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STELLARIA DILLENIANA Morncu AS A BRITISH 
NT. 
By Freperic N. WinuiaMs, F.L.S. 
of gree with which it grew. Associated with it wa 
S. palustris, noticeable from its glaucous leaves, but long ago out 
of flowe ere was no S. graminea within hail of the spot, nor 
is this plant ever found growing in marshy places. The glaucous 
S. uliginosa was out of the question, and there was nothing of the 
in the lower part of this sloping meadow), and later in the day 
examined at leisure. They agreed very well with the plant 
described as Stellaria palustris var. viridis b Fries, Nov. fl. 
Suecic. Mant. iii. p. 191 (1842). Under this variety, however, 
Fries gives as synonyms S. Laxmanni Fisch. ex Cand. Prodr. i. 
p. 397 (1824), and S. Dilleniana Moench, Enum. plant. Hassiex, 
p. 214, t. 6 (17 77); Fries has not, however, given the references 
here cited in full, The i a 
latter a small-flowered on , and more recent authors have separated 
: : 1 
fully drawn up, that it is here transcribed :— 
aciniis lanceolatis acuminatis is © ualibus, oris albidis mem- 
ranaceis. Petala alba, bifida lineata. Antheree 
Augusti, Septembri.” 
@ stream, and still more important is the time of flowering— 
August and September. On visiting the spot at Walton Bridge 
again on the last day of August, 1909, I found the plants in full 
flower, and still later, on October 2nd, they were in fruit. I know 
of no other British form of Stellaria so late in flowering. On 
