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corolla; capsules 1 -seeded. I/. H. Native of Nipaul at Na- 

 rainhetty. S. crispata, Wall, in litt. Of all the species of 

 Stellaria this is the largest. Leaves 6 inches long, and an inch 

 or an inch and a half broad. Panicle large, divaricating, many- 

 flowered. Flowers white, and about the size of those of S. 

 Holostea. 



One-seeded Stitchwort. Fl. Oct. PL l to 2 feet. 



23 S. PA'TENS (D. Don, fl. prod. nep. p. 215.) leaves linear-, 

 lanceolate, acute, sessile, and are as well as the decumbent stem 

 villous ; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, few-flowered ; sepals 

 acute, glabrous, about the length of the petals. If. . H. Native 

 of Nipaul. S. longif olia, Wall. mss. Flowers white. 



Spreading Stitchwort. PL decumbent. 



24 S. HOLO'STEA (Lin. spec. 711.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, serrulated, rather scabrous, upper ones broader and 

 shorter than the lower ones ; peduncles long, filiform ; petals 

 inversely heart-shaped, longer than the lanceolate acute sepals. 

 If. . H. Native throughout Europe in groves, thickets, and 

 dry hedge bottoms. Smith, engl. bot. t. 511. Curt. lond. fasc. 

 2. t. 30. Fl. dan. 698. Stems square ; they stick by their 

 rough angles and the edges of the leaves to any thing that comes 

 in their way. Flowers large, white, panicled. Plant glaucous. 

 Root creeping. 



All bone or Greater Stitchwort. FL May. Britain. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



25 S.LAXMA'NNI (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 397.) stem 

 erect, few-flowered; leaves linear, acute, entire, almost gla- 

 brous; peduncles filiform, long; petals 2-lobed, almost double 

 the length of the acute lanceolate sepals. I/ ? H. Native of 

 Eastern Siberia. Flowers white. 



Laxmann's Stitchwort. Fl. May. Clt. 1823. PL $ foot. 



26 S. VELUTI'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 397.) plant 

 clothed with soft hairs ; leaves oblong-linear, distant ; peduncles 

 long, filiform ; petals 2-lobed, longer than the oblong sepals. 

 y.. H. Native of Siberia? S. mollis, Fisch. in litt. but not 

 ofSchlecht. Flowers white. 



Velvety Stitchwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. PL J to 1 ft. 



27 S. SAXA'TILIS (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, fl. prod. nep. p. 

 215.) leaves flat, elliptical-oblong, and are as well as the erect 

 stem tomentose ; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, many-flower- 

 ed ; sepals acuminated, tomentose, longer than the corolla. If. . 

 H. Native among stones at Bheempedi in Nipaul. Flowers 

 white. 



Stone Stitchwort. FL April, May. PL 1 foot. 



28 S. GRAMI'NEA (Lin. spec. 604.) leaves linear, with smooth 

 margins ; stems diffuse ; flowers panicled, spreading ; petals 

 length of or longer than tlie calyx. If. . H. Native nearly 

 throughout Europe in heathy pastures, in bushy places, on a 

 gravelly or sandy soil, and the margins of woods ; also in Una- 

 laschka, (Cham.) Smith, engl. bot. 803. Fl. dan. 414. S. 

 arvensis, Hoff'm. germ, for 1791. p. 152. Plant green, not 

 glaucous. Petals white. Anthers reddish. 



Grassy or Lesser Stitchwort. Fl. May. Britain. PL 1 foot. 



29 S. FRIESIA'NA (Ser. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 397.) leaves 

 linear, channelled with the margins and keels rough, and base 

 ciliated ; stem flaccid ; peduncles solitary ; calyx nerveless, 

 equal in length to the petals. If. . H. Native of Smoland at 

 Fremsjo. S. longifolia, Fries, in Billb. svensk. bot. ex Spreng. 

 neue. entd. 3. p. 217. but not of Muhl. in Willd. enum. 



Fries's Stitchwort. FL May, June. PL \ foot. 



SO S. GLAU'CA (With. bot. arrang. 1. p. 420.) plant glaucous ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, with smooth margins, floral ones sca- 

 rious ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; peduncles partly scat- 

 tered ; stem erectish, weak. 1. H. Native almost through- 

 out Europe in moist meadows, bogs, and the margins of ditches 

 and ponds, where the soil is gravelly. Plentiful in Britain. 



