98 BRITISH BOTANY. 



upper ones ovate-elliptical, sessile (the leaves of the barren 

 shoots are cordate and petiolate). Pedicels very long. Sepals 

 lanceolate^ obscurely nerved. Petals twice as long as the sepals, 

 cleft beyond the middle, with divergent lobes. Capsule cylin- 

 drical, longer than the calyx. Seeds tubercular. 



In moist woods. Yorkshire and north of England. Per. ; 

 May, June. 



S« holostea, Lin. Stitchwoi^t . — e.b. 511. l.b.s. 186. 

 A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-650 yds. Tern. 51-41°. 



Root perennial, with barren, rooting shoots. Stems sharply 

 four-angled, glabrous or sUghtly rough on the angles, leafy. 

 Leaves lanceolate-linear, with long tapering points, rough at the 

 margin, leathery. Flowers in a terminal cyme. Bracts herba- 

 ceous, with ciliate margins. Sepals ovate, acute, glabrous. Pe- 

 tals cleft, with slightly divergent limbs, twice as long as the 

 sepals. 



Grassy places in hedges and woods. Per. ; May, June. 



Var. /3. laciniata. Petals scarcely as long as the calyx, deeply 

 divided, almost to the base, in three segments. 



Binstead Copse, Isle of Wight, Dr. Bromfield, in Phytologist, 

 Nov. 1848. 



S. glauca. With. Glaucous Marsh Stitchwort. — e.b. 825. 

 L.B.S. 187. 



A. 12. C. 40. Lat. 50-56°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tern. 51-47°. 



Stems reclining and rooting at the base, then erect, slender, 

 glaucous, angular, leafy. Leaves nearly linear, pointed^ quite 

 glabrous. Flowers terminal, in an elongate, few -flowered cyme. 

 Pedicels very long, spreading, erect. Bracts entire and scarious 

 at the margin. Sepals ovate, faintly three-nerved. Petals about 

 twice as long as the sepals, two-parted, with oblong divisions, 

 only slightly divergent. Capsule longer than the calyx. 



In water and watery places. Not common. Per. ; June- 

 August. 



We are indebted to the famous Dr. Withering for this addi- 

 tion to the British Flora, 



S. graminea, Lin. Lesser Stitchwort. — e.b. 803. l.b.s. 188. 

 A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-450 yds. Tern. 52-42°. 



Boot perennial, bearing barren shoots. Stems angular, smooth, 

 branching and leafy. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, slightly 

 ciliate at the base. Bracts scarious, except their midrib, which 



