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pedicel 2 or 3 times as long as the capsule. — Dry places near the 

 sea. — Fl. April — October. Annual. 



2. C. pinnihun (Dwarf Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Viscid; stem 

 branched at the root ; /^^zw spathulate ',flo7vers in terminal forked 

 cymes ; upper bracts and sepals with narrow membranous margins ; 

 pedicel short, curved in fruit ; capsule slightly curved.— Dry banks 

 in the south ; rare. — Fl. April, May. Annual. 



3. C. semidecd/idriwi (Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed). 

 — Downy, sometimes viscid; ste7}i erect or decumbent, i — 10 in. 

 high, branched from the base : leaves broadly ovate ; bracts with 

 their upper half membranous ; sepals with broad membranous 

 margins; sta??iens^ 4, 5, or 10; pedicel 2X first reflexed, afterwards 

 erect. — Dry places; common. — Fl. April, May. Annual. 



ft Capsules curved 



4. C. viscbsuin (Clustered Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Stem erect, 



hairy ; leaves ovate ; fioive7's in 

 tufted cymes, short-stalked ; bracts 

 leafy, hairy ; sepals with narrow 

 membranous margins, hairy.— 

 Dry places ; common. — Fl. April 

 — September. Annual. 



5. C. vulgdtiwi (Wayside 

 Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Ste7?is 

 mostly procumbent, downy, or 

 with lines of pubescence ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate ; Jloivers few, 

 in loose cymes, on lengthening 

 stalks ; seco?idary bracts some- 

 times with membranous margins ; 

 sepals obtuse, with broad mem- 

 branous margins ; stamens 5 or 

 10. A common weed, with incon- 

 spicuous white flowers and strag- 

 gling stems, generally covered 

 with dust. The seed-vessels, 

 when ripening, lengthen and 

 curve. — Fl. all the summer. 

 Biennial or perennial. 



cekXstium vulgAtum 

 {IVaysuA' Jl/ouse-ear Chickweed). 



ttt Sepals half as long as the petals. Perennial 

 6. C. alpitmni (Alpine Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Pubescent with 

 white silky hairs ; stem prostrate or ascending ; leaves broadly 

 ovate ; flowers few, sometimes an inch across ; bracts and sepals 



