02 14. CARYOPHYLLACEJG. 



2i)72. St. much branched. Fl. as in Sp. '2. Much more s'en- 

 der than in Sp. 2; caps, small and often nearly oblong flexible 

 when ripe; seeds smaller. Dry places and walls. A. VI. 



viri. E. i. 



4. A. cilidta (L.) ; /. spafhulate ciliate, pet. exceeding tltecaly.c, 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate with 3 prominent ribs. E. B. 1745. St. 

 lon<r, much branched, prostrate, rough, with very short deflexed 

 hairs, angular when dry. Fl. 1 5, terminal, somewhat panicled. 

 Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. Limestone cliffs of Ben Bulben 

 range, especially King Mountain, co. Sligo. P. VI. VII. I. 



5. A. goth'ica (Fr.) ; [1. ovate to ovate-lanceolate acuminate slightly 

 ciliate towards the base], pet. exceeding the cal., sep. ovate-lanceo- 

 late keeled falling short of the caps. Caps, ovoid constricted at 

 the top opening by re volute teeth. [Fl. Dan. Suppl. i. t. 15. St. 

 short much branched slightly hairy. Fl. 1 3, terminal. Ped. covered 

 with very short hairs. Sep. glabrous obscurely ribbed. Pet. oblong. 

 Seeds dark brown tuberculated. Ingleborough, l^orks. P. V. IX. E.] 



6. A. norveyica (Gunn.) ; /. spathulate obovate fleshy not dilate. 

 pet. exceeding the calyx, sep. ovate-acute obscurely 3-ribbed gla- 

 brous falling short of the oblong caps, which is not constricted 

 at the top and opens by erect teeth. E. B. S. 2852. St. short, 

 much branched, procumbent, nearly smooth, angular when dry. 

 Fl, 1 3, terminal. Ped. with very short deflexed hairs. Pet. 

 ovate, slightly clawed. Seed dark brown, tuberculated. 

 Inchnadamph, Sutherland. Unst, Shetland. P. VII. VIII. S. 



11. HOLOS'TEUM Linn. 



1. H. umbelldtum (L.) ; fi. umbellate, peduncles pubescent 

 viscid, pedicels refiexed after flowering, 1. elliptic or long and 

 acute. E. B. 27. R. v. 221. About 6 in. high. On old walls 

 and dry places in Norfolk and Suffolk. A. IV. E. 



12. STELLA/RIA Linn. Stitchwort. 

 * Seeds on a linear long columella. 



1. S. nem'orum (L.) ; st. ascending downy above, 1. stalked 

 heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, cyme lax panicled, pet. 

 deeply bih'd twice as long as the lanceolate sepals, caps, exceed- 

 ing the calyx. E. B.&2. R. v. 252. St. 1 1| foot high. 

 L. large, rough on the upper surface, ciliate. Sep. with narrow 

 scarious margins. Damp woods, chiefly in the North. P. V. 

 VI. Wood OStitdiwort. E. S. 



