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125. SPERGULA. 



stalks long. Pet. twice as long as calyx, w. 

 6, 7. Hlffk mi/s. Cors, Sard. Mtna. 



8. glabra. Prostrate, creeping. L.lineari- 

 fiUform, mucrouulate. Stalks of Fl.-bud nod- 

 ding ; of Fr. erect. Pet. 5, twice as long as 

 calj'x. p. 6, 7. S/iad^ mns. s. e. Fr. Cors. 

 n. It. s. Tyrol. 



- 126. MCENCHIA. 



1. erecta. Anthers 4. Styles recurved. 

 Pet. shorter than calyx, a. 4, 5. Dri/ 



pastures. 



2. mantica. Anthers8-10. Styles straight. 

 Pet. twice as long as calyx, a. 5. Grassf/. 

 Cam. s. Tyr. it. Sw. 



KocA mentions a Moenchia octandi-a as 

 growing in the south of Europe, but I have 

 met with no description. 



127. CERASTIUM. 



A. Teeth of Caps, in 5 paii-s. Sp. 1. 



B. Teeth of Caps, equidistant. Plant with- 

 out barren shoots. 



i. Pet. not longer, or hardly longer, than 

 sepals. 

 a. Sepals hairy to the top. Bracts leaf- 



Hke. Sp. 2-6. 

 "b. Points of Sepals scariose, hair-less. 



Sp. 7-13. 

 ii. Pet. twice as long as sepals. Sp. 14, 15. 



C. Caps, cm-ved. Teeth straight, equidistant. 

 Plant perennial, with barren shoots. Sp. 

 16-22. 



D. Caps, straight. Teeth closely rolled back. 

 Sp. 23. 



A. Teeth of Capsule in 5 pairs. 



1. aquaticum. Pet. bipai-tite. L. cor- 

 date, acuminate ; those of barren shoots stallced. 

 Bracts leaf-like. p. 6-8. Wet banks and 

 thickets. 



S. Teeth of Capsule equidistant, straight. 

 Capsule usually curved. Plant without 

 arren shoots. 



i. Petals not longer, or hardly longer, than 

 sepals. 



a. Sepals hairy to the top. Bracts leaf-like. 



2. glomeratum. Pet. hot longer than 

 calyx. Sepals lanceolate, acute, (bearded, 

 GoDR.,) as long as stalk. Bracts leaf-like. 

 L. broadly oval or ovate, a. 5-8. Fields and 

 hanks. A slender Far. without petals has 

 been found at Beigate : perhaps distinct. 



3. ill3rricum. Pet. not longer than caljrx. 

 Sepals everywhere viUous, as long as stalk. 

 Hairs spreading. Bracts leaf-like. L. oval, 

 acute. Pan. few-flowered. Upper part of stem 

 with deflexed hairs, a. 4, 5. Corbai-a, Cors. 

 ■ — Beet. 



4. androsaceusn. DWarf, very hairy. 

 Sepals linear, very acute, three times as long 

 as ovato-lanceolate, obtuse petals. PI. about 3, 

 in an involucrate head. Caps, somewhat shorter 

 than calyx, a. Roadsides. Cors. 



5. siculum. " ViJloso-hirsute ; upper part 

 viscid. Pentandrous. Branches approximate, 

 ascending, dichotomous. Upper L. oval. Bracts 

 not scariose. Sepals acute, scariose on one 

 side, exceeding the cloven petals. Caps, rather 

 shorter than the lower stallcs, twice as long as 

 the upper and as calyx ; a little cm-ved, a. 

 3, 4. Sandy fields. Sic." — Guss. 



6. bracliypetaluiia. Sepals acute, as long 

 as petals, half or one -third as long as stalk. 

 Bracts leaf-like, 

 or oval. Caps, nodding, 

 grassy. Pr. G. It. 



Stem ascending. 



L. oblong 



a. 5, 6. Barren 



b. Point of Sepals scariose, hairless. 



7. atrovirens. Sepals usually 4, lanceo- 

 late, acute, with narrow scariose margin ; not 

 haKaslong as staUi:,longer than petals. Stamens 

 4, 5. Bracts leaf-like. L. ovate or oblong, 

 somewhat acute. Caps, nearly erect, longer 

 than calyx, a. 6, 7. Barren. — Bab. Bab- 

 ington attributes a scariose margin to the 

 bracts, which I do not find. 



8. tetrandruKft. Sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, with very broad scariose margin, and a 

 central, nearly exeurrent, herbaceous line ; 

 shorter than stalk, not longer than petals, 

 shorter than reflexed capsule. Stamens 4, 5. 

 Bracts ovate or nearly round, leaf-like. L. 

 elliptic-oblong; upper nearly orbicular, a. 5. 

 Tynemouth. Shetland. 



9. pentandrum. " Erect, somewhat hir- 

 sute ; upper part viscid, Pentandrous. Bracts 

 not scariose ; these and Cal. glanduloso-pubes- 

 cent. Lower Fr.-stalks three or fom- lines 

 long, at last refi-acted. Sepals scariose at top, 

 denticulate, exceeding the petals, somewhat 

 shorter than capsule, a. 3, 4. Sandy shores. 

 Sic." — Guss. 



10. glutinosuua. " Sepals and upper 

 Bracts with a scariose mai-gin, and a central, 

 exeurrent, herbaceous line ; lower Bracts herba- 

 ceous. Stem erect or ascending. L. oblong and 

 ovate; lower narrowed into haft. Upper branches 



