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CARYOPHYLLEJE. XXXIV. CERASTIUM. 



fork, on a long pedicel; capsules ovate, shorter than the calyx. 

 If. . H. Native of Siberia. C. serpillifolium, Bieb. ex Stev. 

 inlitt. 1817. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1817. PI. decumbent. 



29 C. LONGIFO'LIUM (Willd. spec. 2. p. 814. but not of Poir.) 

 stem erect, dichotomous, hairy, clammy ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late ; sepals with membranaceous margins ; petals shorter than 

 the calyx ; fruit-bearing peduncles horizontal ; capsules length 

 of calyx. O- H. Native of Armenia. 



Long-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. J to -\ foot. 



30 C. COMMERSONIA V NUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 417.) 

 stem dichotomous, viscid, angular ; leaves linear, very long, ses- 

 sile, rather viscid ; flowers dichotomously-umbellate ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, hardly membranaceous at the margins ; corolla 

 and capsule length of calyx. O- I/ ? H. Native of Monte 

 Video. C. longifolium, Juss. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 164. but not 

 of Willd. 



Comma-son's Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. ^ foot. 



31 C. AQUA'TICUM (Lin. spec. 629.) plant rather hairy; root 

 creeping ; stem weak, straggling, round, forked ; leaves heart- 

 shaped, sessile ; peduncles lateral, solitary, 1 -flowered, viscid; 

 sepals ovate, slightly marginate ; capsule ovate, length of calyx 

 or longer, opening by 5 cloven teeth. 1. H. B. Native of 

 many parts of Europe in watery places and on the margins of 

 rivers and ditches ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, eng. bot. t. 

 538. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 1. t. S4. The general appearance of 

 this plant much resembles Stellaria nemorum. Petals white, 

 equal with the calyx. This plant is said by M. Sering to be the 

 Larbrea aqudtica of St. Hilaire, but that is a truly distinct plant 

 with perigynous stamens belonging to Paronychiece. 



Water Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. July. Britain. PL de- 

 cumbent. 



32 S. TE'NUE (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnasa. 1. p. 

 501.) smooth, erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate; peduncles elon- 

 gated ; sepals 3-nerved, with membranous margins, nearly twice 

 the length of the corolla; capsule oblong. O- H. Native of 

 Corsica. 



Low Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



33 S. HETEKOPHY'LLUM (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Lin- 

 naea. 1. p. 501.) leaves smoothish, lower ones ovate, upper ones 

 linear ; calyx hairy, equalling the corolla in length ; capsule 

 round. O- H. Native of Corsica. 



Variable-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. \ ft. 



2. Petals exceeding the calyx in length. 

 * Capsules equal in length with the calyx, or shorter. 



34 C. MA'NTICUM (Lin. spec. 629.) plant very smooth ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear ; stem straight, dichotomous ; peduncles very 

 long ; sepals and bracteas lanceolate, acute, with membranaceous 

 margins, shorter than the corolla , capsules ovate, almost equal 

 in length to the calyx. .. H. Native of Italy and Hungary 

 on the mountains. Walds. and Kit. hung. 1. p. 96. t. 96. 

 Stellaria Mantica, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 794. 



Mantic Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. 

 PI. | to 1 foot. 



35 C. RUPE'STRE (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 417.) plant 

 rather pilose ; stems prostrate, branched ; leaves ovate-linear ; 

 flowers dichotomous, with a solitary flower in each fork on a 

 long peduncle ; sepals ovate, obtuse, with membranaceous mar- 

 gins ; petals cloven, much longer than the calyx ; capsules egg- 

 shaped, almost equal in length to the calyx. I/ . H. Native 

 of the alps of Siberia in bogs overflowed by the melting of the 

 snow above a place called Tschala. 



Rock Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. prostrate. 



36 C. FONTA'NUM (Baumg. fl. trans, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 416.) stem creeping, somewhat tetragonal, hairy; leaves pilose, 

 radical ones spatulate, cauline ones ovate ; flowers panicled ; 

 petals shorter than the calyx ; capsule ovate-globose. 7/ . H. 

