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seeds. O- S. Native of South America in the sand near 

 Pachuca, at the height of 3810 feet. D. arenarioides, Roem. et 

 Schult. syst. p. 406. Seeds angular, reniform, thickly beset 

 with very minute tubercles. Petals white. 



Frankenia-like Drymaria. PI. trailing. 



. 2 D. STELLARIOI'DES (Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. 

 p. 406.) stems dichotomous at the apex, few-flowered ; leaves 

 sessile, glabrous ; calyx viscid, pubescent, shorter than the bifid 

 petals; ovary containing about 50 seeds. O- S. Native of 

 Quito near Hambato at the height of 4140 feet. H. B. et 

 Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 22. Petals white. 



Stitch-mort-like Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. PI. trailing. 



3 D. OVA'TA (Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 406.) stems villous 

 at the top as well as the branches ; leaves stalked, ovate, acute, 

 mucronated, rounded at the base, puberulous ; peduncles bifid, 

 few-flowered ; calyx glabrous, equalling in length the corolla ; 

 petals profoundly bifid; ovary containing 13 to 17 seeds. O- H. 

 Native near Quito at the height of 4380 feet. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 23. Petals white. 



Otiate-leaved Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. PI. trailing. 



4 D. CORDA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Ram. et Schult. 5. p. 406.) 

 stems as well as leaves glabrous ; leaves ovate, roundish, acute, 

 mucronated, rounded or obsoletely cordate at the base, on 

 short footstalks ; peduncles dichotomous, many-flowered ; calyx 

 downy, exceeding in length the petals ; ovary 7-10-seeded. 

 1. S. Native of the West Indies and' Surinam. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 23. Holosteum cordatum, 

 Lin. amcen. 3. p. 21. mant. 327. Lam. ill. t. 51. f. 2. Petals 

 white. Plant glaucous. 



CWate-leaved Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1814. PI. 

 creeping. 



5 D. GRA'CILIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea 5. p. 232.) like 

 D. cordata, but differs in the leaves being more oyate, never 

 dilated nor kidney-shaped, longer than the capillary petioles ; 

 peduncles and calyxes smooth, not clothed with glandular down 

 as in that plant. The whole plant is more erect, and of a paler 

 green colour, and the seeds are much larger. O- H. Native 

 of Mexico at Jalapa. 



Slender Drymaria. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1828. PI. | foot. 



6 D. PALU'STRIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea 5. p. 232.) 

 like D. cordata, but with a much more slender habit, and 

 with the leaves nearly 3 times smaller ; bracteas broader and 

 blunter ; seeds smaller and echinately-muricated, not granular ; 

 peduncles and calyxes smooth ; leaves roundish-ovate, rather 

 cordate, acutish, younger ones and stems villous. If. . F. Na- 

 tive of Mexico at Jalapa. 



Marsh Drymaria. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1830. PL creeping. 



7 D. VILLOSA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea 5. p. 232.) like 

 the rest, but the whole plant is villous ; seeds smaller, tuber- 

 culated, not muricated. % . F. Native of Mexico. 



Pillous Drymaria. Fl. April, Sep. PI. ^ to 4 foot. 



8 D. DIA'NDRA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 647.) 

 branched, puberulous; leaves roundish-ovate, mucronate, smooth, 

 tapering to the base ; peduncles bifid ; flowers diandrous ; calyx 

 clothed with glandular pubescence ; petals profoundly bifid ; 

 capsule 1 -seeded. l/.S. Native of Java. Allied to D. ovata 

 and D. cordata. 



Diandrous Drymaria. PI. trailing. 



9 D. DIVARICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 24.) 

 stems as well as leaves glabrous ; leaves stalked, broadly round- 

 ish-ovate, acute, rounded at the base ; peduncles irregularly 

 branched, divaricating, many-flowered ; calyx glabrous, a little 

 shorter than the petals ; ovary containing about 8 seeds. O- H. 

 Native on the shores of the Pacific ocean, near Lima in Peru. 