Smith, engl. bot. t. 825. S. palustris, Retz. prod. 106. S. 

 media, Sibth. 141. S. graminea ft, Lin. spec. 604. Petals 

 white. Anther pale-red. 



Glaucous Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Britain. PL foot. 



31 S. FALCA V TA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 398.) plant 

 downy ; stem firm, branched at the base ; leaves linear, falcate, 

 stifF, numerous ; flowers somewhat corymbose ; peduncles long, 

 thickish ; sepals lanceolate, somewhat keeled, shorter than the 

 petals. % . H. Native on the eastern shore of Lake Baical, 

 and in Dahuria. Petals white. 



Sickle-leave A Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



32 S. EDWA'RDSII (Rr. Br. in app. to Parry's voy. p. 13.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, nerveless, shining; pe- 

 duncles terminal, 1-flowered or trifid : petals longer than the 3- 

 nerved calyx ; anthers purple. If. . H. Native of Melville 

 Island, Chester Inlet. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 96. t. 31. There 

 are two varieties of this plant with 1 or 3-flowered peduncles, 

 hairy, and smooth stems. 



Edwards's Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. PL -| foot. 



S3 S. NI'TIDA (Hook, in Scorsby, greenl. p. 411.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, rather 3-nerved ; flowers somewhat panicled ; anthers 

 yellow. 2.H. Native of Greenland and Eschscholtz Bay. 



Shining Stitchwort. PL -j to ^ foot. 



34 S. STRI'CTA (Richard in Frankl. 2nd journ. ed. 2. append, 

 p. 15. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 90.) plant erect, shining, or rather 

 glaucous; leaves linear, awl-shaped, erect, stiff; panicle termi- 

 nal ; petals linear, longer than the crenate, 2-nerved sepals ; 

 anthers purple. If. . H. Native of North America from Lake 

 Winepeg to the Bear Lake, and from Hudson's Bay to the 

 Rocky Mountains. S. pubescens, Rich, in Frankl. 1st journ. 

 ed. 1. app. no. 164. Stem pubescent, pilose. 



Var. ft ; stem smooth. S. pubescens ft, Richard. 1. c. 

 Far, y ; upper leaves glaucous. 

 Straight Stitchwort. PL -j foot. 



35 S. CRASSIFOLIA (Ehrh. beitr. 3. p. 60.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, thickish, entire, smooth ; peduncles solitary from the 

 forks of the stem. 1 . H. Native of Germany and Siberia in 

 moist meadows. Plant glaucous. 



Thick-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? PL J- to 1 

 foot. 



36 S. BREVIFOLIA (Schum. pi. zeel. p. 142.) leaves lanceo- 

 late ; peduncles solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves ; petals 

 cleft beyond the middle, about the length of the sepals. If. . H, 

 Native of Zealand by the sea-side. (Eder. fl. dan. t. 415. 

 Flowers white. 



Short-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. May, June. PL -J- to 1 foot. 



37 S. AQUA'TICA (Poll. pal. no. 422. but not of Scop.) leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, entire, with a callous tip; petals profoundly 

 2-parted, shorter than the calyx ; capsules ovate-oblong, a little 

 longer than the calyx ; stems weak. 0. H. Native through- 

 out Europe, and in the island of Unalaschka, also in Britain, 

 in rivulets, springs, and watery spots. S. uliginosa, Murr. 

 comm. gott. 55. Smith, engl. bot. 1074. Curt. lond. fasc. 6. 

 t. 28. S. graminea y, Lin. fl. suec. ed. 2. p. 150. S. hypericifolia, 

 Wiggers Holsat. 34. S. Dilleniana, Leers, 107. S. lateriflora, 

 Krok. siles. 2. p. 52. t. 4. S. fontana, Jacq. coll. 1. p. 327. S. 

 Alsine, Hoffm. fl. germ, for 1791. p. 153. t. 5. Larbrea aqua- 

 tica, St. Hil. Herb smooth, somewhat glaucous. Stems square. 

 Flowers small, white, in irregular lateral and terminal panicles. 

 This is probably the Larbrea aquatica of St. Hil. but whether 

 the stamens are perigynous in the British plant we have not ma- 

 terials at present to decide. 



Water or Bog Stitchwort. Fl. June. Britain. PL foot. 



38 S. UNDULA'TA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 185.) leaves oblong, 

 acute, undulate, length of the spaces of stem between the leaves ; 

 flowers axillary and terminal ; peduncles capillary, longer than 



