110 Class X. Order III. 



as to appear ten in number. Stamens three, five, or ten. Cap- 

 sules opening into six segments. Flowers from the beginning 

 of spring to the end of fall. Annual. 



STELLARIA GRAMINEA. Sm. Stitchwort. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate,, entire ; panicle ter- 

 minal, spreading ; calyx three nerved, about equal 

 to the petals. Sm. 



A small, starry, white flower. Stems decumbent, smooth, 

 very slender. Leaves nearly linear, tapering to a point, oppo- 

 site, smooth. Petals appearing in ten white, fine segments, 

 like those of Stellaria media. Grows among the bushes on 

 Craigic's road. June, July. 



135. SILENE. 

 SILENE PENNSYLYANIC A. Mich . Catchfly. 



Viscid-pubescent; root leaves wedge form, 

 stem leaves lanceolate ; partial stems few flower- 

 ed ; petals slightly emarginate, subcreuate. Jlfich. 



Sometimes called wild fiink, from its similarity in habit to 

 some of that genus. Leaves of the root spatulate, acute at top, 

 and tapering into a long base ; those of the stem lanceolate, op- 

 posite. Flowers in upright, terminal bunches. Calyxes near- 

 ly cylindrical, hairy, and exceedingly glutinous. Corollas pur- 

 plish white. Found in dry, sandy soils. June. 



136. CUCUBALUS. 

 CUCUBALUS BEHEN. L. Bladder campion. 



Calyx nearly globular, smooth, reticulated with 

 veins ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glaucous, smooth. 

 Sm. Engl. Sot. 



SILEXE ixFLAfA. Sm. Flor. Brit. 



