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teum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 36 1. suppl. 320. C. incanum, Hoffm. 

 hort. mosc. ann. 1808. ex Bieb. 1. c. Very like C. tomentbsum, 

 but differs in being less hoary, and the leaves narrower and 

 more acute, hardly revolute at the margins. 



Great-flowered Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1818. PI. foot. 



* * Capsules exceeding the calyx in length. 



45 C. TOMENTO'SUM (Lin. spec. 629. var. ft.) root creeping; 

 stem diffuse, hoary-tomentose as well as the leaves, which are 

 oblong- spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; panicle erect, dichoto- 

 mous ; sepals elliptic, lanceolate, hoary-tomentose, with scarious 

 margins ; capsules sub-cylindrical, longer than or equal with 

 the calyx. if. H. Native of the south of Europe on moun- 

 tains in Provence, Greece, &c. In the gardens of France it is 

 called Oreille de souris. Smith, fl. graec. 455. Col. phytob. 

 ed. 1744. p. 115. t. 31. C. Columnae, Tenor, prod. p. 27. cat. 

 app. p. 44. C. tomentosum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 680. Flowers large. 



Tomentose Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1648. PI. i foot. 



46 C. WiLLDENoVii (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec, 

 amer. 6. p. 29.) stems erect, forked at the apex, and are woolly 

 as well as the leaves, which are ovate-lanceolate and acute ; 

 calyx pubescent ; capsules oblong-cylindrical, many-seeded, 

 rather arched, hardly exceeding the calyx in length ; seeds 

 brown, small. 1. H. Native of Quito in South America. 

 Stellaria mollis, Willd. herb, ex S'chlecht. berl. mag. 1816. p. 

 196. Flowers about the size of those of C. arvense. 



Willdenores Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, Jul. PI. \ ft. 



47 C. NIPAULE'NSE ; hairy; lower leaves spatulate, upper 

 ones lanceolate, acute ; flowers terminal, glomerate ; sepals 

 acute, and are as well as the pistils shorter than the corolla ; 

 stem decumbent, branched. If. H. Native of Nipaul at Na- 

 rainhetty. C. grandifl6rum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 216. Stems 

 decumbent, much branched. Flowers large, white. 



Nipaul Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. ^ foot. 



48 C. BIEBERSTEI'NII (D. C. in mem. soc. phys. gen. vol. 1.) 

 root creeping ; stem diffuse, woolly-tomentose as well as the 

 leaves, which are ovate-lanceolate ; peduncles erect, dichotomous ; 

 sepals oblong, tomentose, with scarious margins ; capsules ovate, 

 subcylindrical, longer than the calyx. Tf. . H. Native of Tauria 

 on the higher mountains. Hook, hot. mag. t. 2702. C. tomento- 

 sum, var. a, Lin. spec. 629. ? C. repens, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 360. 

 suppl. 320. but not of Lin. Moris, oxon. 2. sect. 5. t. 22. 

 f. 44. ? Differing from C. tomentosum in the leaves being much 

 broader and the flowers and fruit larger. 



Bieberstein's Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1820. PI. | foot. 



49 S. BEERINGIA'NUM (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 62.) 

 plant hairy and clammy above ; stems tufted, leafy at the base, 

 erect, elongated above and few-leaved ; leaves oblong-acutish ; 

 flowers at length drooping ; sepals elliptical, acute ; petals and 

 capsules one-half longer than the calyx. If . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Beering's Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. -J to -| foot. 



50 C. PUSI'LLUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 418.) stems 

 erect, generally 2-flowered ; leaves ovate, finely tomentose, 

 sessile ; sepals lanceolate, acute, hairy ; capsules cylindrical, 

 3-times longer than the calyx, with small teeth. H. Native 

 of Siberia. 



Small Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1824. PI. ft. 



51 C. LANA'TUM (Lam. diet. 1. p. 680.) stems prostrate, 

 tufted ; leaves densely woolly, lower ones roundish, upper ones 

 ovate ; flowers dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate, with scariose 



margins ; capsules ovate-cylindrical, almost double the length 

 of the calyx. I/ . H. Native of the Alps of Europe. Myosotis 

 lanata, Mcench. suppl. p. 308. C. villosum, Baumg. 



