DECAWDRIA PENTAGYNiA. Cerastium. 



321 



Icon. £72^^. lot. 790. Vaill. par. t. 30. f. 1. 

 In pastures and on old walls : Canada to Carolina. 11 . 

 May — Sept. v. v, 



3. C. hirsutum, viscidum ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, pe- semidecari' 



talis calyce brevioribus emarginatis, pedunculis calyce drum. 



longioribus, floribus pentandris. — IFilld, sp. pi. 2. 



p.8l2. 

 Icon. Engl. hot. \630. Faill. par. t. 30. f. 2. 

 On dry, barren, and sunny hills ; frequent : Pensylvania 



and Virginia. Q. May, June. v. v. 



4. C. pubescens, csespitosum ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis ob- arvense. 



tusis basi ciliatis internodiis brevioribus, petalis obcor- 



datis calyce duplo longioribus, calycis foliolis obtusis. 



— IFilld. sp.pl. 2. p. 813, 

 Icon. FL dan. 626. Engl. hot. Q3. Faill. par. t. 30./. 4. 

 On dry hills and rocks 3 frequent : Pensylvania, &c, 1/. 



May — Aug. v. v. Flowers large. 



5. C. tennissime pubescens, caespitosum ; foliis angusto- tenujfolium. 



linearibus internodiis longioribus, petalis obovatis 

 emarginatis calyce acuto subtriplo longioribus. 

 On the banks of Schuylkill and Delaware, Pensylvania. 

 1/. May, June, v. v. Resembles the foregoing one 

 very much. 



6. C. hirsutum 5 foliis linearibus internodiis longioribus di- elongatum, 



varicatis, pedunculis terminalibus elongatis bis 3-cho- 

 tomis, bracteis oppositis ovatis, petalis emarginatis 

 calyce acuto duplo longioribus, capsulis subglobosis. 

 On the plains of Columbia river. M. Lewis. % . April. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. 



393. AGROSTEMMA. Gen.plygs. 



A. hirsuta ; calyce corollam superante, petalis integris 



nudis. JFilld. sp. pi 2. p. 805. 

 Icon. FL dan. 576. Engl. lot. 74 1. 

 Common Cockle is frequently found among the grain, 



but is not indigenous in America. ©, June, July. 



V. V. 



Githago. 



394. LYCHNIS. Gen. pi. 7g6. 



1. L. glabra ; floribus densis umbellato-capitatis, petalis 



bitidis, floribus tetragynis. — Willd.sp.pl. 2. p. 8O9. 

 Icon. Fl.dan. 65. Hall. helv. l.t.J. 



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