ceo 409. Stellar. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. Plex.thaU 



Cerastitim tetandrum, Curtis Fl, Lond. 



Sagina cerastoides, Smith in Tr. Lin. Soc. 2, 343. 



Sandy sea-shores and walls ; annual ; May and June. 



Herb light green ; stem slightly panicled, forked ; calyx 

 4-sepaled ; 2 inner sepales narrower, margined ; petals 4, 

 reverse heartshape ; stamens 4 : in cultivated plants, calyx 

 often 5-sepaled; petals and stamens 5. 



14. Stellaria latifoUa. Broad-leaved chickweed^ 

 Stems tufted, rough ; leaves elliptical ; peduncles terminal, 



simple^ mostly solitary ; petals longer than the calyx ; cap- 

 sules ovate, turgid. 



Myosotis q. Alsine mvosotis languinnsa alpina grandiflora, Rail Si/n, 

 349, 6. 



Cerastium latifolium, Lin. S. P. 829. 



Cerastium (omentosum, Hudson Fl. Angl.ed. 1, 176. 



Alpine hills ; perennial ; June. 



Stem ascending, densely leaved ; leaves elliptical, hairy ^ 

 hairs short, stiff, jointed ; peduncles downy, terminal, soli- 

 tary, nearly as long as the stem : Iractece. ; sepales mar- 

 gined; petals half as long again as the calyx. 



15. Stellaria alpina. Alpine chickweed. 

 Leaves elliptical, naked or hairy; panicle forked, few- 

 flowered, bracteated ; capsule oblong, bent. 



Myositis q. Alsine myosotis facie, lychnis alpina flpre aeiplo niveo,f 

 repcns D, Liiatyd, Rail Syn, 349,5. "*" 



Cerastium alpinum, Lin. S. P. 628. 

 Cerastium latifolium, Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 242. 



Rills among alpine rocks; perennial; June and July. 



Root creeping ; stem upright, simple ; leaves bald, or with 

 soft hairs; peduncles 3 or 4 together, 1-flowered ; Iractece 

 opposite, lanceolate ; petals reverse-heartshape ; capsules 

 cylindrical, awned, longer than the calyx. 



16. Stellaria arvensis. Field chickweed. 

 Stems in tufts ; leaves linear, lanceolate, downy, blunt, 



fringed at bottom ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; capsule 

 oblong, straight. 



Mvosotis q. Caryophyllus arvensis hirsutus flore majore, C. Bauhini, 

 Raii Syn. 348,1. 



Caryopliyllius Holostius, Ger. em. 595, 15. 

 Cerastium arvcnse, Lin. S. P. 628, 



Chalky and gravelly fields ; perennial ; May to August. 



Root creeping; stem downy; panicle forked, few-flowered; 

 sepales ovate, blunt, margined ; petals large, white, reverse- 

 heartshape. 



