n. ex. thai 72; CARYOPHYLLE^. 409. Stellar. 659' 



Fields and walls; annual; April and May. 



Herb light green; stem ascending, forked; leaves broad, 

 blunt; peduncles upright; sepales acute; capsule cylindri- 

 cal, curved, twice as long as the calyx. 



10. Stellaria viscosa. Viscous chickwee^^ 

 Herb hairy, viscous, diffused ; leaves lanceolate, oblongf 



jiowers panicled, shorter than the peduncles; petals the 

 same length as the calyx ; capsule oblong. 



Myosotis q. Alsine liirsuta myosotis Lobelii, Raii Syn, 349,4. 

 Cerastium viscosum, Lin. S. P. 627. 

 Ceraslium vulgatum, Hudson Fl. Angl. 200. 



Fields and walls ; perennial ; May to September. 



Herb dark green ; stems ascending ;- leaves rather blunt ; 

 peduncles viscid, twice as long as the flower; sepales all 

 margined; capsules cylindrical, curved, twice as long as the 

 calyx. 



11. Stellaria semidecandrum, Half-ten-stamened chickweed. 

 Stems tufted, hairy, viscid above; leaves upright, ovates, 



oiAoug; flowers conglomerated, 5-stamened ; petals notched, 

 shorter than the calyx; capsules cylindrical, 



Myosotis q. Cerastium hirsutuin minus, parvo fibre Dillenii, Dillettin 

 Bail Syn. 348, 2. 



Cerastium semidecandrum, Lin. S. P. 627. 



Sandy placed and walls; annual; March and April* 

 Stem upright; lower leaves rather bald;, pedun^cles longer 



than the calyx; sepales margined; stamens 5, rarely 10; 



capsules iviiQe a& long as the calyx. 



12. Stellaria pU7nila. Dwarf chiekweed. 

 Stems intufts, hairy, viscid at top; Zeave* upright, ovat^, 



oblong; Jiowers conglomerate, 5-stamened; petals as lon^ 

 as the calyx ; capsules twice as long, cylindrical. 



Cerastium pumilum, Cur<£s J'^ iend. 



Cerastium semidecandrum fi. Smith Fl. Brit: 49T. 



Dry pastures ; annual ; February and March. 

 Flowers more conspicuous; petals larger and deeper elfeft; 

 mpsule longer than in S. semidecandrum. 



13. Stellaria tetrandrum. Four-stamened chickiveed. 

 Stems diffused, hairy, rather viscid ; leaves elliptical or 



ovate; peduncles 3 times as long as the calyx; flowers con- 

 glomerate, 4? or 5-stamened; petals 2-cut, shorter than the 

 calyx; capsule cylindrical, rather longer than the- calyx. 



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