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Moenchia octandra Gay. Damp grassy and partially shady 

 places ; common ; 2-4. III. i and ii. ! Eeaches top of Queen 

 of Spain's Chair ! 



Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. {G. viscosum L.). Eoadsides, 

 waste ground, &c., very common ; 2-5. Varies much in habit, 

 often apetalous. I. ! II. ! III. ! 



jC. brachypetalum'DeBp. Dry gravelly places ; rare? 3. More 

 slender, pedicels mucli longer, usually deflexed in fruit, claws of 

 petals glabrous, or ciliate only at base, capsule one-third longer 

 than calyx. I. Mediterranean Steps ! III. i. Path to First 

 Pine Wood ! Both teste F. N. Williams. 



C. Boissieri Gren. Eocks and debris on mountains; the type, 

 with densely white-tomentose leaves, rai'e; 4-5. I. Near Green's 

 Lodge ! 



fVar. gihraltaricum Gren., leaves green, but viscid, is com- 

 mon. I. ! 



Stellaria media Vill. In all situations ; very common ; 12-5. 

 I. ! II. ! III. ! 



S. neglecta Weihe var. umhrosa Opiz. Shady places; probably 

 frequent; 2-5. Elongate, flowers rather large, sepals and pedicels 

 glabrous, rarely slightly pubescent, fruit acutely tuberculate, 

 stamens normally 10, but often 3-5. The type has pubescent 

 pedicels and sepals, and may occur. III. i. Malaga Gardens ! 

 iii. Salt Pans ! Both teste E. S. Marshall. 



S. uligiJiosaMnrr. Swampy places; rare; 3-5. III. i. Near 

 summit of Queen of Spain's Chair ! 



Spergula arvensis L. Sandy and gravelly places ; the type 

 rare ; 1-5. III. ii. Algeciras, Wk. 



fVar. glutinosa Lge. is canescent and glandular ; very com- 

 mon. III. ! 



Spergularia rubra Pers. var. longipes Lge. Sandy fields ; 

 common ; 1-6. Suberect, straggling, little or not glandular, 

 internodes rather long, stipules narrow, inflorescence lax, leafy, 

 flowers deep rose, seeds not winged. III. ! 



fVar. innguis Fenzl. {Lepigonum neglectuvi Kind.). Stouter, 

 leaves thicker, cymes glandular, flowers and seeds larger. 

 From the description and synonymy this is surely a var. of 

 S. marina Wk. I. Sands at Gibraltar, K. III. ii. Cornfields at 

 Algeciras, Rev. 



^S. purpurea Vex^. [S. diandra Heldr.). Sandy ground; rare? 

 3-5. Erect, slender, little branched, glabrous except cymes, 

 leaves setaceous, short, flowers large, deep rose, stamens 2-3. 

 II. D. III. ii. Marsh at Palmones Playazo ! ? This form 

 is suberect, rather strict, leaves and internodes long, pedicels 

 long, glandular, sepals very acute, glabrous, petals bright 

 rose, stamens 2-5. Mr. G. C. Druce thinks it may belong 

 here. 



f/S. atheniensis Asch. {S. campestris Wk. ?). Sandy ground; 

 locally common ; 4-5. Prostrate, densely branched, slender and 

 wholly very viscid, leaves vei'y slender, cymes leafless, flowers 



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