656 407. Alsinel. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^. PL ex. thai 



Arenatia ciliata, Wulf inJacquin. Coll. 1,245. 



Mountains ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Leaves tubercular, rough ; peduncles downy, hairs bent 

 backwards ; flowers large. 



XIII. 408. HOLOSTEUM. Dioscorides. Holosteum. 

 Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals variously cut ; stamens 3 or 5 ; 



styles 3 ; capsules 1-celled, 6-toothed. 



Holosteum umbellatum. Umhelled holosteum. 



Leaves ovate, acute; flowers umbelled, terminal: petals 

 toothed. 



Caryophyllus Holostius arvensis, Ger. em. 595, 16. 

 Holosteum umbellatum, Lin. S. P. 130. 

 Cerastium umbellatum, Hudson Fl. Angl. 201. 

 Broad-leaved wild pink. Umbelliferous chickweed. 



Old walls ; annual ; April. 



Stem branchy at bottom, small, viscid at the top ; umhells 

 sim^\e\ peduncles bracteated, becoming divaricated; j^oit'er^ 

 white or reddish. 



XIV. 409. STELLARIA. Brunsfel. Chickweed. 

 Calyx 5-sepaled; petals 2-cut; stamens 3 to 10; styles 3 ; 



capsules 1-celled, 5 or 6-toothed. 



a. Alsinae. Petals deeply 2-parted ; stainens 5 or 10; leaves 

 ovate ; capsule-mouth 5 or 6-toothed. 



1. Slellaria m£dia. Middle-she chickweed. 



Herb bald ; leaves ovate, petioled ; stem procumbent, with 

 alternate lateral lines of hairs. 



Alsine vulgaris seu Morsus gallinae, Rail Syn. 347, 6. 



Alsine media seu minor, Ger. em. 611,2. 



Alsine media, Lin. S. P. 389. 



Stellaria media, Withering Bot. Arr. 418. 



Chickweed. 



Damp places and gardens ; annual ; Aprit to September. 



Plant very various in size ; stem, prostrate, brittle ; leaves 

 bald ; petioles fringed ; peduncles axillary and terminal, so- 

 litary, 1-flowered; calyx hairy; petals white, deeply 2-cut, 

 shorter than the calyx; capsule 6-toothed. — Young shoots 

 boiled make an excellent spinage-herb ; plant used as 

 greens for small birds. 



