04 14. CARYOPHYLLACE2E. 



as the calyx, bracts with scarious and glabrous marc/ins. E* B. 

 825. R. v. 223. S. ylauca (With.) ed. viii. Usually glaucous. 

 St. 6 12 in. high, leafy. Fl. rarely solitary. Pet. white, 

 sometimes much exceeding the cal. ; segments linear. Marshy 

 places, rather rare. P. V. VII. E. S. I. 



6. ymmin'ea (L.) ; st. diffuse angular smooth, I. linear-lan- 

 ceolate acute quite smooth ciliate below sessile, cyme lax 

 panicled,pet. bipartite equalling or exceeding the 3-veined sepals, 

 caps, oblong longer than the calyx, bracts scarious ciliate. 

 E. B. 803. St. 12 feet high. Fl. smaller than those of Sp. 3 

 or 4, white. Shorter or longer pet. accompany an imperfection 

 of the stam. or germen. [S. longifolia (Fr.) ; S. Friesiana 

 (Koch), has the upper part of its stem and the edges and keel 

 of its leaves rough.] Dry heathy and bushy places. P. V. 

 VIII. Lesser StitchioorL E. S. I. 



**# Caps, narrowed below ; hence the cal. has afunnelshaped base. 



7. S. uliginosa (Murr.) ; st. diffuse angular glabrous, I. oblong- 

 lanceolate acute with a hard tip glabrous slightly ciliate below, 

 fl. irregularly panicled lateral and terminal, pet. bipartite shorter 

 than the lanceolate 3-veined sepals, caps, ovoid nearly equalling 

 the calyx, bracts scarious with glabrous edges. E. B. 1074. 

 Very variable in size, from about a foot long to 2 inches. Fl. 

 in small cymes. In wet places. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



13. MALA'CHIUM Fries. Great Chickweed. 



1. M. aquat'icum (Fr.) ; st. decumbent and ascending angular 

 covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate, fl. 

 scattered solitary in the forks of the stem, pet. bipartite rather 

 exceeding the calyx, caps, exceeding the calyx. R. vi. 237. 

 E. B. 538. Stellaria (Hook.). Closely resembling Stellaria 

 nemorum. Lowest 1. and those of the barren branches stalked, 

 others larger and sessile. Usually in wet places. P. VII. VIII. 



E. 



14. CEKAS'TIUM Linn. Mouse-ear. 



* Rootjibrous. Pet. not or but little exceeding the calyx. 



t Caps, curved. 



1* C. viscosum (L.) ; 1. ovate, sep. lanceolate very acute with 

 a narrow membranous margin and as well as the herbaceous 

 bracts hairy throughout, caps, cylindrical ascending twice as long 

 as :he calyx, fruitstalks about equalling the calyx. C. vvlgatmn 



