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cleft scale ; leaves lance-shaped, downy. Stem about a foot and a 



half high, recumbent at the base, erect, simple, round, downy, the three 

 upper joints beset with clammy hairs : flowers white, sweet-scented in 

 the evening. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows on rocks and 

 walls, and in hilly pastures. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 465. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 296. 667. 



8. 5. ltdlica. Italian Catchfly. Panicle nearly erect ; petals deeply 



cleft, with broad segments and without a scale ; leaves downy. 



Whole plant downy, the panicles slightly clammy : flowers white. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July: found by Mr. Peete on Dover Cliffs. 

 Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2748. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 179. 668. 



9. S. Otites. Spanish Catchfly. Panicle with somewhat whorled, 

 erect branches ; flowers dioecious ; petals linear, undivided, destitute of 



scale ; leaves spathulate, roughish. Stem erect, from one to two feet 



high, round, clammy about the middle of the upper joint below the 

 panicle : flowers pale-green. Perennial : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in dry sandy fields, in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 85. 

 Cucubalus Otites. ~Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 298. 669. 



***** Stem single-flowered. 



10. S. neuritis. Moss Campion. Stems tufted ; leaves linear, acute, 

 fringed at the base ; stalks terminal, solitary, single-flowered ; petals 



slightly notched, crowned. Grows in dense tufts and patches towards 



the summits of the Highland mountains, as well as on those of Wales : 

 flowers rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in June and July. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1081. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 299. 670. 



11. STELLA'RIA. STTTCHWOBT. 



Calyx inferior, of five broadly lance-shaped, acute, spreading, 

 permanent leaves. Petals five, deeply cleft, spreading, oblong, 

 withering. Filaments thread-shaped, shorter than the petals, the 

 five alternate ones shorter ; anthers roundish. Five notched 

 glandular nectaries at the base of the stamens. Germen roundish. 

 Styles three, hair-like, spreading ; stigmas obtuse, downy. Cap- 

 sule egg-shaped, one-celled, six-valved, covered by the calyx. 

 Seeds numerous, roundish, compressed. Name from stelta, a 

 star. 231. 



1. S.nemorum. Wood Stitchwort. Lower leaves heart-shaped, stalked ; 



upper egg-shaped, sessile ; panicle repeatedly forked. Stems round, 



lax, very brittle, about a foot high : leaves pale-green, tender : flowers 

 white. Perennial: flowers in May and June : grows in moist woods, in 

 the north of England and in Scotland : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 92. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 300. 671. 



2. S. mtdia. Common Chickweed, or Stitchwort. Leaves egg-shaped ; 

 stems procumbent, with a hairy alternating line on one side ; stamens 



varying from three to ten. Stem much branched, spreading, brittle : 



flowers small, with white petals : stamens three, five, or ten. Poultry 

 and small birds eat the seeds and even the whole plant. Annual : 

 flowers during the whole year: grows every where in waste and culti- 

 vated ground. Eng. Bnt. vol. viii. pi. 537. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 301. 672. 



3. S. holostea. Greater Stitchu-ort. Leaves lance-shaped, bristle-ser- 



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