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C. glomeratum, Thuil. Broad-leaved mouse-ear CMckweed. 



Native : In fields, waysides, &c. Common. April to September. 

 Area general. 



C. triviale, Idnk. Narrow-leaved mouse-ear CMckweed. 



Native : In arable land and on waysides and banks. Common. 

 April to September. Area general. 



C. arvense, Linn. Field CMckweed. 



Native : In sandy fields and banks. Very rare. May, June. 

 I. Coleshill Heath ; sandy field, near Packington. 

 IT. Railway banks between Coventry and Brandon, T. Kirk ; railway 

 banks, near "Willenhall, Kirk. 

 The Coleshill Heath plants are the pubescent variety. In this 

 locality it is somewhat uncertain in its occurrence, being plen- 

 tiful for one season and absent another, varying with the crop. 



STELLAEIA. 



S. aquatica, Scop. Malachium aquaticwm, Bab. Man. Water duckweed. 

 Native : on damp hedge banks, borders of ditches, and in woods. 

 Local. July to September. 

 I. Bradnock's Marsh, W. B. Grove ; Erdington, Sutton, Curd worth 

 Bridge, Knowle railway bank, Smalllieath. 

 II. Banks of the Avon and Milverton, F. and B.; by a copse at Tred- 

 dington, Honington ! Newb. ; Alveston pastures, Coombe 

 Abbey woods, Henley-in-Arden ; Tile Hill, abundant. 



S. nemorum. Linn. Wood Stitchwort. 



Is recorded as having sprung up many years in Mr. Pur ton's garden, 

 Alcester, Part, i., 213, notes ; Warwickshire, Bree. Catalogue, 

 N. B. G., 1835.] 

 S. media, With. Common CMckweed. 



Native : On banks, walls, waysides, fields, &c. Everywhere 



common. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year. 

 Var. c. neglecta. Weihe. Local. 

 I. Solihull, near the railway station ; Lapworth. 

 II. Holywell, near Claverdon ; Budbrook, near Warwick. 

 The rampant form of var. a often mistaken for this. 

 Var. d. umbrosa, Opitz. Apparently rare, growing in damp, sandy 

 soils. 

 II. In many places by the Stour, near Honington, Neicb. ; wet, sandy 

 places by the River Alne, Aston Cantlow ; sandy lane, near 

 Holly-berry End. 



S. Holostea, Linn. Greater Stitchwort. 



Native : On banks, in woods, pastures, &c. Common. April to 

 July. Area general. 

 S. glauca, With. Glaucous Stitchwort. 



Native : In damp or marshy sandy places. Very rare. May. 

 II. Leek Wootton, Y. and B. ; sandy lane, Milverton, H. B. ! ; meadow, 

 Hill Wootton, Herb., Perry ; Lye Green. 



S. graminea, Linn. Lesser Stitchwort. 



Native : On hedge banks, in woods, fields, &c. Common. June to 

 August. Area general. 

 S. uliginosa, Murr. Bog Stitchwort. 



Native : In ditches, marshes, damp woods, &c. Rather common. 

 May, July. 

 I. Sutton Park; Water Orton; Hartshill ; Shustoke ; Berkswell ; 

 Solihull, &c. 



