as well as the S. Jlorida of 



