MAGAZINE 



ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



I. — O71 the British Species of the Genus Cerastium, being an at' 

 tempt to elucidate their distinctive characters. By Charles C. 

 Babington, M. a. F. L. S. &c. (Plate VL) 



CERASTIUM, Linn. 

 Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 10-5-4. Styles 

 .5-4. Capsule 1 -celled, many-seeded, cylindrical, the apex opening 

 by 10 or 8 erect teetli. 



A. Cerastii vulgati. Fries. The petals equalling or shorter 

 than the calyx, 

 a. Persistentes, Fries. The capsule curved, the petals 

 about equal to the calyx, but sometimes slightly longer. 



I. Cerastium vulgatum, Linn. Sm Leaves oval, petals about as 



long as the calyx, sepals lanceolate, acute, and together with the 

 bracteae, herbaceousand hairy throughout ; capsule cylindrical, curved, 

 about twice as long as the calyx, fruit-stalks about as long as the 

 calyx. 



C. vulgatum, Linn. Sp. PL 627. Sm. Fl. Brit. 496. Eng. Bot. 789. 

 D. Cand. Prod. i. 415. Eeichenb. Icon. Plant, f. 385, 386, 

 387. Host. FL i. AusL 555. Eeichenb. FL excurs. 4970. 

 Hooker, Br. FL 215. Lind. Si/n. 51. Mack. FL Hibern. 48. 

 C. viscosum, Huds. FL Ang. 200. Curt. FL Lond. ed. 1. WahL 

 FL Suec. (excl. var.) 517- Gaud. FL Helv. iii. 240. Fries Nov. 

 Suec. ed. 2, 128. 

 C. glomeratum, Koch, Syn. FL Germ. 121. 



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