 Native of Transylvania. 



Fountain Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. creeping. 



37 C. CILIA'TUM (Kit. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 417.) stem 

 straight ; leaves linear, in fascicles, scabrous above, but revolute 

 and smooth beneath ; peduncles terminal, elongated, corymbose ; 

 petals bifid, much longer than the obtuse sepals. I/ . H. Native 

 of Croatia on the Matra mountains. C. Matrense, Kit. in Spreng. 

 pi. min. cogn. 1. p. 33. Panicle terminal, leafy. 



Ciliated Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. ft. 



38 C. ELONGA'TUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 321. but not of 

 Bieb.) plant hairy ; leaves linear, longer than the internodes, 

 divaricating ; peduncles terminal, elongated, di-trichotomous ; 

 bracteas ovate ; petals emarginate, twice the length of the acute 

 sepals ; capsules somewhat globose. 2. H. Native of North 

 America on the plains of the Columbia river. 



Elongated-peduncled Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. Apr. May, 



39 C. DEFLE'XUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 417.) plant 

 downy ; stem tall, dichotomous, panicled ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, waved ; flowers erect, small ; petals exceeding the calyx ; 

 capsule-bearing peduncles deflexed ; capsules hardly equalling 

 the calyx in length. If. ? H. Native of the north of Persia. 



Z>e/Ze.rerf-peduncled Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. May, July. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



40 C. TENUIFOLIUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 321.) plant 

 tufted, clothed with very fine pubescence ; leaves narrow, linear, 

 longer than the internodes ; flowers on long peduncles ; petals 

 obovate, emarginate, almost three times the length of the acute 

 sepals. 7. H. Native of North America on the banks of the 

 Schuylkill and Delaware, Pennsylvania. Very like C. an-ense. 



Fine-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. May, Ju. PI. -j foot. 



41 C. FURCA'TUM (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 61.) pu- 

 bescent, glandular above ; stem nearly simple ; leaves broad, 

 lanceolate, acute, hairy ; flowers dichotomously-panicled ; sepals 

 obtuse ; petals twice the length of the sepals ; capsule shorter 

 than the calyx. O- H. Native of Siberia. 



Forked-stemmed Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. PI. 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



42 C. CAMPANULA' TUM (Viv. aiinal. bot. 1. p. 2. p. 171. t. 1.) 

 plant ascending, diffuse, villous ; radical leaves spatulate ; cauline 

 ones oblong ; panicle dichotomous ; corollas campanulate ; petals 

 semibifid, twice as long as the calyx ; capsules ovoid, equal in 

 length with the calyx. Q. H. Native about Rome. Sebas. 

 rom. pi. fasc. 2. p. 12. t. 3. f. 1. C. Ligusticum, Viv. cat. hort. 

 Dinegro. C. prae v cox, Ten. fl. neap. 1. p. 27. 



Campanulate-fiowered Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. April, 

 May. Clt. 1824. PI. | foot. 



43 C. INCA'NUM (Ledeb. mem. acad. scienc. potz. 5. p. 514.) 

 plant erect, hoary, pubescent; leaves oblong-linear, acute, 

 clothed with very short, appressed hairs ; peduncles trichoto- 

 mous ; sepals with membranaceous margins ; petals spatulate, 

 semibifid at the apex, twice the length of the calyx ; capsules 

 globose, inclosed in the calyx. I/ . H. Native of the south of 

 Siberia. 



Hoary Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. PI. to ^ ft. 



44 C. GRANDIFLORUM (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. t. 168.) 

 stems creeping ; leaves linear, acute, with somewhat revolute 

 margins, hoary, tomentose ; flowers dichotomous ; sepals oblong, 

 scarcely hoary, with scarious margins ; petals twice the length 

 of calyx; capsules oblong. T(.. H. Native of Hungary and 

 Iberia on dry hills. West, in flora, 1820. p. 357. C. argen- 



