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CARYOPHYLLE.&. XXXI. STELLARIA. 



5 S. VIROATA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) plant 

 glabrous ; stem upright, dichotomous ; leaves ovate-cordate, 

 3-nerved ; flowers terminal, 3 or 4 in an umbel, on short pe- 

 duncles ; sepals oblong, bluntish, with scarious margins, much 

 longer than the corolla ; styles very short. TJ..H? Native of ? 

 AlsJne virgata, Deless. herb. 



Twiggy Stitch wort. PI. \ foot. 



6 S. ? ARISTA' T A (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) stems 

 tufted, dichotomous ; leaves ovate, awned at the apex, ciliated 

 at the base, spreading ; flowers cymose, stalked ; sepals lan- 

 ceolate, shorter than the corolla ; petals bidentate ; stamens 5 ; 

 ovary ovate; style 1 ; stigmas 3. 2(. H. Native of Mexico. 

 Alsine ? aristata. Moc. et Sesse, pi. ined. icon. Flowers white. 



.^nmed-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



7 S. RA'DIANS (Lin. spec. 603.) stem dichotomous ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, somewhat serrulated ; petals 5-parted, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Q? H. Native of Siberia in bogs. 

 Poir. diet. 7. p. 416. Wikstroem, acad. handl. 1822. Flowers 

 white. Leaves hairy, veined. 



Var. /3, uniflora (D. C. prod. 1. p. 396.) stem simple, 1- 

 flowered. Amm. stirp. ruth. t. 10. 



Radiant Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. PL -^ to \ foot. 



8 S. VILLOSA (Poir. diet. 7. p. 416. but not of Schlecht.) stems 

 and peduncles hairy ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent ; 

 flowers on long stalks, somewhat panicled, terminal ; petals 

 much longer than the calyx. I/ . S. Native of the island of 

 Bourbon. Flowers white. 



Villous Stitch-wort. PI. J foot. 



9 S. LATIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 501.) stems diffuse, forked, 

 rooting a little at the base ; leaves ovate, lower ones stalked, 

 rather cordate, upper ones sessile ; pedicels axillary, younger 

 ones crowded into umbels ; fruit-bearing ones reflexed ; petals 

 shorter than the calyx ; seeds disciform, rough. O- H. Native 

 about Montpelier, and of Germany, in watery places. D. C. fl. 

 fr. suppl. 5. p. 614. Stellaria Cerastium, Lin. syst. veg. ed. 15. 

 p. 452. Flowers white. 



Broad-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 

 foot. 



10 S. JAMESONII (Torrey in ann. lye. new york, vol. 2. 1827.) 

 plant clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, some- 

 what falcate, sessile, acute ; stem rather branched, yellow ; 

 flowers loosely panicled, divaricate ; petals 2-lobed, about twice 

 the length of the oblong, acute sepals. 3 . H. Native of North 

 America on the Rocky Mountains. 



Jameson's Stitchwort. PI. foot. 



11 S. LANCEOLA'IA (Poir. diet. 7. p. 416.) leaves lanceolate, 

 oblong, acute ; panicle pubescent ; sepals longer than the corolla. 

 I/ ? H. . Native of the Straits of Magellan. Flowers white. 



Zornceo/ate-leaved Stitchwort. PI. -J foot. 



12 S. ME'DIA (With. 418. Smith, engl. bot. t. 537.) stems 

 procumbent, with an alternate hairy line on one side ; leaves 

 ovate ; peduncles solitary, axillary ; fruit-bearing ones deflexed ; 

 capsules profoundly 6-valved, scarcely longer than the calyx ; 

 seeds somewhat kidney-shaped, rough. O- H. Common every 

 where throughout the world in waste and cultivated grounds. 

 Alsine media, Lin. spec. 389. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 1. t. 20. 

 Lam. ill. t. 214. Fl. dan. t. 438 and 525. Stamens 3-5 or 10. 

 Plant pale-green. Petals white. Small birds and poultry eat 

 the seeds and whole herb. The latter may be boiled for the 

 table like spinach. 



Var. fl, Jacensis (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 647i) 

 stem procumbent, with an obverse lateral villous alternate 

 line ; leaves ovate, smooth, veinless, upper ones sessile ; pedicels 

 axillary, and are as well as the calyxes hairy ; young pedicels 

 umbellately aggregate ; fructiferous ones reflexed ; petals bifid, 

 shorter than the calyx ; seed rather reniform, wrinkled. 



