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DECANmilA— PENTAGYNIA. Cerastium. S3l 



M. hirsuta altera viscosa. Tourn. Inst. 245. Faill. Par. 142. t 30. 



Alsine hirsuta altera viscosa, foliis longis saturatius virentibus. 



Moris. V.2. 551 . sect. 5. t. 23. f. 11. In Morisun's herbarium. 

 A. hirsuta myosotis. Rail Syn. 349. 



In meadows, pastures, waste ground, and on walls, very common. 



Perennial. Ma>j — September. 



Root fibrous, and apparently, as Dillenius observes, perennial. 

 Stems widely spreading or procumbent ; among other plants 

 upright. Whole herb of a darker green than the preceding, with 

 longer, narrower, rather less obtuse leaves. All the parts of 

 the Jlower are larger ; petals longer and more conspicuous. 

 J^ower-sto/Ars generally longer. Seerfs rugged. -Ston. 10, all 

 perfect. 



Great misconception has prevailed among botanists concerning 

 these two species, owing to Linnaeus having misquoted Vaillant. 

 I have been at some pains to ascertain their respective syno- 

 nyms, from original authorities at Paris and Oxford ; but it is 

 impossible to guess what Willdenow intended, as he did not dis- 

 cover the error of Linnteus. Our British botanists, except Mr. 

 Lightfoot, have been regulated merely by the misapplied svno- 

 nyms of Vaillant, and were therefore led astray. The plants 

 are common enough ; but Linnaeus originally described the v'lSr- 

 cosum only, which is really viscid, though his vulgatum hap- 

 pens to be generally more so. 



3. C. semidecandriim. Little Mouse-ear Chlckweed. 

 Hairy and viscid. Stamens five. Petals slightly cloven. 



C. semidecandrum. Linn. Sp. PL 627. Wdld. v.2.S\ 2. Fl. Br. 



497. Engl. Bat. v. 23. t. 1 630. Curt. Land fasc. 2. t. 33. Dicks. 



H. Sice. fasc. 8. 1 1 . Hook. Scot. 143. Ehrh. Herb. 95. 

 C. hirsutum minus, tlore parvo. Dill. Giss. SO. Raii Si/n. 34.8. 



t.lb.f. 1. 

 Mvosotis n. 894. Hall. Hist. v. 1.391. 



M'. hirsuta minor. Tourn. Inst. 245. VailL Par. 142. t. 30. f. 2. 

 Alsine hirsuta minor. Bauh. Pin. 25 1 . 

 /3. Cerastium pumilum. Curt. Land. fasc. 6. t. 30. fflth. 435. 



Abbot 1 02. 



In waste or sandy ground ; also on walls in the outskirts of towns 

 or villages, very frequent. 



fi. On dry banks near Croydon, Surrey. Mr. Dickson. 



Annual. March, April. 



Root small, fibrous. Colour and habit of the whole plant most 

 like the last, but every part is much smaller, and the herbage 

 often turns reddish. Stem solitary, simple or branched, spread- 

 ing at the base only, otherwise erect, usually about 3 inches 

 highj sometimes twice as much, viscid in the upper pas t. Leaves 



