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ceeding the calyx. C. triyynum fVill.) ed. viii. Stellaria 

 wrasto'ides L. E. B. 911. St. 4 8 in. long, slender, leafless 

 and much branched below. L. light green, glabrous (or hairy 

 in C. nivale Don), subsecund and subfalcate. FL large, white. 

 Teeth of caps. G 10. Highland mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



15. MOEN'CHIA EJirTi. 



1. M. quaternel'la (Ehrh.) ; stam. 4. M. erec'ta (Sm.) ed. viii. 

 Cerastium Fenzl. E. B. 609. R. v. *2'27. Glaucous. St. erect, 

 glabrous, 1 4 in. high. L. opposite, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 rigid. Sep. with broad white membranous margins, acute. 

 Dry gravelly and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. 



Suborder III. Polycarpece. 



16. POLYCAR'PON Loefl. 



1. P. tetraphyl lum (L.) ; triandrous ; pet. emarginate, stem- 

 1. in fours, 1. on the branches opposite. E. B. 1031. In young 

 plants the 1. are often all opposite. Coasts of the South-west 

 of England, rare. A. VI. VII. E. 



17. ALSI'NE Linn. 1 [Lepiyonum (Fries) ed. viii.]. 

 Saiid-Spurrey. 



1. A. rubra (Orantz) ; st. nearly terete, 1. flat linear pointed, 

 stip. tt'iangular-ovate-prolonged mostly cut, caps, about equal- 

 ling the cal. \ shorter than the fr. -stalk, seeds cuneate- 

 obovate surrounded by a thickened border none winged. Sy. 

 E. B. 254. St. procumbent (as in the other species). Pan. 

 leafy. Pet. pink, about equalling the calyx. Seeds usually 

 gibbous on one side. Smaller in all respects than the other 

 species. Sandy places. A. V. IX. E. S. I. 



2. A. rupicola (Hiern) ; st. terete, 1. flattisli fleshy pointed, 

 stip. broadly ovate-prolonged mostly entire, caps, large equal- 

 ling or slightly exceeding the cal. J f shorter than the fr.- 

 skalk, seeds compressed pyriforni nearly surrounded by a thick- 

 ened border none winged. *E. B. S. 2977. Root thick, woody. 

 L. fascicled, short; pan.-l. very short, inconspicuous. Pet. pale 

 pink exceeding cal. Staui. 10. Near the sea. P. VI. IX. 



E. I. 



1 See Mr. W. P. Hiern's paper in J. of B. xxxvii. (1899) p. 317, relative 

 to the use of the name Alsine for this genus. 



