DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Cerastium. 355 



On Clogwyn y Garnedd, a very high mountain near Llanberris, 

 Caei-narvonsliire. Dr. Richardson, and Mr. Griffith. On the 

 Highhmd mountains. Mr. Mackay. Professor Hooker suspects 

 it to be rare in Scothind. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Rather more dwarf and tufted than the foregoinc:, of a yello'wnsh 

 hue, from the rough clothing of short, tawny, rigid hairs, always 

 present, as far as I have observed. Leaves broader and more 

 obtuse. Floucr-sfal/is long, hairy, and viscid, almost always 

 solitary, and without bracteas. Fl. like the last. Caps, straight, 

 sometimes not much longer than the calyx, as in the Linnsean 

 specimen ; but it is often considerably longer, and rather cylin- 

 drical than ovate, though hardly curved, i have ripe capsules, 

 differing in length, on the same specimen, and am doubtful 

 whether the character of the " ovate capsule" ought to be 

 trusted, unless that term be restricted to the base of the fruit ; 

 but then it applies almost equally well to C. ulpinum. 



8. C aquaticinn. Water Mouse-ear Chlckweed. 



Leaves heart-shaped, sessile. Flower-stalks lateral, soli- 

 tary. Capsules drooping, ovate, with five cloven teeth. 

 Petals deeply divided. 



C. aquaticum, Linn. Sp. PL G29. Willd. v. 2. 8 1 G, Fl. Br. 50 1 . 



Engl Dot. v.S.i.^i^S. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. 1. 34. Hook. Scot. 14-1. 

 Alsine n. 885. Hall Hist. v. 1. 388. 

 A. major repens perennis. Raii Syn. 347. 

 A. major. Bauh. Pin. 250. Ger. Em. Gil./. Dod. Pempt. 29. f. 



Dalech. Hist. 1232./. Camer. Epit. 851./. 

 A. maxima. Lob. /c. 4G0./. 

 A. maxima solanifolia. Mentz. Pugill t. 2./ 3. 



In watery places, and the margins of rivers and ditches. 



Perennial, July. 



Root creeping. Stems weak and straggling, 2 feet long, more or 

 less, branched, forked, leafy, round, covered with prominent 

 viscid hairs. Leaves heart-shai)ed, acute, wavy, hairy, of a 

 briglit pleiLsant green, all sessile, excej)t a few of t!ie lowermost 

 occasionally. Flower-stalks lateral between tlje leaves, single- 

 tlowered, hairy and viscid all over ; bent downwards after flower- 

 ing. Calyx-leaves ovate, acute, hairy, slightly bordered. Pet. 

 about the same length, wliite, in 2 deep, narrow, bUintish, 

 spreading lobes. Stani. always 10 ; and styles 5. Caps, ovate, 

 about the length of the calyx, or longer, opening with 5 teeth, 

 each of which I have lately found to be cloven, though not so 

 expressed in Curtis, or in Engl. Hot. 



The general appearance of this plant much resembles Stdlaria 

 nemonun, p. 300, and it is remarkable th;it Linn;eus once con- 

 founded them, including S. media ; which only sliows that at 



