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well as on tbe Calton hill and Arthtus fear, 

 in 1782, and comrnunicated it to Dr. Hope. It 

 has lince been found by Mr. Dickfon on Inch 

 Keith and Inch Combe in the Frith of Forth, 

 and alfo on the beach below Prcfton-pans. 



Annua. Fl. Maio, Junio. 



Radix fibrofa ramofa. Herba laete virens, multicaulis, 

 ramofa, hirfuta, fubvifcida. Caules diffufi, foliofi, di- 

 chotomi, vix paniculati. Folia elliptico-oblonga; fum- 

 ma ovata. Pedunculi calyce triplo fere longiorcs, 

 erecli, demum refracli. Calycis foliola hirfuta, acu- 

 minata, quaterna; quorum duo interiora anguftiora, 

 margine fcanoia. Petala quatuor, calyce breviora, ob- 

 cordata, alba. Stamina quatuor, rarius quinque. Cap- 

 fula cylindracea, calyce parum longior, apice o&oden- 

 tata. Semina extus fcabriulcula. 



Flores in planta fpontanea femper quadrifidi tetrandri, in 

 culta fubinde quinquefidi pentandri. C. pentandrum 

 Linnaei habitu et calyce quam maxime rcfcrt, at differt 

 partium numero, petalis majoribus, bifidis, peduncu- 

 lifque fructiferis quintuplo longioribus. 



CERASTIUM foliis lineari-lanccolatis obtufis arvenf 

 bafi ciliatis, petalis calyce duplo longioribus. 



Ceraitium arvenfe. Sp. Pl. 628. Hudf. 201. 

 IVith. 434. Relh. 179. Sibth. 147. Ab- 

 bot. 102. Curt. Lond. fafc. 6. /.29. EngL 

 Bot. t. 93. Fl. Dan. t. 626. 



Caryophvllus arvenfishirfutus fiore majore. Raii 

 Syn. 348. 



C. Holoftius. Ger. em. 59;. 



Myofotis arvenfis hirfuta flore majore. Vaill. 

 Par. t. 30. /. 4. etiam M. polygoni folio 

 ranefcente. Ibid.f 5. ni fallor, confirmante 

 Hallero. 



M. n. 889. Hall Hifi. v. 1 . 389. 



Angl. Field Chick-weed. 



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