PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 9 



opening at top by six teeth. Distribution, Southern Europe and 

 West Indies ; habitat, South Shore. Flowers white ; March to May. 

 This and the closely-allied S. Angliea are also found occasionally in 

 gardens. 



II. CERASTIUM. 



Sepals not united; capsule cylindrical^ ten-valved. 



1. 0. viscosum. A small, hairy amiual ; stem erect, branched, 

 four to six inches high ; leaves not stalked, oval, three-quarters of 

 an inch long and half as broad ; flowers in sub-capitate cymes, 

 flower- stalks shorter than the sepals ; sepals quarter-inch long, 

 silky, acute ; petals five, narrow bifid, as long as the sepals ; 

 stamens ten ; styles usually five ; capsule cylindrical, nearly twice 

 as long as the sepals, opening at the top by ten teeth. Distribu- 

 tion, Europe, introduced into West Indies and United States ; 

 habitat, a general weed throughout the Islands. Flowers white ; 

 February to May. 



III. STELLAIIIA. 



Sepals not united; petals hifid ; capsule globose, 



1. S. media (Chickweed). Annual. Stems six to eighteen inches, 

 procumbent, branched, with an alternate line of hairs ; leaves 

 ovate, pointed, the lower stall?:ed, upper not stalked, one-third to 

 one-half an inch long; flower-stalks one inch long from axils, also 

 with a line of hairs ; se^Dals five, hairy ; petals five, bifid, two -thirds 

 the length of sepals ; stamens usually five, sometimes three ; styles 

 usually three ; capsule a little longer than sepals, opening by twice 

 as many teeth as there are styles. Distribution, Europe, America, 

 and introduced into West Indies ; habitat, a common weed in cul- 

 tivated ground. Flowers white ; November to April. 



IV. ARENARIA. 



Sepals not imlted ; petals entire ; capsule globose. 



1. A. serpyllifolia (Sandwort). An annual. Stem six inches 

 long, half erect, branched, covered with soft recurved hairs ; leaves 

 quarter-inch long, not stalked, oval, pointed ; flowers in leafy 

 cymes ; sepals five, pointed, longer than the five minute entire 

 petals ; capsule opening, with three recurved bifid teeth ; stamens 

 ten, arising from a disc. Distribution, most temperate and cold 

 climates ; habitat, old walls and roadsides. Flowers white, minute, 

 one-sixth of an inch ; December to March. 



Sepals not united^ petals entire or absent, capsule four -valved. 

 1. S. apetala. sub-sp : ciliata (Pearl- wort). A small annual* 

 growing in grass -like tufts ; stems numerous, wiry, thread-like* 

 two inches high, erect; leaves quarter-inch long, very narrow, 

 ciliate ; flower-stalks hair-like, as long as the leaves, from the 

 alternate axils of which they spring ; sepals four, pointed ; petals 

 four, minute or absent ; stamens four ; styles four ; capsule opening 



