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Ehrh. (glauca, With.) ; and uliginosa, Murr. ; wet places, 

 the latter ascending to high elevations. 5. Friesiana, 

 Ser. (Engadine), resembles uliginosa, with longer petals 

 and narrower leaves. 5. pallida, Pire, is an apetalous 

 variety of media. 



13. MALACHIUM, Fr. 



Resembling Stellaria, but styles 5 ; capsule splitting 

 into 5 bifid valves. Not alpine. 



M. aquaticum, Fr. (Stellaria aquatica. Scop.); wet 

 places. 



14. MCEHRINGIA, L. 



Petals 5, rarely 4, expanded; stamens 10, rarely 8; 

 styles usually 3 ; capsule 3-6-valved ; seeds with a 

 mantle-like appendage at the base. Caespitose, mostly 

 alpine plants, with small white flowers. 



A. Sepals and petals 4; stamens 8; styles 2: M. 

 muscosa, L. ; petals longer than sepals, leaves linear, 

 plant very fragile ; high moist places, common. 



B. Sepals and petals 5; stamens 10; styles 3: M. 

 sphagnoides, Rchb. ; stem densely caespitose, flowers on 

 very short stalks, leaves imbricate, trigonous ; Tirol, 

 rare. M. stenopetala, Hausm. ; petals not longer than 

 sepals, very narrow; Tirol, very rare (Gross Glockner). 

 M. diversifolia, Doll. ; petals as broad as sepals, but not 

 longer, lowermost leaves ovate, on long stalks, upper- 

 most linear; wet rocks; Styria, Carniola, Carinthia, rare. 

 M. glaucovirens, Bert, (glauca, Leyb.) ; leaves all linear, 

 semi-cylindrical, glabrous, flowers on long stalks, petals 

 not longer than sepals; Tirol, rare. M. villosa, Fnzl. ; 



