Ord. 3.] DECANDUIA TRIGYNIA. 95 



Cliffs at Dover. Indigenous ? If. 6, 7. Petals white. Whole 

 plant more or less downy. Pa\icle slightly viscid. 



8. S. nutans, 7. 465. (Nottingham C.) Panicle with drooping, uni- 



lateral, partly forked, branches. Petals deeply cloven, with 

 linear segments, and an acute cloven scale. Leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, downy. 

 Limest. rocks, rare. If. . 6, 7. Col. half-inferior ', its ribs downy. 

 Fl. white, fragr. in the evening. 



9. S. Otites, Cucubalus Ot. 2. 85. (Spanish C.) Panicle with tufted, 



somewhat umbellate, upright branches. Flowers dioecious. 

 Petals linear, undivided, naked. Leaves spathulate, roughish. 

 Open plains, E. of Engl. 1/. 7, 8. Stem downy, clammy on the 

 upp. joint. Fl. greenish. 



****** Stems single-flow ered. 



10. S. acdulis, 16. 1081. (Moss Campion.) Stems tufted, much 

 branched. Leaves linear, acute, fringed at the base. Stalks ter- 

 minal, solitary, single-flowered. Calyx smooth. 



Lofty mount. If. 6, 7. Tufted. Fl. elegant, rose-col. Caps, cylindr. 



235. STELLiRIA. Stitchwort. 



1. S. nemorum, 2. 92. (Wood S.) Lower leaves heart-shaped, 



stalked ; upper ovate, sessile. Panicle repeatedly forked. 

 Moist northern woods. If . 5, 6. Stems lax, hairy. Fl. pure white. 



2. S. media, 8. 537. (Common S. or Chickweed.) Leaves ovate. 



Stems procumbent, with a hairy alternate line on one side. 

 Waste and cult. gr. ©. 4 — 10. L. smooth. Fl. very small, white. 

 Sta?n. 5 — 10. 



3. S. holostea, 8. 511. (Greater S.) Leaves lanceolate, finely 



serrated. Petals inversely heart-shaped. Calyx without ribs. 

 Dry woods and thickets. If. 5. Rather glauc. and rigid, with 

 large and elegant white flowers. 



4. S. graminea, 12. 803. (Lesser S.) Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire. 



Panicle terminal, spreading. Calyx three-ribbed, nearly as long 

 as the petals. 

 Bushy pi. and past. !(. . 5. Smaller, and not glauc. FL small, white. 



5. S.glduca, 12.825. (Glaucous Marsh S.) Leaves linear-lance- 



olate, entire, glaucous. Flower-stalks partly scattered, erect. 

 Calyx three-ribbed, half as long as the petals. 

 Humid mead. If . 6, 7- Perfectly smooth. Fl. dispersed, large, white. 



6. S.uliginosa, 15. 1074. (BogS.) Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, 



with a callous tip. Flowers irregularly panicled, lateral, or ter- 

 minal. Petals shorter than the calyx. 

 Rivul. and ditches. . 6. Of a pale glauc. hue. Fl. small, white. 



7. S. scapigera, 18. 1269. (Many-stalked S.) Leaves linear-lance- 



olate, rough-edged. Flower-stalks longer than the stem. Calyx 

 three-ribbed, as long as the petals. 

 By Scot, rivul. If . 6. 3 in. many flowered, somewhat corymbose. 



8. S. cerastoides, 13. 911. (Alpine S.) Leaves elliptic-oblong, blunt- 



