CARYOPHYLLE.E. XXXI. STELLARIA. XXXII. ARENARIA. 



431 



56 S. SUBULA'TA (Bceber. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 1 95.) leaves linear, bluntish ; flowers corymbose ; petals one- 

 half shorter than the awl-shaped sepals. JJ. 1 H. Native of 

 Siberia. Petals white. 



.^re>-shaped-sepalled Stitchwort. PI. diffuse. 



57 S. DAHU'KICA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 195.) leaves lanceolate, very entire, sessile, acute, pubescent 

 at the base as well as the stems ; flowers axillary, solitary ; pe- 

 duncles twice the length of the leaves. I/ ? H. Native of Da- 

 huria. Very like S. dtffusa, but the leaves are broader and the 

 flowers solitary and larger. Petals white. 



Dahurian Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL | ft. 



58 S. MOSQUE'NSIS (Bieb. in Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. 

 mag. 1816. p. 195.) leaves linear-awl-shaped, shorter than the 

 spaces of the stems between the leaves ; flowers in panicles. 

 if. 1 H. Native of Russia near Moscow. Petals white. 



Moscow Stitchwort. PI. f foot ? 



59 S. sERi-YLLiroLiA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 

 1816. p. 26.) stems much branched, procumbent; leaves on 

 short footstalks, ovate, acute, and somewhat mucronate, rounded 

 at the base, thickish, with the margin as well as the middle 

 nerve on the under surface ciliated ; calyx pubescent ; ovary con- 

 taining about 25 seeds. }/ . H. Native of South America in 

 the frigid plains of mount Antisana at the height of 6300 

 feet. Flowers white, generally terminal. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 25. 



Wild-Thyme-leaved Stitchwort. PI. procumbent. 



60 S. RECURVA'TA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 196.) stems diffuse ; leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 mucronated, 1 -nerved, thickish, keeled, recurved ; nerve on the 

 under surface, hairy ; calyx glabrous ; ovary containing about 

 40 seeds. 7. H. Native of New Granada in cold places at 

 the height of 3180 feet. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec, 

 amer. 6. p. 26. Flowers white. 



Recurved-leaved Stitchwort. PI. J foot. 



61 S. OVA V TA (Willd. herb, ex Schlecht. berl. mag. 1816. 

 p. 196.) stems diffuse, rather pilose; leaves stalked, somewhat 

 rhomboidal, ovate, acute and somewhat mucronate, membran- 

 aceous, ciliated ; fruit-bearing peduncles diverging, reflexed ; 

 hairy at the base ; capsules containing about 20 seeds. If. . H. 

 Native of South America in shady places near Caripe. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 26. S. ciliata, Willd. 

 herb, ex Kunth, 1. c. Petals white. 



Ocafe-leaved Stitchwort. PI. procumbent. 



62 S. ELONGA'TA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 289.) stem diffuse, 

 procumbent, pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate ; 

 peduncles lateral, solitary, very long ; flowers apetalous. If. 1 H. 

 Native of Carolina and Georgia. 



Elongated-peAuncled Stitchwort. PI. procumbent. 



63 S. LONGIFO'LIA (Muhlenb. in Willd. enum. p. 479. but not 

 of Fries.) leaves linear, acute ; panicle terminal ; petals acute, 

 2-parted, shorter than the calyx. If.? H. Native of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Petals white, 



Long-leaved Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. ? 



64 S. MURA'LIS (Link. enum. 1. p. 459.) plant covered with 

 glandular pubescence ; leaves ovate, fleshy, tapering into the 

 footstalk at the base ; petals cut, scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 0. H. Native of Crete. Arenaria muralis, Sieb. cret. exsic. 

 Sepals acute, nervous. This is an intermediate plant between 

 Slellaria and Arenaria. Petals white. 



Wall Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. procum- 

 bent. 



65 S. RADI'CANS (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 93. ex abr. p. 250.) stems 

 terete, prostrate, rooting, many-flowered ; leaves elliptical, ob- 

 tuse, shining, cauline ones leaning to one side ; peduncles diva- 

 ricating ; sepals linear, obtuse, twice as long as the petals ; 



capsules pear-shaped. l/.H. Native of the Pyrenees. Petals 

 white. 



