Hookeriane., N. O. Caryophyllee. 
TAB. DCLXXX. 
STELLARIA DECIPIENS, Hook. fil. 
Glabra, caule decumbente dichotome ramoso, foliis recurvis om- 
nibus (etiam supremis) petiolatis obovato-rhombeis acutis 
apice callosis carnosulis_ siccitate punctis minutis elevatis 
asperis, petiolis subciliatis, pedunculis di-trichotomis (rarius 
unifloris) folia plerumque superantibus ad furcaturam pedi- 
celloqgue unico medium versus 2-bracteatis, bracteis ovatis 
acutis scariosis albidis, petalis 5 bipartitis calycem equan- 
tibus interdum brevioribus v. nullis filamentisque ima basi 
dilatatis fere hypogynis, stylis 3. 
Stellaria decipiens, Hook. fil. Fl. Antarctica, v. 1, p. 7 
Has. Lord Auckland’s and Campbell’s Islands; common on 
the low grounds, especially in the woods, and near the sea. 
Caules tetragoni, e basi valde ramosi, filiformes, 3-5 unc. long 
Folia carnosula, 3-5 lin. longa, obovata seu rhomboidea, hine 
inde siccitate minute tuberculata. Petioli 1-3 lin. longi, lati- 
usculi, Pedunculi folio plerumque longiores, solitarii, raro 
uniflori, bifidi seu trifidi; ramis ineequalibus. Petala seepe 0. : 
In many respects this agrees with the S. uliginosa, Murr., an 
more particularly in the size and arrangement of the inflo- 
rescence ; but the stems are always decumbent, the leaves all 
petiolate, very patent or recurved, and not at all broader, oF : 
ovate, at the base; the callous apices are common to both 
species. The peduncles generally bear two pedicels, which have : 
a pair of bracts at the base, and a pair on one of the pedicels 5 
whereas in S. uliginosa the peduncle is trichotomously divided, — 
with the intermediate pedicel only destitute of bracts. The x 
styles seem to be constantly three, and the stamens and petals — : 
are less decidedly perigynous than in the latter plant. In forts 2 
the leaves resemble those of S. media, With.; but the inflo- 2 
rescence is very different, and the stem wants the alternate line 
of hairs.—J. D. H. 7 
Fig. 1. Expanded flower. f. 2. Petal. f. 3. Stamen. fo # — 
Pistil ;—magnified, 2 
