mu 4<19. Stellaria. 72, GARYQPHYLLE^. PLe3o.tkah 



. Sandy pastures; perennial; May. 



■ Stemi lecwes, axxdi peduncles smooth; sepales membrana- 

 xsbmAi, white; ribs green* 



6. Stellaria holostea;. All-hone chickweed. 



SVem upright, stiff; Zeo yes lanceolate; edge rough, finely 



serrated; sepales ribless; petals 3 times as long as the calyx. 



Alsiiie q, Carvophylhis holosleus arvensis glaber, flore majore C. Bau- 



Gramenleucanthemura^Ger. e»8. 47; ParA:. 1325. 

 Stellaria holoslea, Lin. S. P. G03. 

 Stitchmort. Great stitchwort. 



'■I)ry woods and coppices^ perennial; May, 

 ' i?oo? creeping ; ^/em diffuse, rough; leaves 2iC\xie,; panicle 

 larked, leafy; peduncles upright; capsule globular. 



T- Stellaria scapigera. StalkheariJig chickweed^. 



Stems in tufts ; leaves linear, lanceolate, crowded ; edge 

 rough ; peduncles longer than the stem ; sepales^ 3-ribbed ; 

 psf a Is as long as. the calyx. 



. . ' Stellaria scapigera, Wiildenow S, P. 2, 7 1 6i 



Rivulets ; perennial ; May and June. 



Stem very short, stiff; leaves acute, ribbed; peduncles 

 iiaany,.4<-sided, simple. 



c. Cerastium. Petals 4> or 5, 2-cut j stamens 4 to 10; 

 capsule-mouth \0-toothed ; leaves nearly ovate, hairy. 



.' '^u Stellaria cerastoides. Mbuse-ear chickweed. 



Stem, hairy, tufted^ spreading; leaves elliptical j oblbngj 



hlwap ; pedimcles in pairs or threes, 1 -flowered ; calyx 



downy; sepales l-ribbed; petals twice as long as the calyx. 



Stellaria cerasloides, Lin. S. P. 604. 



Alpine places ; perennial ; July. 



Root creeping; stem branched at bottom, with' a single 

 line of' hairs.; leaves ha\d, bent back; peduncles downy , 

 upright; sepales blunt, half the length of the petals; styles 3, 

 4, or 5; capsules oblong, 6, 8, or 10-toothed. 



J9; Stellaria vulgata. Common chickweed. 



' Flhnt hairy, viscid; stems m tufts; leaves ovate ;■ Jlbivers 

 in bundles; peduncles very short; petals as long as the 

 calyx ; capsules oblong. 



Myosotis q. Alsine hirsuta myosotis latifolia priecocior, Rati Syn.34i8,3i 

 Cerastium vulgatum, Lin. S. P. 627. 

 CerastiiiKi viscosum, Hudson Fl, Angl.200. 



