28 13. CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



fringed petioles ; upper ones sessile. Fl. small, white, in terminal 

 dichotomous cymes. Pet. bifid. Fruit stalks reflexed. 

 Everywhere. Flowering at all seasons. (B) A. 

 B. Leaves sessile. 



3. S. HOLOSTEA, L. Greater Stitch-wort. Stem erect, square, 

 very brittle, rough, with stiff reflexed hairs, 1 1^ ft. high. Le. 

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, ciliate. Pet. much longer than the 

 sep. broad, ^-bifid. Fl. large, white, in dichotomous cymes. 



Common. Woods and hedge banks. (B) P. 4 6. Carmyle and Kenmuir 

 woods; Kelvin woods, &c. 



4. S. GLAUCA, With. Glaucous Marsh Stitch-wort. Stem 

 weak, 4-angled, quite smooth, 12 18 in. high. L. linear-lanceo- 

 late. Sep. 3-nerved. Fl. white, not so large as the former; soli- 

 tary and axillary, with scariose bracts. Plant smooth and glaucous. 



Not common. Marshy places. (E) P. 57. Possil marsh plentiful; near 

 Dalbeth, &c. 



5. S. GRAMINEA. Lesser Stitch-ivort. Stem diffuse, decum- 

 bent or ascending, brittle, 1 2 ft. high. Le. linear-lanceolate, 

 ciliated at the base, quite smooth. Fl. numerous in an irregular 

 dichotomous cyme. Pet. white, bi-partite, narrow, about the 

 length of the 3-nerved sep. Cap. nodding. 



Common. Bushy places and dry pastures. (B) P. 6 9. Paisley Canal bank; 

 Kelvin woods ; banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal, &c. 



6. S. ULIGINOSA, Murr. Bog Stitch-wort. Stems decumbent, 

 much -branched, 4-angled. Le. ovato-lanceolate, with a small 

 hardened point. Fl. few, in small dichotomous cymes. Pet. 

 shorter than the sep., deeply bi-partite. Plant glaucous and 

 glabrous. 



Common. Wet ditches and rivulets. (B) P. 5 G. Possil marsh; Paisley 

 Canal bank; Kelvin, &c. 



9. CERASTIUM. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



A. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



1. C. VULGATUM, L. Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. 

 Stems erect or ascending, branched from the base, 6 10 in. high. 

 Le. ovate. Bracts herbaceous. Sep. acute, with narrow mem- 

 branous margins. Fl. white, subcapitate. Pet. scarcely longer 

 than sep. Cap. curved upwards, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Plant pale, covered with white longish hairs, a few glandular. 



Not common around Glasgow ; road side beyond Bishopbriggs ; near Carmun- 

 nock; common about Largs, Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. (B) A. 4 9. 



2. C. VISCOSUM, L. Narrow-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed. 

 Stems branched, decumbent, then erect, 4 15 in. high. Le. 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate. Lower bracts herbaceous, upper ones 

 with narrow membranous margins. Fl. white, in close dichoto- 

 mous cymes, lax when in fruit. Sep. obtuse, with membranous 



