180 DECANDRIA — TRICYNIA. \_Slcllaria. 



At New Komney and Sandown Castle, Kent. Near Bury, Mr M, 



A. Blalie. Fl. July. 0. — Petals purple, small. Cab/x of the flower 



almost tubular, of the fruit so broad and swollen at its base as to be 

 nearly conical. It is moreover finely striated. 



10. S. noctijlora, L. {night-Jlowering CatdifliJ) ; panicle forked, 

 petals bifid, calyx with long teeth oblong in fruit with 10 con- 

 nected ribs, leaves lanceolate lower ones spathulate. E. Bot. t. 

 291. 



Corn fields in a sandy or gravelly soil, in several counties of England. 

 Coast of Angus-shire, Scotland. Near Inveresk. P/. July. 0. — 1 foot 

 or more high. Leaves much like the last, pubescent. Upper part of 

 the stemvm.ny times dichotomous,each branchiet terminated with a single 

 flower, and a solitary flower in the axil of the fork. Flowers rather 

 large, sweet-scented, pale-reddish, almost white. Pedunlces viscid. 



****** Stems elongated. Flowers corymbose. Calyx clavate. 

 1 1. S.*Armeria, L. (^common orLobel's Catch flg); panicles fork- 

 ed corymbose with crowded flowers, petals notched and crowned 

 Avith awl-shaped scales, calyx clavate and as well as the leaves 

 glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceolate, stem viscid. E. Bot. I. 1398. 

 Banks of the Dee, half a mile from Chester ; now extinct. J. E. Bow- 

 man, Esq. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — Extremely common in gardens. 



11. Stellaria. Linn. Stltcliwort. 



1. S. nemorum, L. ( Wood Stitchivort); leaves petiolate cor- 

 date, upper ones ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous. E. Bot. t. 92. 



In moist woods, principally in the North of Eiigland and Lowlands 

 of Scotland. Fl. May. June. If. — Stems weak, I — H feet high, pubes- 

 cent above. Leaves very large, glabrous, but rough with extremely 

 minute elevated dots, sometimes ciliated at the margin. Calyx-leaves 

 white at the edges. Petals narrow, deeply bifid, pure white. 



2. S. media, With, (common Chickweed or Stitclnvort); leaves 

 ovate, stems procumbent with an alternate line of hairs on one 

 side, petals 2-partitej stamens 5 — 10. E. Bot. t. 537. — Alsine 

 media, L. 



Road-sides and waste places, abundant. Fl. almost the whole year. 

 . — Stem weak, with alternate lines of hairs between each pair of leaves, 

 by which the species is admirably distinguished. Leaves, except the 

 uppermost, glabrous ; on footstalks which are fringed with hairs. Flow- 

 ers small, white, on solitary, axillary and terminal stalks. — It is a good 

 pot-herb, and small birds are very fond of the seeds. 



3. S. holostea, L. (greater Stitchtcort) ; stem nearly erect, 

 leaves lanceolate much acuminated finely ciliated, petals bifid 

 twice as long as the nerveless calyx. E. Bot. t. 211. 



Woods and hedges, frequent. Fl. May. If. — Plant I — 1^ foot high, 

 rather rigid and brittle, somewhat glaucous. Flowers large and with 

 much broader petals than the two following, pure white. Panicle of 

 few flowers, leafy. — Ca/^a: sometimes proliferous, [H. F. Talbot, Esq.) 



4. S.gratnineo, h. (lesser Stitclnvort); stem nearly erect, leaves 

 lanceolate acute entire, panicle much branched, petals very 



