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that it is easily distinguished from the first mentioned, 
though not so readily found. 
DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA,. 
THALAMIFLORZ. CARYOPHYLLACES. 
CERASTIUM. (Movsr-nar CHICKWEED.) 
Generic Character. See page 53. 
Three other species of this genus are now to be found, 
and they are of a more interesting character than the small 
species found last month. 
Crrastium vuLeaTuM. Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chick- 
weed. eaves egg-shaped, hairy; petals white and as long 
as the calyx. Flowers longer than their stalks. Stems 
numerous, from four to six inches long, hairy, and both 
leaves and stems of a pale green. This is a very common 
plant, flowering all the summer months, and growing in 
fields and waste places. 
Crerastium viscosum. Narrow-leaved Mouse-ear Chick- 
weed. Leaves between oblong and lance-shaped, hairy ; 
flowers shorter than their stalks, Stems as long as the last, 
which, with the leaves, are hairy, dark green, and clammy. 
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