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Arctic Sea and islands. {Richardson.') Norton and Kotzebue Sound. 

 (Rothr. Alask.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



83. CERASTIUM, Linn. (MOUSE-EAR CHiCKWEED.) 



(30b*.) C. viscosum, Linn. PI. Bonrgeau, 255. 



C. vulgatum, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 103. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 187. Gray, 



Manual, 93. 

 C. glomeratum, Thuill. Sow. Eng. Bot. II., 82. 



Introduced into cultivated ground, more especially gardens. Ecported 

 trom Nova Scotia to the western part of Ontario. Abundant around 

 Victoria, British Columbia. (Macoun.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PL) 



(307.) C. vulgatum, Linn. 



C. viscosum, Linn, Herb, not Spec. Hook. Fl. I., 103. Gray, Manual, 94. 

 C. triviale, Link. 



This species seems to be indigenous to Ontario and the Eastern 

 provinces, as it is common in woods and cultivated grounds. It is per- 

 ennial, or lasts more than two years. Greenland. (Hook. Arct. P. I) 



(308.) C. nutans, Eaf. Nodding Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



On places where water lies in the spring. Windsor Junction, N.S. 

 Montreal Mountain, Q. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher Fl. Oil.) Very abundant at Belleville on wet limestone 

 shingle; woods near Amherstburgh, Out.; Prince Arthur's Landing, 

 Lake Superior; Lake Manitoba at the Narrows; Big Lake west of 

 Edmonton ; Little Slave Lake ; St. John's, Peace Eiver ; and at Vic- 

 toria, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) From the Eastern provinces to 

 Lat. 58°, and from Hudson's Bay to the elevated valleys of the Rocky 

 Mountains. (Richardson.) 



(309.) C. arvense, Linn. Meadow Chickweed. 



C. Pennsylvanicvm, Hornem. Hook. Fl. I., 104 

 a elongatwm, Pursh, 321. Hook. Fl. I., 103. 

 C. tenuifolium, Pursh, 321. 



On rocky banks, hills and pastures, from Labrador and Pictou, JN.S. 

 to Vancouver Island. A common and beautiful species. 



(310.) C. oblongifolium, Torrey. 



C. arvense, Pursh, 321. (?.) Eichards in Frankl. Journ., 738. 

 f a bracteatim, Raf. Torr. & Gray FT. I., 189. 

 C.puhescens, Goldie. Edinb. Phil. Journ. IV., 328. 



Wet woods, close to Amhertsbui-gh, Ont. ; Point Peleo and Pelee 

 Island, Ont. A rare and beautiful species. 