Roofing-stemmed Stitchwort. PI. prostrate. 



66 S. RUPE'STRIS (Scop. fl. earn. 1. p. 317. 1. 18. f. 1.) leaves 

 flat, 3-nerved on the under surface ; stems villous, few-flowered ; 

 petals ovate, acuminated, shorter than the calyx. If. ? H. Native 

 of the alps of Carniola. Petals white. 



Rock Stitchwort. PI. trailing. 



67 S. E'LEGANS (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 400.) stems 

 prostrate at the base ; leaves elliptical, small, glabrous ; flowers 

 dichotomously panicled ; peduncles twice as long as the calyx, 

 rather downy ; sepals lanceolate, acute, smoothish, with some- 

 what membranaceous margins ; petals twice the length of the 

 calyx. 2.H. Native of Siberia and the Altaian mountains. 

 Cerastium elegans, Fisch. in litt. Petals white. 



Elegant Stitchwort. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. prostrate. 



68 S. LO'NGIPES (Goldie. plant, canad. in edinb. phil. journ. 

 apr. 1822.) plant very smooth; leaves linear-lanceolate; pe- 

 duncles terminal, dichotomously branched, furnished with brae- 

 teas ; pedicels very long ; petals broad, obovate, 2-parted, hardly 

 longer than the sepals, which are 3-nerved. $ ? H. Native of 

 North America in woods near Lake Ontaria, and about Mackenzie 

 River and Bear Lake. Petals white. 



Long-pedicelled Stitchwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. | foot. 



Cull. None of the species of Stellaria are worth cultivating 

 for ornament except the S. Holostea, which makes a very pretty 

 border-flower. Most of the species require to be grown in 

 moist shady situations, several of the smaller kinds require to 

 be grown in pots in a mixture of loam and sand, particularly 

 S. scapigera and S. cerastiotdes, Sec. The perennial herba- 

 ceous species are easily increased by dividing the plants at the 

 root ; and the annual ones only require to be sown in the open 

 border. None of the species require any particular care. The 

 South American kinds require shelter during winter. 



XXXII. ARENA V RIA (from arena, sand, in which most of 

 the species are found). Lin. gen. no. 774. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 

 130. f. 9. D. C. prod. 1. p. 400. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Dec&ndria, Trigynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. 

 Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, or from abortion fewer. Styles 

 3. Capsules 1 -celled, opening by 3 or 6 teeth at the apex, 

 many-seeded. Small grassy or chickweed-looking alpine plants 

 without stipulas. 



1. Leaves grassy. 



1 A. GRAMINIFO'LIA (Schrad. hort. gcet. t. 5. neu. journ. 1810. 

 2. p. 139.) stems erect, simple; leaves long, awl-shaped, fili- 

 form, scabrous on the margins from serratures ; panicle tricho- 

 tomous, pubescent, lax ; sepals very blunt, 6 times shorter than 

 the obovate petals. 1. H. Native of Caucasus in fields. 

 Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. no. 852. A. filifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 

 852. p. 344. but not of Vahl. Flowers white. 



Var. jj, glaberrima (D. C. prod. 1. p. 402.) panicle glabrous, 

 many-flowered ; flowers larger, A. graminifolia, Willd. enum. 

 p. 481. ex Bieb. 1. c. Flowers white. 



Grass-leaved Sandwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL 

 ^ to | foot. 



2 A. LONGIFO' LIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 345. suppl. 308.) leaves 

 awl-shaped, filiform, serrulated ; stems erect, simple ; panicle 

 trichotomous, glabrous, crowded ; sepals ovate, obtuse, not 

 half the length of the obovate petals. l/.H. Native of Siberia 

 on the Lower Volga. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 157. no. 65. t. 63. f. 2. 

 Very like A. graminifolia, but the flowers are smaller, and 

 more numerous, and the sepals are narrower and keeled. 

 Flowers white. 



Long-leaved Sandwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Git. 1823. PL -' to \ ft. 



