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13. Stella'kia Linn. Stitchwort. 

 ♦ Seeds on a linear long columella, 



1. S. nem'm-iim (L.); st. ascending downy alsove, 1. stalked 

 heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, cyme lax panicled, pet. 

 deeply lafid twice as long as the lanceolate sepals, caps, exceed- 

 ing the calyx.— i?. B. 92. R. v. 252.— St. 1— IJ foot high. 

 L. large, rough on the upper surface, ciliate. — Sep. with narrow 

 scarious margins. — -Damp woods, chiefly in the North. P. V. 

 VI. Wood Stitchwort. E. S. 



** Caps, rowided below or scarcely if at all narrowed ; columella 

 very short. 



2. S. m6dia (ViU.); st. procumbent and ascending vnth a 

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

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

 late single-ribbed glandular-pilose sepals, caps, oblong longer 

 than the calyx.— .E. B. 537. B. 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 scarious margin, glabrous or with 

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

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

 ciliate petioles. — j3. Alsine pallida (Dum.) ; pet. 0, styles 0, stig. 

 short arcuate, stam. 3, seeds small bluntly and minutely tubercled. 

 S. Borceana (Jord.). — y. S. neglecta (Weihe) ; 1. larger vnth 

 longer stalks, upper 1. sessile lower suboordate, stam. 10, seeds 

 with prominent rounded tubercles.' — fi. S. umbrosa (Opitz) ; 1. 

 narrowed gradually into long points, cal. more narrowed below, 

 Sep. lanceolate acute tubercular, valves of the caps, narrower, 

 seeds with prominent acute tubercles. St. much branched, 

 slender, with autumnal barren shoots. Fr.-st. much exceeding 

 the leaves. S. Elizahetha, Schultz. — Common. A. (S P.) Ili. 

 — ^IX. Common Chickweed. B. S. I. 



3. S. Holes' tea (L.) ; st. ascending angular with rough angles, 

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

 sessile, cyme panicled, pet. haK-bifld twice as long as the lanceo- 

 late very obscurely 3-veined sepals, caps, globose about as long 

 as the calyx, bracts leaflike.— A B. 511. B. v. 223.— St. 1—2 

 feet high, slender and procumbent at the base, thicker upwards. 

 L. gradually 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 Stitchwort. E. S. I. 



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

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



