DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Cerastium. C3l 

 M, hirsuta altera viscosa. Tourn. Inst. 245. Faill. Par. 142. f.30. 



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Alsine hirsuta altera viscosa, foliis longis saturatius vireiitibus. 



Moris. V. 2. 551. sect. 5. t. 23./. 11. In MorisoiVs herbarium. 

 A. hirsuta myosotis. Rail Sijn. 349. 



In meadows, pastures, waste ground, and on walls, very common. 



Perennial. May — September. 



Root fibrous, and apparently, as Dillenius observes, perennial. 

 Stems widely spreading or procumbent; among other plants 

 upright. Whole herb of a darker green than the ))receding, with 

 longer, narrower, rather less obtuse leaves. All the parts of 

 the Jlower arc larger ; petals longer and more conspicuous. 

 F/oM;er-5trt/As generally longer. Seeds rugged. Slam. 10, all 

 perfect. 



Great misconception has prevailed among botr.nl.sts concerning 

 tiiese tu-o species, owing to Linnaeus having misquoted V'aillant, 

 I have been at some pains to ascertain tiieir respective syno- 

 nyms, from original authorities at Parlr; and Oxforn ; but it is 

 impossible to guess what WilUlenow intended, as he did not dis- 

 cover the error of Linnc^us. Oar British ])otanists, except Mr. 

 Lightfoot, have been regulated merely by the misaj)plied syno- 

 nyms of V'aillant, and were therefore led astray. The plants 

 are common enough ; but Linnteus originally de^icribed the vis- 

 cosiim only, which is really viscid, though his vulgaiiim hap- 

 pens to be generally' more so. 



3. C. scinidecaiidrum. Little Mouse-ear Chickweed. 

 Hairy and viscid. Stamens five. Petals slightly cloven. 



C. semidecandrum. Linn. Sp. PL G27. irdld. v. 2. 8 1 2. FL Pr. 

 497. Enql. Bat. v. 23. t. 1 (i30. Curt. Lojid fasc. 2. t. 33. Dicks. 

 II. Sice. fasc. 8. 11 . Hook. Scot. 1 43. Khrh. Herb. 95. 



C. hirsutum minus, flore parvo. Dill. Giss. 80. Raii Sf/n. 348. 

 t. \:).f. 1. 



Myosotis n. 894. Hall. Hist. v. 1.391- 



M. hirsuta minor. Tourn. Inst. 245. VaUl. Par. 142. t. 30./. 2. 



Alsine hirsuta minor. liauJi. Pin. 251. 



/3. Cerastium pumilum. Curt. Loud. fasc. 6. t. 30. With. 435. 

 Abbot 102. 



In waste or sandy ground ; also on walls in the outskirts of towns 

 or villages, very frequent. 



/3. On dry banks near Croydon, Surrey. Mr. Dickson. 



Annual. March, April. 



Root small, fibrous. Colour and hnbit of the whole plant most 

 like the last, but every |)art is nuich smaller, and the herbage 

 often turns reddish. Stem solitary, simple or bramhe;!, sj)read- 

 ing at the base only, otherwise «'re(f, usually about 3 inchc.^ 

 high, sometimes twice as much, viscid in the nppei puit. Leaves 



