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flower stems, or in terminal clusters; petals 2-parted; sepals acute and 
longer than petals. Plant 4 to 15 in. high. Waste and cultivated places, 
Common. Blooms all summer. 
5. §. pubera, Michx. (Fig. 5, pl. 40.) Great CHICKWEED. Stems 
somewhat weak, erect or decumbent, with two lines of hairs. Leaves 
oblong, 4 to 14 in. long, narrowed at each end, without footstalks except 
the lower ones. Flowers white, about 4 in. broad, in terminal leafy 
groups. Flower stems more or less supplied with soft hairs, Petals 
2 parted, longer than the sepals. Moist rocky places in southern part 
of our region. Blooms May and June. 
6. §. Holostea, L. Greater StitcHwort. Erect; rootstock creeping. 
Stem 18 to 24 in. high. Leaves without leaf-stems, lance-shaped, tapering 
to a long slender tip. Flowers showy, 1/2 to 2/3 in. broad, in terminal, 
leafy, spreading (panicled) clusters. Flower pedicels rather slender. 
Sepals 4 as long as the 2-cleft petals. Naturalized in a few localities; 
at Train’s Meadow Road, Long Island and at Poland, Maine. 
7. §. longifolia, Muhl. (Fig. 2, pl. 40.) LoNnG-LeAvep StitcHwort. 
Stem weak, slender, the plant lying on or ascending by aid of grasses 
or other plants, 8 to 18 in. high, branching freely, angles rough; leaves 
linear, acute at each end, 1 to 24 in. long and about 1/10 as wide. 
Flowers in a broadly spreading cluster on slender flower stems. Petals 
longer than the sepals, Common in damp meadows. May-June. 
8. §. graminea, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 40.) Lesser Stircuwort. Lrssrr 
Srarwort. Stem similar to last but somewhat stouter. Leaves broader 
at base or just above it. Flowers also similar to those of No. 7, but 
larger. May-July. 
9. §. longipes, Goldie. (Fig. 4, pl. 40.) Lone-sTaLKep STITcHwort. 
Stem very slender, smooth and shining, Leaves lance-shaped, narrow, 
broadest at or near the middle. Flowers few. Plant similar to Nos, 
6 and 7. Moist places. Blooms all summer. 
10. §. borealis, Bigel. Norrnern StircHwort. Stem similar to Nos. 
7 and 8. Leaves narrow lance-shape, broadest near the middle. Flowers 
few in loose terminal cluster. Petals shorter than sepals. In southern 
part of our region. Wet places. All summer, 
2. CERASTIUM, L. 
Generally hairy herbs with white flowers in regularly forking terminal 
groups. Petals all 2-cleft. Stamens nearly always 10. Styles 3 to 5 
(generally 5). Seed capsule l-celled, many seeded. 
Flower stem (pedicel) not longer than the sepals . . . «+ «+ + C. viscosum 
Flower stem longer than the sepals. 
Neaves jihear-oblonge . j« (5) «, «- « Aelix Be @ 0) &) ie) Se) COGRmNORmENm 
Leaves oblong. 
Petals not longer than the sepals . . . . + + «+ C. vulgatum 
Petals longer than the sepals. 
Leaves 1 to. 2 in. -lon@ 4 -<) ses 6 “© ow <« +) pG@emonencree 
Leaves 4 to # in. long . «© «© «© © «© « « « C, alpinum 
1. C. viscosum, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 40.) Movusr-rar Crickweep. Stems 
nearly erect, clammy, 4 to 12 in. high. Leaves broad egg-shaped without 
leaf stems; apex rounded, base tapering, quite hairy. The sharp pointed 
hairy sepals longer than the petals or about the same length. Flower 
