122 DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Stellaria. 



down, mostly without scales. Calyx smooth, swollen ; 

 veined like net-work. Stem erect. Leaves egg- 

 shaped, acute. Cucubalus Behen. E. B. 164. Sb. 

 139. Behen album. G. E. 678. 



Fields, pastures, way-sides. 



Per. June. 



Ls. root-ones tufted, battledore-shaped : stem Is., spear-shaped, or 

 egg-shaped ; all glaucous. Stem round, smooth, glaucous, one 

 or two feet, repeatedly forked, panicled. Fl.-stalks long, slender. 



Cor. white. Cal. veined with purple and green. Anth. some- 

 times diseased, large and swollen, with purple dust. 

 Boiled Is., may be eaten as peas. The young shoots boiled, well 



•flavoured. 



*** Stem, and branches if any, forked, leafy. 



S. noctijlora. Night-jlowering G. Stem forked. Petals 

 cloven, each with a cloven abrupt scale. Calyx with 

 ten hairy ribs ; its teeth linear, almost as long as the 



tube. E. B. 291. 



Fields, on sand or gravel.* Headington. Cowley. Stanton Har- 

 court. Soathleigh. Sb. (Near Wytham Wood, &c. Bx\) 



An. July. 



Stem erect, round, leafy, repeatedly forked in the upper part. Ls. 

 spear-shaped, stalkless ; lower ones broader, lowest inversely 

 egg-shaped. Fl. solitary at the divisions of the stem ; stalks 

 hairy, clammy. Cal. white, angles and veins green. Cor. pet. 

 cream-coloured, red tinged, unfolding in the evening, at that 

 time becoming sweet-scented. Cal. very clammy ; teeth very 

 long. Seed vessel of first^., conspicuous in the fork of the plant. 



(S. nutaris. Nottingham G. Harringworth, North- 

 amptonshire. Morton.^ 



STELLARIA.' Stitchwort. 



S. media. Gommon Ghickweed. Leaves egg-shaped. 

 Stems trailing, with a hairy alternate line on one side. 

 Stamens from five to ten. E. B. 537' Alsine media. 

 C. 1. 20. A. minor, sive media. G. E. 61 1. 



Waste and cultivated ground. 



An. April. 



Stems several, brittle, slender at the bottom. Ls. opposite, 

 smooth ; stalks folded together at night. Fl. very small, stalks 

 solitary, axillary, or terminal. Cal. longer than the w^hite 

 petals. Seeds pale-brown. Stam. uncertain in number. 

 Seeds food for birds, as the whole plant. The fresh plant 



• Lat. From its starry blossoms. 



