CARYOPHYLLACE^. 99 



is herbaceous, ciliate. Sepals lanceolate, acute. Petals deeply 

 parted, rather longer than the sepals. Anthers deep orange. 



Grassy places. Per. ; May-September. 



S. sca^jiffera. — e.b. 1369. l.b.s. 15. This species is ignored 

 by the compilers of the London Catalogue. It is stated by 

 Mr. G. Don that it grew by the sides of rivulets to the north of 

 Duukeld and about Loch Nevis, Scotland. 



S. uliginosa, Murr. — S. aquatica, Pall. Bog Stitcliwort. — 



E.B. 1074. L.B.S. 189. 



A. 18. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-1100 yds. Tern. 52-36°. 



Root annual. Stems prostrate at the base, ascending, diffuse, 

 weak, glabrous. Leaves glaucous, oblong-lanceolate, slightly ci- 

 liate at the base. Flowers in lateral (axillary) cymes. Bracts 

 scarious. Sepals lanceolate, acute, with white scarious edges. 

 Petals deeply divided, with spreading lobes, shorter than the se- 

 pals. Capsule ovate, equal to the calyx. 



In ditches and watery places. Annual ; June- August. 



HoLOSTEUM, Lin. — Annual, herbaceous, erect or prostrate 

 plants, with umbellate or panicled flowers. Sepals 5, ovate, 

 concave. Petals 5, entire or tootlied. Stamens 3-5, rarely 10, 

 with a dorsal nectariferous pore. Styles 3. Capsule nearly 

 cylindrical, opening first by 6 teeth, finally separating into 6 

 valves. Seeds rough, peltate (convex-concave), stalked. 



H. umbellatum, Lin. Umbelliferous duckweed. — e.b. 27. 



L.B.S. 173. 



A. 1. C. 3. Lat. 52-53°. Alt. 0-50 yds. Tern. 49-48°. 



Root small, fibrous. Stems solitary or several, simple 

 (branched from the base)", straight, more or less puberulent 

 and glandulous, with two pairs of leaves below, naked above. 

 Leaves oblong, tapering below, glaucous and somewhat succu- 

 lent. Flowers umbellate, on unequal pedicels, with scarious 

 bracts. Sepals lanceolate, scarious at the margin, only half the 

 length of the petals. Petals variously jagged at each side, not 

 cleft as in Cerastium (Sm). Capsule longer than the calyx. 

 Seeds reddish. 



On roofs and walls about Norwich. Annual ; April. 



Sub-Tribe 2. CERJSTIE^'.— Styles 5, rarely 4-3, opposite to the 

 sepals. Capsule cylindrical or somewhat conical ; teeth of the 

 capsule twice as many as the styles. 



McENCHiA, Ehr. — Minute annual plants. Stems numerous 



