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Leaves small, bright green, ovate and pointed, stalked ; the upper- 

 most leaves sessile and narrower. Flowers small and white. Seed- 

 vessels oblong. Common everywhere. (E. B. t. 537.) A. ni.-ix. 



2. S. holostea (greater S.) Sides of hedges, woods, and 

 bushy places, common. A straggling plant, with weak stems, from 

 1 to 2 feet high, not hairy ; leaves sessile, very long and lanceolate. 

 Flowers in a forked panicle, very large and white. Lanes about 

 Torquay, etc. (E. B. t. 511.) P. iv.-vi. 



3. S. g-lauca (glaucous marsh S.) In wet and marshy places. 

 From 12 to 18 inches high ; stem branched, smooth, of a bluish- 

 green colour. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile. Flowers solitary, 

 white, not quite so large as those of S. holostea, and with nar- 

 rower segments to the calyx. Moist meadows near Torre Abbey. 

 (E. B. t, 825.) P. V.-TII. 



4. S. graminea (lesser S.) In dry pastures, meadows, and 

 by sides of hedges, frequent. Stems about a foot long, quadran- 

 gular, more slender than the two last. Leaves sessile, linear-Ian' 

 ceolate, pointed. Flowers in loose clusters, small and white ; divi- 

 sions of the cal-yx 3-ribbed ; stamens crowned with red anthers. 

 Hope's Nose. (E. B. t. 803.) P. v.-vm. 



5. S. uliginosa (bog S.) In marshes, wet ditches, and by 

 the side of rivulets, frequent. Very variable as to size, from 4 

 inches to 1 foot ; a w r eak and slender plant, with oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaves having a callous tip. Flowers in irregular panicles, 

 small and white ; petals very minute. Groodrington. Berry Po- 

 meroy. (E. B. t. 1074.) A. v. vi. 



MCENCHIA. MCENCHIA. 



M. erecta (upright M.) In gravelly and stony pastures. A 

 small plant, from 2 to 5 inches high. Boot-leaves stalked, and 

 inclining to spathulate, upper leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite, 

 sharp and stiff. Flowers rather large, few, and white. Meadfoot 

 Cliffs. Bovey. Sagina, Linn. (E. B. t. 609.) A. V. Ti. 



CERASTIUIVT. MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. 



1. C. vulgatum (broad-leaved M.) In waste or cultivated 

 places, woods and pastures, by roadsides and under hedges. Plant 

 hairy, varying in size from 2 or 3 inches to a foot in height. Stem 

 branching below, each branch again dividing into 2 above. Root- 

 leaves very small and stalked j upper leaves sessile, ovate, pointed 



