232 DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



upon a peduncle, and generally about three ia 

 all, the' the number varies from one to five or 

 fix : the ftalk, peduncle and calyx are all flightly 

 hairy : the leaves of the calyx are lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, and ftriated each with three ribs : the 

 petals are oval, white, and a little longer than 

 the calyx. 



ARENARIA folils fetaceis, caule fuperne nudiul- 

 culo, calycibus fubhirllitis. Sp. pL 607. (Mag- 

 r,ol. Hon. Monjp. t. 11. Scopol. Flor. Carniol. t. 

 18. n. 541. melior.) 



Larch 'lea v'd Chick weed. Anglis. 



On dry mountainous paftures in a ftoney foil. I ob- 

 ferv'd it upon Caftle hilU near Forfar., in the 

 county of Angns. %. VIIJ. 



It differs very little from the preceding, only from 

 the al^e of the leaves arile cluflers of other Imall 

 leaves, which are nothing elle but the rudimencs 

 of young branches -, to which may be added, 

 that it bears fewer flowers upon a ftalk, and the 

 petals are fmaller. 



CHERLERIA. Gen.pl 570. . 

 Cah 5 phyllus. Neciaria 5 emarginata, petaloidea. 

 Petala nulla {nifi cdycem vel Neciaria velis.) An- 

 thera alternse fteriles. Caps. 3-locularis, 3-valvis. 

 CHERLERIA. Sp, pi 608. {Hdler.ftffp. Hehet. 

 vol 2. p. 114. /. 21. Opufc. p. 301. t. I. eadeui £> 

 fig. ncji.) 

 Molfy Cherlcria. Ajiglis, 



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