PL ex. thai 72. CARYOPHYLLE^. 409. Stellaria. 657 



2. Stellaria aquatica. Water chickweed. 



Plant hairy; leaves heartshape; upper leaves sessile; pe- 

 duncles lateral, solitary, when fruitbearing turned back; 

 capsule ovate, 5-toothed; styles 5. 



Alsine major repens perennis, Raii Syn. 347, 4. 

 Alsine major, Ger. em. 611; Park. 759, 2. 

 Cerastium aquaticum, Lin. S. P. 529. 



Watery places ; perennial ; July. 



Boot creeping ; stem weak, branched ; petals white, deeply 

 2-parted, as long as the sepales ; styles 5. 



3. Stellaria nemorum. Wood chickweed. 

 Herb rather hairy ; stem hollow ; loiver leaves heartshape, 



petioled ; upper ovate, sessile ; panicle forked ; peduncles be- 

 coming reflected ; styles 3 ; capsule ovate, 6-toothed. 



Alsine montana folio smilacis instar, flore laciniato, Dillen in Raii Syn. 

 347, 5. 



Stellaria nemorum, Lin. S. P. 603. 



Damp woods; perennial; May and June. 



Root creeping; stem weak; leaves pale green; panicle 

 many-flowered, leafy ; calyx hairy at the base ; sepales 

 scarious, margined. 



b. Stellariae veras. Petals reverse heartshape ; stamens 10 j 

 stem 4<-sided ; leaves linear, lanceolate, stiff; capsule six- 

 toothed, teeth deeply cut ; styles 3, 



4. Stellaria glauca. Sea-green chickweed. 

 Stem rather upright, weak ; leaves linear, lanceolate, 



glaucous, edge smooth; floral leaves ?,cax\o\x&', peduncles up- 

 right ; sepales 3-ribbed ; petals twice as long as the calyx. 



Alsine q. Caryopliyllus holosteus arvensis medius, Raii Syn. 347,3. 

 Stellaria glauca, Withering Bot. Arr. 420. 

 Stellaria media, SJ6<;4orp Fl. Ox. 141. 

 Stellaria palustris, Retz. Fl. Scand. 2, 548. 

 Stellaria gramihea 0, Hudson Fl. Angl. 190. 



Damp fields and hedges; perennial; June and July. 

 Stem smooth ; peduncles axillary and terminal. 



5. Stellaria graminea. Grassy chichveed. 

 Stem rather upright, weak ; leaves linear, lanceolate, edse 



smooth ; panicles divaricating, terminal ; sepales 3-ribbeaj 

 petals as long as the calyx. 



Alsine q. Caryophyllus holosteus arvensis glaber, flore minore C. Bau- 

 hini, Raii Syn. 346,2. 



Stellaria graminea, Lin. S. P. 604. 

 Lesser stitchwort, 



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