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Stems num., 8 — 12 in. high; ji. in term, trichot. 

 panic, purp. 



2. S. virginica: erect or decumbent, viscidly pubes- 



cent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, scabrous on the 

 margin ; panicle dichotomous ; petals bind ; sta- 

 mens exserted. 

 HAB. Pennsylvania. June. H. A foot high, 

 mostly simp. ; jl. few, crimson. 



3. S. antirrhina : leaves lanceolate, minutely ciliate ; 



panicles trichotomous ; calyx ovate ; petals small, 



bifid, stamens included. 

 HAB. Hills and rocky banks. June. 0. Stem 



1 — 2 ft. high, slender ; ji. small ; pet. wh. 

 1. S. nocturna : flowers spiked, alternate, sessile, se- 



cund ; petals bifid. 

 HAB. Pennsylvania. 0. Fl. scss., obov. : pet. wli.. 



bifid, rather large. 



306. STELLARIA. Stitchwort. Caryophyllex. 



1 . S. pubera : pubescent ; stem decumbent ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, sessile, acute, subciliate, somewhat 

 undulate, pedicels dichotomal, recurved ; petals 

 longer than the catyx. 

 HAB. Shady rocks. May— June. H. Stein 6— 

 10 in. long ; ji. large, rvh. 

 .\ S. media: stem procumbent, with an alternate, pu- 

 bescent, lateral line ; leaves ovate, smooth ; petals 

 2-parted ; stamens 5 — 10. 

 HAB. Cultivated grounds, k.c. 0. Stem weak; 



leav. pctiol. ; pedun. \-fl. 

 J. limgifolia : very smooth ; stem erect, quadran- 

 gular, weak ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; panicle ter- 

 minal ; peduncles divaricate, very long, bracteate ; 

 petals broad-obovate, 2-parted, longer than the 

 acute 3-nerved calyx ; styles 3 — \. 

 HAB. Wet places. June. U. Stem 1 //. high, 

 dichot., leav. Ij — 2 in, long ; pan. loose. 

 I. P. lanceolata : very smooth, procumbent or ascend- 

 ing; leaves lanceolate, acute at each end ; petals 

 about as long as the calyx ; stigmas mostly 4, or 

 wanting. 

 HAB. Mountain bogs. June. U. Stcmdi(r.,6- 



