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Root branched at the crown. Stems numerous, round, pro- 

 cumbent, downy, leafy, 3-5 inches long. Leaves spathulate, ob- 

 tuse, recurved, single-ribbed, tapering and fringed at the base, 

 fleshy. Flowers terminal, conspicuous, on long, mostly solitary 

 stalks. Sepals ovate, acute, concave, 2-3-ribbed, keeled, with a 

 membranous margin. Petals white, spreading, longer than the 

 sepals. Capsule ovate, 6-valved (Smith). This eminent autho- 

 rity states that the stems form " dense bright green tufts." 



Limestone clifls, Ben Bulben, Sligo. Perennial; August, 

 September. 



A. norvegica, Gunn. Norwegian Sandwort. — e.b. 2852. 

 L.B.S. 177. 



A. 1. C. 1. Lat. 60-61°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tern. 46-45°. 



Stems procumbent, much branched, nearly smooth (Babing- 

 ton). Leaves spathulate, obovate, fleshy, not ciliated. Sepals 

 ovate, acute, obscurely ribbed. Petals ovate. — Said to be dis- 

 tinguished from A. ciliata by its obscurely ribbed calyx and by 

 its leaves, which are not ciliated, and less tapering at the base 

 than in A. ciliata. 



On a hill in Unst, Shetland. Perennial; July, August. 



Stellaria, Lin. — Herbaceous, annual or perennial plants, 

 with weak, straggling stems, entire pointed leaves, and white 

 flowers. Sepals 5, lanceolate. Petals 5, cleft or parted, some- 

 times none. Stamens 10. Styles 3. Capsule opening to the 

 middle by six valves (tAvice as many as the styles) . Seeds with 

 a strophiole. (See Mcehringia.) 



S. cerastoides, Lin. Alpine Stitchwoi't. — e.b. 911. l.b.s. 

 190. 



A. 2. C. 4. Lat. 56-58°. Alt. 900-1300 yds. Tern. 36-34°. 



Root creeping. Stems spreading, 3-4 inches long, branching, 

 leafy, with a hairy line. Leaves elliptical, pointed, smooth, re- 

 curved. Peduncles pubescent. Sepals with a hairy keel (Sm.). 

 Petals twice as long as the sepals, cleft. Styles 3, rarely 4-5. 

 Capsule twice as long as the calyx, cylindrical. Seeds rough. 



Highland mountains. Per. ; July, August. 



Var. |S. nivale. Leaves hairy. — Cerastium nivale, Don. 



S. nemorum, Lin. JFood Stitchwort. — e.b. 92. l.b.s. 184. 

 A. 12. C. 30. Lat. 51-58°. Alt. 0-150 yds. Tern. 49-46°. 



Root perennial. Stems spreading at the base, then erect, 

 weak, soft and downy, forked. Lower leaves cordate, stalked ; 

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