236 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



S. Hirculus : flowering stem ascending, about six inches 

 high, terminated by a single, rather large yellow flower ; leaves 

 alternate, narrow-oblong or linear, entire. — Wet moors at high 

 elevations. Fl. August. 



** Flowers white. 

 •f Calyx adherent at the base. 



S. hypnoides : barren shoots, numerous, decumbent, some- 

 times 2-3 inches long, sometimes contracted into a short 

 dense tuft ; leaves mostly entire, narrow -linear, pointed, some 

 of the larger ones often 3-5-lobed, glabrous or more- or less 

 ciliated ; stems 3-6 inches high, with few leaves, and 1-8 

 large white flowers. — Rather moist rocky situations. Fl. May 

 to July. Very variable in the development of its stems, leaves, 

 and flowers, and in the more or less pointed or almost obtuse 

 segments of the leaves and calyx. 



tt Calyx free. 



S. stellaris : tufted, and when luxuriant elongated into leafy 

 branches, 1-2 inches long ; leaves spreading, thin, varying 

 from oblong to obovate, with a few coarse teeth, tapering at 

 the base ; stems erect, 3-6 inches high ; flowers from 2-3 to 

 8-10, forming a loose terminal panicle, small, white, star-like, 

 on slender, spreading pedicels, each with a sm.dl leafy bract. 

 — Wet rocks in mountain ranges. Fl. June, July. 



**# Flowers pinh. * 



S. umbrosa : root-leaves collected in dense rosulate tufts, 

 spreading, thick and leathery, glabrous, obovate, bordered 

 with cartilaginous crenatures or coarse teeth, and narrowed at 

 the base into a short flattened stalk ; flowering stems erect, 

 leafless, J-1 foot high; flowers in a loose, dender panicle, 

 small, pink, elegantly spotted with dark crimson. — London 



