$co DECANDRIA-P£NTAGYNIA. 



In arvis, aggeribus, et montofis, folo glareofo vet 

 cretaci 



Prrnini;. FI; Maio — Augufto. 



Kadix repens. Caules dccumbentes, implexi, caefpitofi, 

 pubefcentes. Folia lineari-lanceolata, plerumque dense- 

 pubefccntia, fubinde bafi tantum ciliata. Panicula 

 dichotoma, pauciflora, pubefcens, fubvifcida. Flores 

 magni, fpeciofi, nivei. Foliola calycina ovata, obtufa, 

 margine fcariofa. Petala obcordata, calyce duplo lon- 

 giora. Capfula cylindracea, recla, longitudine ealycisj 

 ore dccemdentato» 



itflnum. 6. CERASTIUM foliis ellipticis nticlis pilofifve, 



panicuia dichotoma paucificra bracleata, cap- 



fula oblonga recurva. 

 Ceraftium alpinum. Sp. Pl. 628. Huclf. 20I. 



IVith. 434. Engl Bot. t. 472. Fl Dan. t. 6. 

 C. latifolium. Lightf. 242. t. 10. 

 Alfines Myofotis facie, Lychnis Alpina, flore 



amplo niveo, repens. Kaii Syn. 349. /. 15. 



Angl. Alpine Chick-weed. 



In alpibus Sccticis et Cambro-britannicis, locis 

 irriguis. 



On the fides of Snowcon. Mr. Lhwyd. On a 

 mountain near Llar.berris. Lighlf. Herb. On 

 Ben Lomond, near the top, in a dry fituation. 



Perennis. Fl. Junio, Julio, 



Radix repens. Caules fubcaifpitofi, erecli, palmares, 

 fimpliccs, teretes, foliofi, apice dichotomi, pauciflori, 

 fubinde uniflori. Folia elliptica, obtufiufcula, latitu- 

 dine varia; in aquofis ut videtur glabra ; in aprici? 

 vero pilis longis, mollibus, articulatis,, adfcendentibus, 

 obfita. Pedunculi fubterni, unniori. Bracteae oppo- 

 fitas, lanceolatce. Flor^ n^gni, albi 3 formofi. Foliola 

 calycina margine fcariofa. Petala obcordata, calyce 

 fdquilongiora. Germen ovatum. Capfola cylindra- 

 ■ . : . :e longior, reeurva. 



7. CE- 



