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■*-■*- LcnfjjhTarted, the Jloirifs terminal or in the forks nfthe stem or ofleafij hrnnrh- 

 es; bravts foUuaous : ]>eta!s 2-/)urtid, small or (ifu-n none : stijle.i3-4 : jiod lonr/er 

 titan the ralij.r. 



C. S. crassifolia, Klniiart. Stems diffuse or erect, flaccid; haves rnlhir 

 Jleshij, varyiu,;- I'rom lim'ar-liiiK.'eolatc to oMonji-; petals lowjir thun the califr, or 

 wanting'; seals niijos(-roii(/hcni<l. — (An ajietalous 4 - G-aiidnms statu is Sagina 

 fontiualis, Shoii <J- Peter.) Springy places, E. Kentucky (Short), Hingwood, 

 Illinois (Vaseif), and northward. April -June. (Eu.) 



". S. bore^is, Bigclow. (Noktiiern S.) Stems erect or spreading, 

 flaccid, many times forked, at length resolved into a leafy cyme; leaves 

 varying from broadly lanceolate to ovate-oblong ; petals 2 - ."j, shorter than the 

 culi/x, or ojlencr none ; sepals acute; styles usually 4 ; seeds smooth. — Shaded or 

 wet places, Rhode Island to Wisconsin and northward. June -Aug. — 

 Var. ALi'ESTKis (S. alpestris, Fri(s, S. Fenzlii, Rec/el) has the later flowers 

 more cymuse, and their bracts small and partly scarious, also the seeds ob- 

 scurely rcticidat.d t)r roughish. — Lake Superior, Dr. Itobbins. (Eu.) 



8. S. humiftisa, llottbocll. Spreading or c»-ee/«nr/ ; stems or branches (2' 

 high) 1 - ;3-flowcred ; leaves Jl(shi/, ovate or oblong (2" -.3" long); petals a little 

 longer than the cali/.r ; seeds smooth. — Northern border of Maine on the St. 

 John's (G. L. Goodale), and high northward. June. (Eu.) 



8. HOLOSTEUM, L. Jagged Ciiicicweed. 



Sepals .'5. Petals .5, usually jagged or denticulate at the point. Stamens .3- 

 5, rarely 10. Styles mostly 3. Pod ovoid, 1 -celled, many-seeded, opening at 

 the top by C teeth. Seeds rough, flattened on the back, attached by the inner 

 fiice. • — Annuals or biennials, with several (white) flowers in an umbel, borne on 

 a long terminal peduncle. (Name composed of oKos, all, and dartov, bone, by 

 antiphrasis, these plants being soft and tender.) 



1. H. iMnELE.XxnM, L. Leaves oblong ; peduncle and upper part of the stem 

 glandular-pubescent ; pedicels refloxed after flowering. — Hills around Lancaster, 

 Penn., Prof. Porter, and Morris Co., N. Jersey, C. F. Austin. (Nat. from Eu.) 



9. CERASTIUM, L. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



Sepals 5, rarely 4. I'ctais as many, 2-lol)cd or cleft, rarely entire. Stamens 

 twice as many, or (ewer. Styles tcjual in number to the sepals and opposite 

 them. Pod 1 -celled, usually elongated, membranaceous, opening at the apex 

 by twice as nniny teeth as there were styhs, many-seeded. Seeds rough. — 

 Flowers white, in terminal cymes. (Name from Ktpas, a horn, alluding to the 

 shape of the pods in many species.) 



§ 1. Petals 2-chft or d>eordate: parts of thejlower in fves: pods {except in Xo. .'>) 

 longer than the calyx, and iisiiidli/ more or less curved. 



1. C. vulo.\ti:m, L. (Mouse-ear Ciiickweed.) Annual, hairy and 

 rather clammy, nearly erect (4' -9' high) ; leaves ovate or ol>ovat,- ; bracts herba- 

 ceous; flowers (small) in close clusters at first; pedicels even in fruit not longer 

 than the aciUe sejitds ; petals shorter than the caJi/x. — Grassy places, eastward and 

 southward : not common. May -July. (The names of this and the next were 



