68 Xiy. CARYOPHYLLACEiE : ALSINE^. [31alachinm 



Leaves small rather rigid. Flowers white, on short stalks from *, 

 fork.ngs of the upper part of the stem or the axils of heT ' 

 Petals as long as the calyj:. — Mr. W. Wilson finds a var Tt\ ''• 

 with 5 stamens, and the petals only | as long as the caly^, IhicT?'' 

 prominent nbs. ^ ' wnicti has 



(three-nerved S.) I leaves ovaIp on,,^- 



tiolate 3.(rarely 5-)nerved ciliated, flowers so tar;fsepalfro,ft 

 on the keel with three obscure ribs, hilum of the^ eelw tP 

 appendage. E. B. t. 1483. Moehringia Clairv. ^ '"^ 



Shady woods and moist places. ©. 5,6.- Stems 1 ft. hio-h „„„. 

 branched, pubescent. Upper leaves sessile. Flower-stalks an i'ncTo 

 more long, from the forkings of the extremities of the stem • in J„ 

 spreadmg, the upper part deflexed. Petals oblong-ovat;, "/h ' 

 scarcely onger than the acute segments of the caZ^^. " Distil ^uls 5 



■a most unna- 



tural conjunction. 



Moehringi 



Cerastium Z. ; E. B, t. 



11. Malachium Fries. Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



Sep 5. P^^. 5, deeply cloven, ^/am. 10. %Z^5 5, alternate 

 with the sepa s. Ca;?^. opening with 5 valves opposite to the 

 sepals, each bifid at the apex, many-seeded. — Named from 

 IxaXuKOQ, soft ovfeeUe, from the mature of the plant. 



1. M.aqudticum Fr. (Water 3L). 



538. 



Sides of rivers and ditches, throughout England, from the Isle of 

 Wight to Yorkshire, hut not common, 7^. 7, S.— Stems 1-2 ft. 

 iong, angular, dichotomously branched and straggling, viscid upwards. 

 Leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, with sliort scattered hairs on their 

 surface and margin ; upper ones sessile, lower ones only petiolate. 

 F/owers solitary in the forks of the stem. Capsule longer than the 

 calyx. ^^'^ Seeds beautifully marked with close papilla with stellate 

 bases: ' Bromf. Very similar to Stellaria wemorwm, which however 

 differs by the fewer styles, the 6 equal valves to the capsule, and the 

 leaves usually hairy only on the mar^rin. 



Caps. 



12. Stellaria Linn. Stitchwort. 



Sep. 5. Pet. 5, deeply cloven. Stam. 10. Styles 3. 

 opening with 6 valves, many-seeded. — learned from stella,^ 

 star; because the corolla spreads in a star-shaped manner. 



1 . S. nemorum L. ( Wood S.) ; leaves petiolate cordate, upper 

 ones ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous. U. B. t. 92. . 



In moist woods, principally in the north of England and Lowlands 

 of Scotland. %. 5, 6.— Steins weak, 1-^1 ^ ft. long, often glabrous 

 below, uniformly downy above, except on the peduncles, where the 



pubescence sometimes forms a line on one side. Leaves very large; 



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