DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. SteUaria. 303 



in every part, as are the slender, angular, numerous, finally hori- 

 zontal, Jlower-stalks. Calyx-leaves with 3 strong ribs. Pet. with 

 deep narrow lobes, rather longer than the calyx, ^nth. reddish, 

 or flesh-coloured. Caps, oblong. 



5. S. glauca. Glaucous Marsh Stltchwort. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, glaucous. Flower-stalks 

 partly scattered, erect. Calyx three-ribbed, half as long 

 as the petals. 



S. glauca. With. 420. R.Br. 475. Engl. Bot. v. \2. t.S25. Hook. 

 Scot. 136. Don H.Brit. 11. 



S. palustris. Retz. Prodr. \06. Willd. Sp. Pl.v.2.7\2. Ehrh. 

 Herb.So. 



S. media. Sibth.\4]. Abbot 96. 



S. graminea /3. Linn. Sp. PL 604. H. Suec. ed. 2. 1 50. Huds. 1 90. 



Caryophyllus holosteus arvensis medius. Raii Syn. 347. 



Alsine folio gramineo angustiore palustris. Dill. Giss. 1 73. 

 app. 69. 



A.n.44. Gmel.Sib.v.4.\4a.t.6\.f.2. 



Middle Stitchwort. Pet. H. Brit. t. 58./. 2. 



In moist meadows, bogs, and the margins of ditches and ponds, 

 where the soil is gravelly. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Of a middle size between the two last species ; distinguished from 

 <S. holostea by its perfect smoothness, shorter leaves, and 3- 

 ribbed calyx ; from S. graminea by its glaucous hue, and larger 

 petals ; from both by its erect, more dispersed, often axillary 

 and solitary, much less panicled, Jlower-stalks. The petals are 

 almost twice as long as the calyx ; more deeply cloven, and 

 narrower, than in S. holostea -, though larger and rather broader, 

 than in the graminea. Anth. of a pale reddish hue. 



Gmelin's synonym, rightly applied in Fl. Brit, on the authority of 

 a specimen from the author in the Linnsean herbarium, is erro- 

 neously transferred by Dr. Wahlenberg to S. graminea. 



6. S. uUginosa. Bog Stitchwort. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, with a callous tip. 

 Flowers irregularly panicled, lateral or terminal. Petals 

 shorter than the calyx. 



S.uliginosa. Murr. Gott. 55. H.Br. 476. Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1074. 

 Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 28. With. 420. HuU.97. Sibth.\4l. Ab- 

 bot 96. Hook. Scot. 136. Wahlenb. Lapp. \24. Ehrh. Herb. 6. 

 Roth. Germ. v. I. 191. ?;. 2. p. 1. 489. Scholl. Barb. 105. 



S. graminea y. Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 150. Huds. 190. Relh. 1 70. 



S. hypericifolia. Wiggers Holsat. 34. Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 1 15. 



S. Dilleniana. Leers 107. 



S. aquatica. Pollich v. 1. 429. 



" S. lateriflora. Krock. Sites, v. 2. 52. i. 4." 



