CARYOrilVLLACE.E. 83 



This is smaller in all its parts (1 to 4 inclics liiyli), it has the cap- 

 sule shorter (^not quite twice as long as the calyx), but appears to be 

 rather a starved state than an actual variety. 



It seems better to adopt the name " glomeratum," as Linnaeus 

 himself seems to have confounded his C. vulgatum and viscosum ; 

 and even yet there is no agreement amongst authors respecting the 

 proper aj)plicatiou of the two latter. 



Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



French, Ccraisle Comiaun. German, Gckaaulles Ilurulraiit. 



SPECIES VI.— C ERASTIUM TRIVIAL E. Link. 



Plate CCXXII. 



liidch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. V. I'aryoph. Tab. CCXXIX. Fig. 497-'. 



C. viseo.surii, " Liim." Siii. Eiij;. Beit.. No. 790. 



C. vulgatum, "Linn." Friea, Nov. Fl. Suec. p. 125. 



C. vulgare, Hartin. Soaud. Fl. ed. i. p. 182. 



Root perennial or annual, in the fornier case producing more 

 or less elom>'atcd decumbent barren shoots. Flowering stems 

 branched at the base, where they are .decumbent, then erect, or 

 ascending. Leaves of the barren shoots oblanceolate or narrowly- 

 obovate ; leaves of the flowering stem strap-shaped, oblong, or 

 elliptical. First pair of bracts much smaller than the stem-leaves, 

 ovate - lanceolate, entirely herbaceous ; secondary bracts much 

 shorter than the flow^ering pedicels, with narrow membranous mar- 

 gins, or sometimes entirely herbaceous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, with rather broad membranous margins ; the herbaceous 

 part with numerous articulated hairs not terminating in glands, 

 and not exceeding the point of the sepals ; rarely glabrous. Petals 

 a little longer than the sepals, oblong-oblanceolate, bitid, very 

 rarely twice as long as the sepals. Fruit-stalks longer than the 

 calyx, generally reflexed after flowering, afterwards erect. Capsule 

 cylindrical-ovoid, exserted, about twice as long as the sepals, 

 curved upwards, inclined so as to form an obtuse angle with the 

 pedicel. Plant with articulated hairs not tipped with glands, 

 rarely sub-glabrous. 



Yar. «, gena'niu. 



Perennial. P'lowers decandrous. Stem with simple hairs all 

 round. Calyx pubescent. 



