DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Cherleria. 313 

 Nat. Ord. see w. 232. 



Col. inferior, of 5 lanceolate, concave, equal, permanent 

 leaves. Pet. none. 'Ned. 5 minute cloven glands, at the 

 inside of 5 of the stamens, opposite to the calyx. Filam. 

 awl-shaped, the 5 alternate ones attached to the backs of 

 the nectaries. A7ith. roundish. Germ, oval, superior. 

 Styles 3, short. Stigmas obtuse. Caps, ovate, of 1 cell, 

 and 3 valves. Seeds several, angular. 



A smooth, dwarf, tufted, perennial herb, closely allied to 

 Arenaria, but distinguished by the situation of its necta- 

 ries, and the want oi' petals. Seguier however describes 

 5 undivided greenish petals, alternate with the calt/x, 

 which nobody else has seen. 



1. C sedoides. Mossy Cyphcl. Dwarf Cherleria. 



C. sedoides. Linn. Sp. PI. 60S, Willd. v. 2. 730. Fl. Br. 483. 



Engl. Bot. V. 17. t. 1212. Hook. Scot. 139. Dicks. H. Sice. 



fasc. 1. 9. Jacq. Austr. t. 284. 

 C. n.859. Hall. Hist. v. 1.381. ^.21. 

 Cherleria. Hall. Opusc. 299— 301. t.]. It. Helvet. sect. 79. t. 1. 



Segu. Veron. suppl. 180. /. 4./. 3. 

 Lychnis alpina, muscosis foliis densius stipatis, floribus pavvis, 



calyce duriore. Pluk. Almag. 233. Phyt. t. 42. /. 8. 

 Sedum montanum perpusillura, luteolis floribus. Park. Theatr. 



737. f. 

 S. montanum perpusillum luteum. Moris, v. 3. 471. sect. 12. t. 6. 



/.14. 



On the loftiest mountains of Scotland, in moist spots near their 

 summits, not unfrequent. Light/., Hooker. 



Perennial. July. 



Roots densely crowded, strong and somewhat woody, bearing 

 close moss-like tufts of leafy stems, partly short and erect, partly 

 long and trailing. Leaves light green, smooth on both sides, 

 rather fleshy, oblong, bluntish, strongly keeled, minutely 

 fringed, or toothed, at the edges, combined at the base. Sti- 

 pulas none. Fl. yellowish green, solitary, erect, stalked, ter- 

 minating the short upright stems, eachjlower-stalk having, about 

 the middle, a pair of small blunt bracteas. Five of the anthers 

 are said to be sometimes imperfect. — The generic name, given 

 by Haller, commemorates J. H. Cherler, the coadjutor of John 

 Bauhin in his general History of Plants. 