Var. ft, T/tomasianum (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 418.) 

 stems, leaves, and calyxes glabrous. TJ. . H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees, in a valley called Eynes. 



Woolly Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. 

 PI. prostrate.. 



52 C. IMBRICA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 

 6. p. 28.) plant much branched, creeping ; leaves rather mem- 

 branaceous, imbricated in four rows, rather spatulate-oblong, 

 obtuse, clothed with soft hairs on both surfaces ; capsules oblong- 

 cylindrical, longer than the hairy calyx ; seeds roundish, brown, 

 emarginate at the base. If. F. Native of South America on 

 the summits of the mountains of Cotopaxi and Antisana, at the 

 height of 5700 to 6600 feet. Flowers about the size of those 

 of C. vulgatum. 



Imbricated-lenved Mouse-ear Chickweed. PI. -| foot. 



53 C. FISCHERIA'NUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 419.) 

 plant hairy, rather clammy ; stems prostrate ; leaves ovate, ses- 

 sile, distant ; flowers dichotomously umbellate, on short pedun- 

 cles, with a solitary flower in each fork on a long peduncle ; 

 sepals lanceolate, bluntish, with scariose margins ; petals twice 

 as long as the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Kamtschatka, Una- 

 laschka, and Behring's Straits. C. hirsutum, Fisch. in litt. but 

 not of Tenore. C. pilosum, Ledeb. ? Very like C. viscosum, 

 and alplnum. 



Fischer's Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. PI. pros- 

 trate. 



54 C. ALPI V NUM (Lin. spec. 628.) root creeping ; stems pros- 

 trate ; leaves elliptical, subglabrous, or clothed with white hairs ; 

 panicle dichotomous ; flowers few, on long peduncles ; sepals 

 oblong, recurved, bluntish, with scarious, membranaceous mar- 

 gins ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; capsules oblong, re- 

 curved, almost double the length of the calyx. I/. . H. Native of 

 the Pyrenees. On the mountains of Scotland and Wales by the 

 sides of alpine rills, plentifully. Smith, engl. hot. t. 472. Fl. 

 dan. t. 6. C. latifolium, Lighf. scot. p. 242. t. 10. C. glabra- 

 tum, Hartm. There is a more hoary variety which has been 

 often taken for C. latifolium of Lin. It is a very polymorphous 

 plant, sometimes green, sometimes hoary. The three following 

 varieties are enumerated by Mr. Brown. 



Var. a ; leaves oblong or rarely short-oval ; peduncles dicho- 

 tomous, rarely 1-flowered ; hairs on the stems tipped witli 

 glands ; capsule oblong, nearly twice the length of the calyx. 

 In Melville Island. 



Var. ft ; leaves broad, ovate ; peduncles dichotomous ; hairs 

 for the most part acute ; inner leaflets of the calyx smoothish. 

 In Melville Island. 



Var. y ; hairy ; leaves elliptical or lanceolate ; peduncles di- 

 vided and solitary ; hairs for the most part acute ; capsule a little 

 longer than the calyx. In Melville Island. 



Alpine Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. Britain. 

 PI. \ foot, prostrate. 



55 C. LITHOSPERMIFOLIUM (Fisch. mem. soc. mosc. 3. p. 81.) 

 stem branched, spreading ; leaves lanceolate, acute, pubescent ; 

 flowers solitary ; petals emarginate, twice as long as the calyx ; 

 sepals elliptical ; ovary globose. If. . H. Native of Siberia. 



Lithospermum-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fl. June, July. 

 PL | to | foot. 



56 C. OVA'TUM (Hoppe in Willd. enum. p. 493.) root creep- 

 ing ; plant rather hairy ; stems prostrate ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 glabrous, a little ciliated ; flowers terminal, somewhat corym- 

 bose ; petals thrice as long as the calyx ; capsules roundish. 

 I/ . H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia. C. Carinthiacum, 



