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/3. smaller , stems procumbent few-flowered, petals crowned. 

 Silene amcena, Lightf. p. 227. S. maritima, E. B. t. 957. 



HAB. Pastures and road-sides, common. (3. Common on the coast 

 among small loose stones. Fl. June Aug. If . 



Whole plant glaucous, varying much from situation. Mr. Hopkirk 

 mentions a var. with narrower leaves, and every where thickly co- 

 vered with glandular hairs, as found on the banks of the Clyde at 

 Old Kilpatrick, and at the ferry, Clyde Iron-works. I most will- 

 ingly join with Wahlenberg in uniting the S. maritima with the in- 

 fiata. The /S. is occasionally found at a great elevation on the moun- 

 tains ; and then is the S. uni/tora of Decand. In both, the flowers 

 are large and white, more or less bifid in each petal. The styles 

 are very variable in number. 



2. S. acaulis (Moss Campion), caespitose, leaves linear ciliated 

 at the base, peduncles solitary single-flowered, petals slightly 

 notched crowned. Lightf. p. 227. t. 12. E. B. t. 1081. 



HAB. Abundant upon all the elevated mountains. Fl. June, July. 3/ . 



Stems short, 2 or 3 inches high, much branched and tufted. Leaves par 

 tent. Flowers beautiful purple. One of the greatest ornaments of 

 the Alps. Mr. Murray finds it with a white flower on Ben Lomond. 

 ** Calyx pubescent. 



3. S. nu tans (Nottingham Catch-fly} , flowers paniclecl secund 

 cernuous, petals deeply bifid their segments linear, leaves (of 

 the stem) lanceolate pubescent. E. B. t. 465. 



HAB. Hills at N. Queen's-ferry, Mr. Brown. Rocks between Mon- 



trose and Arbroath, G. Don. Fl. July. 7/ . 

 Stems 1 or 1^ f. high. Radical leaves obovate, acutCj, tapering into a 



long stalk. Flowers white, rather large, crowned. 

 S. noctiflora (Night-flowering Catch-fly}, cal. with 10 angles 



veined, teeth nearly as long as the tube, stem dichotomous, 



petals bind. E. B.t. 291. 



HAB. Corn-fields, on the coast of Angus-shire, G.Don. Fl. July. Q. 

 One foot or more high. Leaves much like the last, pubescent. Upper 



part of the stem frequently dichotomous, each branchlet terminated 



with a single flower, and a solitary flower in the axil of the fork. 



Flowers rather large, sweet-scented, pale reddish, almost white. 



Peduncles viscid. 



12. STELLARIA. 



1. S. Nemorum (IVood Stilchwort), leaves petiolate cordate 

 upper ones ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous. Lightf. p. 228. 

 E. B. t. 92. 



HAB. Woods and shady places ; frequent in the Lowlands, Lightf.: as 

 banks of the N. and S. Esk, Maugh. Woods at Castlemilk, Wood- 

 hall, and Hamilton, Hopk. Fl. May, June. 11 . 



One or one foot and a half tall. Stems weak, pubescent above. Leaves 

 very large, glabrous but rough with extremely minute elevated dots, 

 sometimes ciliated at the margin. Cal. leaves erect, white at the 

 margin. Petals narrow, deeply bifid, pure white. 



2. S. media (common duckweed), leaves ovate, stems procum- 



