58 14. CARTOPHTlLACEiE. 



* * Caps, rounded belotv or scarcely if at all narrowed ; columella 

 very short. 



2. 8. mddia (Vill.) ; st. procumbent and ascending mth a 

 hairy line, I. ovate shortly pointed stalked, upper I. sessile, fl. axillary 

 and terminal, pet. deeply bifid not exceeding tbe ovate-lanceo- 

 late single-ribbed glandular-pilose sepals, ' caps, oblong loiiger 

 than the calyx.— .E B.537. H. v. 222. — Very variable in length 

 of st. and joints',, size of 1., number of stam. (3 — 10),'and length 

 of styles. Sep. with a narrow scariotis margin, glabrous or with 

 long hairs. Fr.-st. reflexed, often scarcely exceeding tbe 

 leaves. Seeds with round, tubercles. L. glabrous. witb broad 

 ciliate petioles. — /3. Als. pallida (Dum.) ; pet. 0, styles 0, stig. 

 short arcuate, seeds small bluntly and minutely tubercled. — y. 

 S. neglecta (Weihe'j ; 1. larger with longer stalks, upper 1. ses- 

 sile lower subcordate, stam. 10, seeds with prominent rounded 

 tubercles. — 5. 8. umbrosa (Opitz)|; 1. naiTowed gradually into 

 long points, cal. more narrowed' below, sep. lanceolate acute 

 glabrous but tubercular, valves of the caps, narrower, seeds with 

 prominent acute tubercles. St. -much branched, slender. Fr.- 

 st, much exceeding the leaves. 8. grandijlora (Ten., Woods). 

 — Common. A. III. — IX. Common Chickweed. E. S. I. 



3. 8. Holos'tea (L.) ; st. ascending angular with rough angles, 

 I. Imieeolate-attenuate acute with a rough margin and keel all 

 sessile, cyme panicled, pet. half-bifid twice as long as the lanceo- 

 late very obscurely 8-veined sepals, caps, globose about as long 

 as the calyx, bracts leaflike. — M. v. 223. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, 

 slender and procumbent at the base, thicker upwards. L. gra- 

 dually narrowing from a little above the base to the very acute 

 point. Fl, large, white, few, in a leafy cyme. — Woods and 

 hedges. P. IV.-^VI. Greater 8titchwort. E. S. I. 



4. 8. glauca (Wither.) ; st. erect weak angular smooth, I. linear- 

 lanceolate acute quite smooth sessile, lower 1. broader, fl. solitary 

 or in a few-flowered lax panicled cyme, pet. bipartite exceeding 

 the lanceolate 3-veined sepals, caps, oblong-ovate about as long 

 as the calyx, bracts, pith scarious and glabi-ou-s margins. — It. v. 

 223. 8. palustris Ketz. — Usually glaucous. St. 6 — 12 in. high, 

 leafy. Fl. rarely solitary. .Pet. white, sometimes much ex- 

 ceeding the cal. ; segments linear. — Marshy places, rather rare. 

 P. v.— VII. E. S. I. 



5. 8. gramin'ea (L.) ; at. difllise angular smooth, I. linear-lan- 

 ceolate acute quite smooth ciliate below sessile, cyme lax pa- 

 nicled, pet. bipartite equalling or exceeding the 8-veined sepals, 

 caps, oblong longer than the calyx, bracts scariott^ ciliate. — St. 

 1—2 feet high, Fl. smaller than those of Sp, 3 or 4, white. 



