DICOTYLEDONS. CARYOPHYLLE.^. Stellai'ia. 281 



(white) with 2 central (green) nerves twice as long as the ovate 

 petals, p. 138. — Mountain rocks, rare. 



**''■ Stipules at the base of each pair of leaves. 



7. A. rubra, steins prostrate, leaves narrow linear acute plane 

 somewhat fle'^hy tipped with a very minute bristle, stipules 

 ovate cloven, capsule as lono^ as the cal.> seeds compressed an- 

 gular roughish. p. 138. — Gravelly soils. 



S. A.7jiarin(i, stems prostrate, leaves seniicylindrical iieshy awn- 

 less, stipules ovate cloven, caps, longer than the cal., seeds 

 compressed smootii with a broad membranous pellucid 

 border, p. 139. — Sea-coast. 



12. STELLARIA. 



CaZ. of 5 leaves. 7^6^. 5, deeply cloven. Slatn. \i). Styles 3. 

 Caps. I -celled, opening with 6 teeth, many-seeded. 



1. S. Nemorum, leaves petiolate cordate, upper ones ovate ses- 

 sile, panicle dichotomous. p. 135. — IVonds. 



2. S. media, leaves ovate, stems procumbent with an alternate 

 line of hairs on one side, petals bipartite, stam. 5 — 10. — 

 Waste places. 



3. S. Iiolostea, stem nearly erect, leaves lanceolate much acumi 

 nated finelv serrulate, petals inversely heart- sliaped bifid twice 

 as long as the nerveless cal. p. 136. — IVoods. 



4. S. gramifiea, stem nearly erect, leaves lanceolate acute entire, 

 panicle much branched, petals very deeply cleft, segments li- 



. near scarcely longer than the 3-nerved leaves of the cal. /;. \3G. 

 — Dry pastures. 



5. S. ^/az/ra, stems nearly erect, leaves linear-lanceolate entire 

 glaucous, flowers upon long solitary axillary footstalks, petals 

 very deeply cleft, their segments linear much longer than the 

 3-nerved cal. p. 136. — Marshes. 



6. S. uliginosa, stem decumbent ovato-lanceolate entire with a 

 callous tip, flowers in dichotomous panicles, petals bipartite 

 shorter tlian the cal. p. 136. — Ditches. 



7. S. cerastoides, stems decumbent with an alternate hairy line, 

 leaves oblongo-spathulate, peduncles 2 — 3 mostly terminal 

 and as well as the cal. which is twice as long as the bifid cor. 

 glanduloso-pilose. p. 136. — Alps. 



8. S.scapigera, stem shorter than the flowerstalks, leaves linear - 

 lanceolate crowded pubescenti-scabrous at the margin, cal. 3- 

 iierved as long as the petals, p. 137. — Mountains, rare. 



