Caryophyllaceae 85 



Thick, silky-hairy below, with 

 Cerastium 



sticky hairs above; sterns matted 

 behrmgi- 



anum J ~3 inches high. Leaves small, 



Cham, and oblong, \ of an inch long or less, 

 Schl - rather thick, obtuse. Flowers 



} of an inch or more broad; 



Chick-weed. 



petals white, notched at the 

 apex, sometimes little longer than the 

 lanceolate sepals. 



In stony ground, alpine slopes and sum- 

 mits throughout the Rockies, flowering 

 during summer. 



Erect or ascending, tufted, sim- 

 lon i es P^ e or rare l v sparingly branched, 



(Goldie) 3-12 inches high, smooth and 



Coville. shining. Leaves light green, 



Long ~ lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 



stalked 



Stitchwort. *- J i mcheS lon S' br ad at the 

 base. Flowers few, J-J of an 



inch broad, terminal, on long, slender, erect 

 pedicels; sepals ovate or lanceolate, acute; 

 petals 2 -cleft, exceeding the calyx. 



