536 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



10. Stipules with fringes of their own width, ir 



Fringes far shorter than the diameter of stipule,. . . . 12 



11. Adult leaves dull green, spur and capsule violet, V. scotophila. 



Leaves bright green, spur not coloured, capsule 



greenish, V. virescens. 



12. Stipules hairy all over, stolons numerous, rooting, V.multicaulis. 

 Stipule fringed only, stolons few, 13 



13. Sepals fringed at their edges, 14 



Sepals glabrous at their edges, 15, 



14. Flowers scentless, petals much attenuated at the 



claw, capsule small or abortive, . . .V. abortiva. 



Flowers scented, petals little narrowed, capsule 



rounded, ........ V. vinealis. 



15. Flower scented, white within as far as one- 



third up, . . .161- 



Flower nearly scentless, a little white at the 



base, V. permixta. 



1 6. Flower little scented, petals spreading, narrowed 



at their claw, V. sepincola. 



Flowers highly scented, petals little narrowed, 



and so close as to form a tube, . . .V. beraudii.. 

 " Boreau," vol. n., pp. 73, &c.). 



CHICKWEEDS. 



See to the Chickweeds. 



[" PHYTOLOGIST," June, 1860.] 



PERHAPS nearly every reader of ;he " Phytologist " thinks he knows 

 quite enough about Stellaria media, one of his earliest acquaintances, 

 and such a common weed as it is. 



It is, however, the very object of our series of extracts from Boreau 

 (upon Draba, Viola, Ranunculus, &c.) to draw renewed attention to the 

 exact discrimination of some of the commonest plants, which few people 

 think it worth while to examine at all. And though it is easier to adopt 

 the method of Mr. Bentham, who confiscates both species and varieties 

 at once, yet it is believed that, for those who care to make British plants- 

 a real study, there are three great advantages derivable from a diligent 

 attention to common plants. 