Intermediate Stitchwort or common Chickweed. Fl. March, 

 Nov. Britain. PI. trailing. 



13 S. MONO'GYNA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 215.) stamens 5 ; 

 stem much branched, procumbent, glabrous, bearded at the 

 joints ; leaves roundish, nerved, glabrous, stalked ; umbels 

 dichotomous, stalked ; style simple, crowned by 3 stigmas. 0. 

 H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers white. 



One-styled Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. PI. trailing. 



14 S. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Poir. diet. 7. p. 416.) leaves stalked, 

 round, thickish, 3-nerved, rather mucronate ; panicle terminal, 

 with twiggy branches ; corolla longer than the sepals. Native 

 of the Straits of Magellan. Perhaps a species of Drymaria 1 



Round-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June. PI. trailing. 



15 S. CILIA' TA (Vahl. in herb. Juss. Pers. ench. 1. p. 503. 

 but not of Kunth, nor Scop.) leaves cordate, acute, small, on 

 short footstalks, which are ciliated ; flowers axillary, solitary ; 

 petals hardly exceeding the calyx. Native of Peru. Petals 

 white. 



Ciliated-footstalked Stitchwort. PI. trailing. 



1 6 S. DICHO'TOMA (Lin. spec. 603. but not of Willd. herb.) 

 plant hairy ; leaves cordate, ovate, half stem-clasping ; stems 

 dichotomous ; flowers solitary ; fruit-bearing peduncles reflexed ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, exceeding the petals. ? H. Native 

 of Siberia on the Alps. Smith, icon. ined. 1. p. 14. t. 14. Pe- 

 tals white. 



Dichotomous-stemmed Stitchwort. Fl. year. PI. 1 foot. 



17 S. PU'BERA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 273.) plant 

 downy ; leaves oval, ciliated ; pedicels erect, shortish ; sepals 

 ovate ; petals longer than the calyx. If. . H. Native of North 

 America from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in shady woods 

 on rich soil. Flowers large, white. 



Downy Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. PI. trailing ? 



18 S. BULBOSA (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 3. p. 21. icon. rar. 3. t. 

 468.) leaves broad, ovate, lanceolate, veinless on the under 

 surface; stem rather branched ; peduncles 1 -flowered; sepals lan- 

 ceolate, acute, shorter than the petals ; root filiform, creeping, 

 bearing bulbs. Tf. . H. Native of Carinthia on the Alps in shady 

 moist places. Petals white. Anthers at first red, then black. 



Bulbous-rooted Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 823. PI. 

 ^ to | foot. 



19 S. VI'SCIDA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 342.) plant villous, 

 clammy ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; stems dichotomous erect ; 

 petals longer than the calyx ; capsules rather cylindrical, twice 

 as long as the lanceolate sepals. O- H. Native of Hungary, 

 Tauria, and Caucasus, in fields. Cerastium an6malum, Willd. 



spec. 2. p. 812. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. t. 22. Petals white. 

 This is probably a species of Moe'nchia. 



Var. ft, glalriuscula (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 307.) smoothish. 



Viscid Stitchwort. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1820. PI. | toift. 



20 S. SABULOSA (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 397.) plant 

 villous, clammy; leaves linear, very narrow; stems dichoto- 

 mously-panicled ; petals hardly longer than the calyx ; capsules 

 rather cylindrical, almost twice the length of the lanceolate 

 sepals. ? H. Native of Persia about Lenk-heran. Per- 

 haps only a variety of S. diibia of Bast ? Petals white. 



Gravel Stitchwort. PI. ^ to |- foot. 



21 S. DU'BIA (Bast, suppl. p. 24. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 614.) 

 leaves linear, glabrous, rather ciliated on the margins ; stem 

 erect; peduncles erect; sepals 3-nerved. . H. Native of 

 France. Cerastium arvense trigynum, Bast. fl. Maine et Loire, 

 p. 163. Petals white. 



Doubtful Stitchwort. PI. f foot. 



22 S. MONOSPE'RMA (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, fl. prod. nep. 

 p. 215.) leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminated, sessile, and are 

 glabrous, as well as the erect stem ; panicle terminal, trichoto- 

 mous, many-flowered ; calyx glabrous, obtuse, shorter than the 



