Sfflhnia. CARYOPHYLLACK.K O7 



From the Atlanti(! Statos to \Va.sliiiij;toii Territory, I'UUi, and Nortlioni Mexico ; collected by 

 Anderson in tlie inoiintJiins hIkivc Cni-son City, Novodii. 



2. C. arvense, Linn. Pcronnial, downy with ioIIcxcmI luiirs, cospitose ; stems 

 erect, 3 to 12 inclieg liigli : Icavoa linonr to linenr-liiiicoolatc, 4 to 12 lines long, acute, 

 clasping : cymo fow-lloweretl, usually narrow ; j)e(licpls mostly long, erect or nod- 

 ding : calyx 1| to 3 lines long, the petals nearly twice longer: cipsule little ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, nearly straight. 



Northnru States nnd wratwnnl in tlio nionntiiins to fnlorndo nnd Wnsliinj^ton Torritory : iilso 

 Kuropcaii nnd Asiatic. Kouiul but Himringly in CiiHfornia, ut tlio UnHsiun Colony, und by 

 Boltnidcr in Mendocino County nt Novo, in sandy (ields nniong slinibs, and on tlic Ka-st Fork of 

 Eel River. TIip latter specimens miglit Ixi refened to C. ob/oixjifolUun, Toriey, wliicli seem.s to 

 be but d fonn of C. arveiise with the capsule a half longer than the calyx. 



3. C. pilosum, Ledfb. Perennial, erect, rather stout, in(jrc or less <Iensely 

 pilose, glandular-puboscent above : Inaves ohlong-lanceolate, ^ to an inch long, 1 to 

 6 lines broad, acute, almost sheathing at ba.so : flowers largo, few: calyx 3 to 4 lines 

 long, the petals half longer: capsule G to 10 lines long, tlie slender tectli at length 

 circinate. — Icon. Ross. t. 351. C. s^lellarinidex, Mo9ino, Icon. lued. t. 54.; Torr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 187. 



Alaska ami SiWria ; Fnnta de los Reyes (Big'-lmr), referred to (J. oblongi/oUum in Pacif. H. 

 Rep. iv. 70. 



3. STELLARIA, Linn. Cukkweed. 



Sepals 5, raiely 4. Pf^tnls as many, 2-cleft, rarely none. Stamens 10, or fewer 



by abortion. Styles 3, or rarely 2, 4, or 5, opposite to as many sepals. Capsule 



globose to oblong, many-soeded, dehiscent to bidow (he luiiMle into twice a.s many 



valves as styles. Seeds reniforni-globoso or laterally compressed. — Low herbs, 



mostly difluso ; leaves mrely subulate ; flowers white, solitary or cymoso, terminal 



or becoming lateral ; stems mostly 4-angled. 



bicluding 70 species or more, widely distributed, especially in the temperate and colder regions ; 

 about 20 North American. 



» Leaves ovate, petinled : stew.<< marked h>f a pubescent line : petnh .<t/ior(n- than the 

 ('<ih/.r : annual (,r nearly so, introd need . 



1. S. media, Linn. Weak and spreading, rooting at the lower joints : leaves 3 

 to 9 lines long, on hairy petioles, nr the uppermost sessile : flowers on slender pedi- 

 cels, deflexed in fruit, with foliaceous bracts: calyx pubescent: stamens 3 to 10: 

 capsule oblong-ovate, 2 to 3 lines hmg, equalling or exceeding the C4\lyx. 



A common introduced weed, in shady places, native of Europe. 



^. * Leaves linear to lanceolate, sessile: perennials, erceptinij the first, 



+- Bracts small and scar ions ; petals small or icantinrj, or often exceedinrj the cali/x in 



the last. 



2. S. nitens, Nutt. Annual, slender : stems 3 to G inches high, erect or sjin'ad- 

 iug, smooth and shining, often slightly hairy at base : leaves lanceolate, 3 t<i 6 line,s 

 long, acute, the lower shortly petiolate : flowers erect, on short pedicels : sejials 

 3-nerved, narrow, acumiiuvte, shining, two lines long, twice longer than tlie ileeply 

 lolled petals, which are sometimes wanting : capsule oblong, shorter than tlie calyx, 

 rather few-seeded. — Torr. tt Oray, Fl. i. 18.') ; Torr. in Pacif. 1\. I\ep. iv. 69. 



Valley" nnil foot-hilln from I/OK Angolen northward I0 tlir Miilixh lx)<iiidMry ; (1nadiiIni>o Island. 

 Pafiner. 



3. S. mnbellata, Turcz. Glabrous : stems very slender, a.<;cending. from slen- 

 der creeping rootstoeks, which are covered with orl)icular scale-like colorless bracts : 

 leaves spreading, elliptic or oblon<r lanceolate, acute at each end. 4 to 8 lines long : 



