CL. X.] DECANDKIA TRIGYNIA. 201 



an acute cleft scale ; leaves lance-shaped, downy. Stem about 



a foot and a halt' high, recumbent at the base, erect, simple, round, 

 downy, the three upper joints beset with clammy hairs : flowers 

 white, sweet-scented in the evening. Perennial : flowers in June 

 and July : grows on rocks and walls, and in hilly pastures. Eng. 

 Bot. voL vii. pi. 465. Eng. Fl vol. ii. p. 296. 667. 



8. S. Itdlica. Italian Catchfly. Panicle nearly erect; petals 

 deeply cleft, with broad segments and without a scale ; leaves 



downy. Whole plant downy, the panicles slightly clammy: 



flowers white. Perennial: flowers in June and July: found by 

 Mr. Peete on Dover Cliffs. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2748. Brit. Fl. 4th 

 ed. p. 179. 668. 



9. S. Otites. Spanish Catchfly. Panicle with somewhat whorled, 

 erect branches ; flowers dioecious ; petals linear, undivided, desti- 

 tute of scale; leaves spathulate, roughish. Stem erect, from 



one to two feet high, round, clammy about the middle of the upper 

 joint below the panicle : flowers pale-green. Perennial : flowers 

 in July and August : grows in dry sandy fields, in England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 85. Cucubalus Otites. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 298. 



669. 

 ***** st em single-flowered. 



10. S. acudlis. Moss Campion. Stems tufted ; leaves linear, 

 acute, fringed at the base ; stalks terminal, solitary, single-flowered ; 



petals slightly notched, crowned. Grows in dense tufts and 



patches towards the summits of the Highland mountains, as well 

 as on those of "Wales : flowers rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers 

 in June and July. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1081. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 299. 670. 



11. STELLA'RIA. STITCHWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of five broadly lance-shaped, acute, spreading, 

 permanent leaves. Petals five, deeply cleft, spreading, oblong, 

 withering. Filaments thread-shaped, shorter than the petals, 

 the five alternate ones shorter ; anthers roundish. Five notched 

 glandular nectaries at the base of the stamens. Gernien round- 

 ish. Styles three, hair-like, spreading ; stigmas obtuse, downy. 

 Capsule egg-shaped, one-celled, six-valved, covered by the 

 calyx. Seeds numerous, roundish, compressed. Name from 

 Stella, a star. 231. 



1. S. nemorum. Wood Stitchwort. Lower leaves heart-shaped, 

 stalked ; upper egg-shaped, sessile ; panicle repeatedly forked. 

 Stems round, lax, very brittle, about a foot high : leaves pale- 

 green, tender : flowers white. Perennial : flowers in May and 

 June : grows in moist woods, in the north of England and in Scot- 

 land: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 92. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 300. 



671. 



2. S. media. Common Chickweed, or Stitchwort. Leaves egg- 

 shaped ; stems procumbent, with a hairy alternating line on one 



side ; stamens varying from three to ten. Stem much branched, 



spreading, brittle : flowers small, with white petals : stamrn^ 

 three, five, or ten. Poultry and small birds eat the seeds ana 

 even the whole plant. Annual : flowers during the whole year : 

 grows everywhere in waste and cultivated ground. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 viii. pi. 537. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 301. 672. 



3. S. holostea. Greater Stitchwort. Leaves lance-shaped, bristle 



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