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above, denticulate (Grenier). Pedicels much longer than the 

 calyx, refracted after flowering, then erect. Sepals lanceolate, 

 with a broad, white, shining margin, toothed, erose at the apex. 

 Petals rather notched than cleft. Stamens 5, rarely 10. Seeds 

 finely tubercular. 



On walls, sandy, open, and such-like places. Annual or bien- 

 nial ; April, May. 



Smith says, " Indubitably a most distinct species, displaying 

 itself on every wall in the early spring, and withering away be- 

 fore the viscosum [triviale of recent writers) begins to put forth 

 its far less conspicuous blossoms'^ (Eng. Fl. ii. 332). In Coss. 

 and Germ. ' Flore des Environs de Paris' this plant is described 

 under the name pellucidum, Chaub., which is, according to them, 

 a variety of their C. varians. (See p. 38 and plate v.) There are 

 forms very like their figure of C. varians, var. obscurum. 



C. glomeratum, Thuil. — C. vulgatum, Sm., e.b. 789. — C vis- 

 cosum, Fries, l.b.s. 192. 



A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-350 yds. Tern. 52-43°. 



Stems annual, solitary or numerous, 4-8 inches high, erect, 

 spreading or ascending, leafy and clothed with soft hairs. Leaves 

 ovate or obovate or oblong, hairy. Bracts herbaceous, not scari- 

 ous, about as long as the pedicels. Sepals pointed, scarcely sca- 

 rious at the margin, with long hairs. Petals usually shorter 

 than the calyx. Filaments glabrous at the base. 



On barren sandy places. Annual ; April-June. 



The colour of this plant is always a pale or light green. 



C. alpinum, Lin. Alpine Mouse-ear Chickiveed. — e.b. 473. 

 L.B.S. 196. 



A. 5. C. 12. Lat. 53-59°. Alt. 850-1300 yds. ? Tern. 38-34°. 



Stem hairy, ascending or erect, simple, leafy, 4-6 inches 

 high, with many barren, leafy shoots. Leaves obovate, ovate or 

 lanceolate, attenuated below, woolly or hairy. Lower bracts 

 herbaceous, the upper with narrow scarious margins. Sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, with a scarioiis margin. Petals cleft, erect 

 during flowering. Capsule longer than the calyx, with the cur- 

 vature barely exserted. 



Alpine parts of Britain. Per. ; June-August. 



Var. a. hirsutum. Hairs grey, not white. — C. alpinum, DC. 



Var. /S. lanatum. Plant covered with long fiaxen hairs. 

 Reich. 4967. 



