50 CARYOPHYLLEjE. [Stellaria. 



2. S. holostea, Linn. Greater Stitchwort. Stem nearly erect ; 

 leaves lanceolate, much acuminated, finely serrulated; petals 

 inversely heart-shaped, bifid, twice as long as the nerveless calyx. 

 Br. Fl. 1. jb.204. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 301 E. Bot. t. 537. 



Woods and hedges, 'frequent. Fl. May. %.— Plant one foot to 

 one foot and a half high, rather rigid and brittle, somewhat glaucous. 

 Flowers large, and with much broader petals than the two following, 

 pure white. Panicle of few flowers, leafy. 



3. S. graminea, Linn. Lesser Stitchwort. Stem nearly erect, 

 acute, entire ; panicle much branched ; petals very deeply cleft, 

 segments linear, scarcely longer than the 3-nerved leaves of the 

 calyx. Br. Fl. 1. p. 204. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 392. E. Bot. 

 t. 803. 



Dry pastures, fields and heaths, common. Fl May. %. — One foot 

 high, more slender than the last, and readily distinguished by its much 

 smaller flowers, large and spreading panicle, three-nerved calyx, and 

 entire leaves. 



4. S, glauca, With. Glaucous Marsh Stitchwort. Stem 

 nearly erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, glabrous, flowers 

 upon long solitary, axillary footstalks ; petals very deeply cleft, 

 their segments much longer than the 3-nerved calyx. Br. Fl. 

 1. p. 204. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 303. E. Bot. t. 825. 



Wet marshy places and margins of lakes. Plentiful in Glencree, 

 between Enniskerry and Lough Bray. Fl. June, July. !£.— -Equally 

 slender with the last, one foot high. Flowers next in size to those of 

 £. holostea. Readily known from that and S. graminea by its nar- 

 rower, glaucous leaves, solitary, axillary flowers, and the narrow sepals, 

 which, like the last, are three-nerved. 



5. S. uliginosa, Murr. Bog Stitchwort. Leaves ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, with a callous tip ; flowers with dichotomous 

 panicles ; petals 2-parted, shorter than the leaflets of the calyx 

 which are combined at the base. Br. Fl. 1. p. 204. E. Fl. 

 v. ii. p. 303. E. Bot. t. 1074. — Larbroca, St. Hil. De Cand. 

 Lindl. 



In ditches and rivulets, frequent. Fl. June. ©.— "This species, 

 besides having the sepals combined at the base, has the stamens and 

 pistils truly perigynous. Hence St. Hilaire, who makes of it his Genus 

 Larbraa, '(in honour of the Abbe de Larbre,) seems to think it more 

 allied to his Paronychia than to the Caryophyllea. Its general 

 habit, however, is surely that of a Stellaria, from all the other species 

 of which it is distinguished by its comparatively minute petals." 

 Hooker. 



6. S. cerastoides, Linn. Alpine Stitchwort. Stems decum- 

 bent, with an alternate hairy line ; leaves oblongo-spathulate ; 

 peduncles two or three, mostly terminal, downy as is the calyx 

 which is about half the length of the bifid corolla. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 205. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 305. E. Bot.t.dl}. 



On a high mountain near Bantry, rare ; Miss Hutchins. Fl. July. 



