cERASTivM. DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 459 



tlie calyx, bifid at the extremity. Stamens 10, Cafisule cy- 

 lindrical, somewhat incurved, twice as \on^ as the calyx. 

 Had. In fields and on road sides. May — September. Intro- 

 duced. 



3. C. s €7711 decand nan L. : hairy and viscid, suberect : 

 leaves oblong-ovate ; flowers somewhat panicled, shorter than 

 their pedicels ; stamens 5 ; petals slightly notched. fV il I d. 

 Spec. 11. p. 812. SrTiith Fl. Brit. !I. p. 497. Erig. Dot. 

 t. 1G30. PurshFl.\.ip.32\. M uh I. Cat. j>. 47. 



Root annual. Stems nun;erous, viscid above, decumbent at the 

 base, assurgent. Lower leaves often smooth. Petals generally 

 shorter than the calyx. 



Hab. On dry barren and sunny hills. Pennsylvania to Virgi- 

 nia. Pvrsh. 



This species strongly resembles the preceding, of which 

 Hooker is inclined to think it a variety. 



4. C. hirsutuin J\I %i h L : very hairy, diffuse ; leaves 

 obtuse, connate ; flowers clustered ; petals 2-cleft, a little 

 longer than the acute calyx. J\I ii h I. Cat. p. 47. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 524. C. sernidecandruTn fV alt. Car. p. 241. 



Root annual. Whole plant exceedingly hairy. Sta^.s numer- 

 ous, spreading, terete. Leaves somewhat obovate, rounded at 

 the extremity, about half an inch long ; the upper pairs re- 

 mote. Fluwers in dense clusters. Leaflets of the calyx lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Petals oblong, bifid at the extremity. 

 Stamens 10, alternately longer. Cafisule cylindrical, straight, 

 twice as long as the calyx, slightly nerved, with 10 subulate 

 teeth at the extremity. Seeds obovate, muricate. 



Hab. In New-York and Delaware. iVftf hlenber g. 



The above description was taken from southern specimens, 

 obligingly communicated to me by Mr. Elliott. 



* * Petals longer than the calyx. 



5. C. -nutans R af. : viscid and pubescent ; stems erect, 

 siraight, deeply striate ; leaves elongated, distant, linear-ob- 

 long, acute ; petals oblong, bitid at the tip, longer than the 

 calyx : peduncles at length much longer than the flowe?-s. 

 R af.' precis dts dtcouv.p. 36. Cat. pi. New-York, p. 44. 

 C. glutinosum N- u 1 1. Gen. I. p. 291. P. longe-peduncnla- 

 turn Muhl, Cat. p. 47. P. pubesceris Goldtc in E din. 

 Phil. J\Jag. IV. p. 387. 



Root annual. Whole plant of a pale green colour, and covered 

 with a soft pubescence. Seems numerous from one root, erect, 

 8— 12 inches high, very viscid; internodes much longer than 

 the leaves. Radical leaves subspathulate, 2 inches long ; stem 

 leaves rather amplcxicaul, an inch or more in length. Plowcm 