 Differing from D. cordata in the peduncles being irregularly 

 branched, with longer pedicels. Petals exceeding the calyx, as 



well as the style being longer. Plant rather glaucous, diffuse. 

 Petals white. 



.Diran'cfltoZ-peduncled Drymaria. Fl. July, Sept. PI. $ ft. 



Cult. Drymaria is a genus of chickweed-looking plants, con- 

 sequently not worth cultivating, except in botanical gardens. 

 They only require to be sown in pots in the spring, and placed 

 in a hot-bed. In the month of May they may be planted out 

 in the open border in a warm situation. If kept in a stove 

 most of them will prove perennial. A sandy soil suits them best. 



XXX. SCHI'EDEA (William Schiede, a German botanist 

 now in Mexico). Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 45. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Trigynia. Calyx of 5 permanent 

 sepals. Petals 5, minute, bifid, permanent, shorter than the 

 calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 3, stigmatose on the inside. Cap- 

 sule sessile, 1-celled, 3-valved, opening nearly to the base with 

 a seminiferous nerve in the middle of each valve. Seeds 10-12, 

 orbicular, emarginate. A branched, knotted, bifurcate shrub, 

 about 3 feet high. Leaves small, opposite, connate at the base. 

 Flowers small, white, in panicles. 



1 S. LIGUSTRI'NA (Cham. 1. c. 1. p. 46.). Jj . G. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands, particularly in O Wahu. 



Privet-like Schiedea. Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will grow in a mixture of loam and sand, 

 and young cuttings will strike root under a hand-glass. 



XXXI. STELLA'RIA (from stella, a star, because of the stel- 

 late disposition of the petals). Lin. gen. no. 773. Gaert. fruct. 



2. t. 130. f. 3. D. C. prod. 1. p. 396. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 10, or from abortion only 3-8. Styles 



3. Capsules 1 -celled, 6-valved at the apex, many-seeded. 



1 S. NE'MORUM (Lin. spec. 603.) lower leaves cordate, stalked, 

 upper ones ovate or lanceolate, almost sessile ; panicles repeat- 

 edly forked ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; seeds orbicular, 

 compressed, with a tubercled margin. I/ . H. Native of many 

 places in Europe in moist woods and in the neighbourhood of 

 springs. In the north of England and in the Lowlands of 

 Scotland. Smith, engl. bot. t. 92. Fl. dan. 271. Alsme ne- 

 morum, Schreb. spic. 30. Root slender, creeping. Stems strag- 

 gling, with a few hairs. Leaves pale-green. Flowers numerous, 

 white. 



Grove Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. straggling. 



2 S. CUSPIDA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 196.) stems dichotomous, glabrous; leaves stalked, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, cordate, membranaceous, glabrous ; pedun- 

 cles from the wings ; calyx pilose, ciliated at the base, clammy ; 

 ovary containing about 30 seeds. 7J. H. Native of South 

 America in groves in the province of Quito as well as in Chili. 

 H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 27. Very like Stel- 

 laria nemorum. Plant straggling, pale green. Flowers white. 



Cuspidate-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. PI. strag- 

 gling. 



3 S. SAXI'FRAGA (Bert. pi. ital. rar. ed. 1. p. 55. no. 4.) plant 

 pubescent, diffuse ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, dilated at the 

 base, rough ; panicles dichotomous ; peduncles terminal, gene- 

 rally in threes, lateral ones furnished with bracteas ; sepals 

 narrow-lanceolate, one-half shorter than the petals ; seeds rather 

 kidney-shaped, rough. I/ . H. Native of Italy on the Peak 

 of Sagra in the Alps of Appuanus. Flowers white. 



Saxifrage Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. PI. diffuse. 



4 S. CORDA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1813. 

 p. 179.) leaves roundish-cordate; peduncles axillary. 3- H. 

 Native of South America near Caripe. Flowers white. 



Cordate-leaved. Stitchwort. PL trailing ? 

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