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somewhat approaching the present one, but thrice or four 

 times the size of it. 



^,,i 7. Cerastium. 



13. C. alpinum. 



Inhabits the mountains of Switzerland and the Pyrenees, 

 and is probably general from the southern and temperate 

 parts of Europe to the extreme north. 



It is not noticed either by Pursh or Richardson as existing 

 on the continent of America (where, however, C. viscosum 

 reaches to the shore of the Arctic Sea : Richardson) ; but is 

 found at Igloolik, Fern Island, Baffin's Bay, Melville Island, 

 find Greenland. 



8. Stellaria. 



14. S. humifusa. 



This appears to be entirely a maritime plant. It is found in 

 Nordland and Finmarck, according to Wahlenberg, who has 

 however confounded it with the S. crassifolia of Ehrhart. I pos- 

 sess it from Varanska, near the North Cape, from Dr. Swartz. 

 Dr. Hornemann has sent it to me from Greenland, where like- 

 wise Mr. Jameson found it ; and it was met with during Cap- 

 tain Parry's second voyage at Neerlo-Nakto. 



15. S. cerastoidts. 



A small and injured specimen, sufficient, however, to 

 satisfy me that it is the real plant. A native of Lapland, 

 Iceland, the alps of the south of Europe, as the Carinthian, 

 those of Dauphiny and the Pyrenees. Nowhere noticed as 

 inhabiting the continent of America. 



16. S. Ed- 



