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Myofotis arvenfis hirfuta minor. Vaill. Par. 



t. 30. /. 2. 

 (3. Ceraftium pumilum. Cart. Lond. fafc. 6. t. 30,- 



JFith. 435. Abbot. 102. 

 Angl. Little Moufe-car Chick-weed. 



Tn rudcratis, arenofis, et ad muros, frequens. 

 (3. On dry banks ncar Croydon, Surrey. Mr. Dick- 

 fon. 



Annua. Fl. Martio, Aprili. 



Radix fibrofa. Herba facie praecedentis, fed minor, fsepc 

 rubicimda. Caules erecti, bafi tantum decumbentes, 

 hirfuti, fupern& vifcidi. Folia ovato-oblonga •> infima 

 faepius glabrata. Pedunculi calyce lonofiores, poft flo- 

 refcentiam refracti, demum ere&i. Calyx vifcidus, 

 margine dilatato, albo. Petala plerumque calyce bre- 

 viora, emarginata. Stamina 5, rarius plura. Capfula 

 calyce duplo fere longior, incurva. Seminafulva, gra- 

 nulata, comprefla. 



$ parum difcrepat nifi petalis calyci jequalibus, profun- 

 dius incifis, capfulis feminibuique aliquantulum ma- 

 joribus ; fed hsec omnia variabilia funt. Plantam 

 cx amiciffimo Dickfono jamdudum viventem habui. 

 Structura partium, etiam feminum, cum C. femide- 

 candro vulgari tam arcte convenit, ut, me faltem judice, 

 feparari nequeunt. 



Utran- 4- CERASTIUM hirfutum fubvifcidum, floribus 

 drum. quadrifidis tctrandris, petalis bifidis calyce 



brevioribus. 

 Ceraftium tetrandrum. Curt. Lond. fafc. 6. 



/. 3 i. 



Sagina ceraftoides. Tranf of Linn. Soc. v. 2, 

 343. Engh Bot. t. 166. Dickf. H. Sicc. 

 fdfc. 10. 4. Dryandr. Cat. v. 3. 244. 



Angl. Tctrandrous Moufe-ear Chick-vveed. 



In arentffis maritimis, muris et ruderatis Scotiae. 

 This I firft obferved on walls about Edinburgh, as 



well 



