CARYOPHYLLACE/E 55 



C. glomeratum Thuill. (C. viscosum L.). Broad-leaved Mouse-ear 

 Chickweed. A yellowish-green annual, closely allied to the last and covered 

 with spreading hairs. Stems sometimes nearly a foot long, erect or ascending. 

 Leaves oval or oblong, very obtuse. Flowers small, in a dense cyme. Bracts 

 herbaceous. Sepals lanceolate-acute, very hairy. Capsule straight. 



Sandy fields and dry places, very common. March-June. 



C. brachypetalum Desportes. Annual. Leaves ovate-oblong, covered 

 with long soft hairs. Bracts herbaceous, much shorter than pedicels. Sepals 

 acute, hairy to the top, about as long as the bifid petals. Capsule curved, half 

 length of calyx. 



Sandy fields and dry slopes, occasional. April-July. 



C. pumiium Curt. A small bright green annual, downy and viscous. 

 Leaves oval or oblong. Bracts scarcely scarious, much shorter than the 

 pedicels. Sepals acute, not hairy at the top. Capsule cylindric, almost straight. 

 Polymorphic, like most of the genus. 



Fields and sandy places. April-July. 



C. semidecandrum L. A pale green annual, downy and viscous, rather 

 taller than the last. Leaves oval or elliptic. Fruiting pedicels reflexed, much 

 longer than the bracts or sepals, which are broadly scarious at margin. Petals 

 shorter than sepals, emarginate. 



Sandy fields and grassy places. March-May. 



C. siculum Guss. A pale green annual, downy and viscous. Stems stiff, 

 erect. Lower leaves elliptic, oblong, upper ones broader and shorter. Flowers 

 small, petals linear. Pedicels always erect and shorter than calyx. Bracts 

 herbaceous. Sepals lanceolate-acute, with glabrous summit. Capsule slightly 

 curved, stiff, twice length of calyx. 



Grassy places and maritime sands, local. April-May. Several places near 

 Hyeres and Toulon. 



C. quaternellum Fenz. = Mcenchia erecta Gaertn, A small glabrous 

 and glaucous annual with stiff wiry stems which are almost simple. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. Flowers small, tetramerous, 1-3 at top of long peduncles. 

 Sepals 4, lanceolate-acute, scarious at border. Petals 4, shorter than sepals, 4 

 stamens, and 4 styles opposite the sepals. 



Sandy or grassy places, April-May. Occasional. 



STELLARIA L. 



S. media L. Common Chickweed. This plant, found almost throughout 

 the world, is abundant and very variable in crops and on cultivated ground 

 throughout the district. It flowers almost throughout the year. 



S. Holostea L. Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria. A rather rampant plant, 

 1-2 ft. high, growing in dense masses. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-acute, stiff, 

 rough at edges ; bracts herbaceous. Flowers large, petals deeply bifid, twice 

 length of sepals, pure white. Capsule subglobular. 



Mountain woods, very local. April-June. 



S. uliginosa Murr. Bog Stitchwort. A glabrous and glaucous species, 

 6-12 in. high, slender. Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, ciliate at the base. Flowers 

 small. Petals shorter than calyx. Bracts scarious at borders, glabrous. 



Damp places in the lower mountains of Alpes-Marit. June-July. 



S. graminea L. is recorded from one or two places in Alpes-Marit. 



S. aquatica Scop. = Malachium aquaticum Pr. Stems diffuse, decum 

 bent, angular, slightly glandular above. Leaves ovate-cordate, membranous, 

 lower ones shortly petioled, acute, sometimes ciliate. Flowers rather large, 

 axillary; lobes of petals diverging. Capsule long, ovoid ; pedicel deflexed, tip 

 curved. It often covers much ground. 



Borders of streams in the lower mountains of Alpes-Marit. June-August. 

 Very rare. Mons. Burnat doubts Ardoino's records of this plant. 



