60 14. CAETOPHTELACBiB. 



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

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

 as the calyx, bracts with scarious and glabrous margins. — E. B. 

 825. R. V. 223. S. palustris Ketz.— Usually glaucous. St. 6—12 

 in. high, leafy. Fl. rarely solitary. Pet. white, sometimes 

 much exceeding the cal. ; segments linear. — Marshy places, 

 rather rare. P. V.— VII. E.S.I. 



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

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

 nicled, pet. bipartite equalling or exceeding the 3-Yeined sepals, 

 caps, oblong longer than the calyx, bracts scarious ciliate. — -E. J3. 

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

 white. Shorter or longer pet. accompany an imperfection of 

 the stam. or germen. — [S. longifolia (Fr.), S.,Friesiana (Koch), 

 has the upper part of its stem and the edges and keel of its 

 leaves rough.] — Dry heathy and bushy places. P. V. — VIII. 

 Lesser Stitchwort. E. S. I. 



*** Caps, narrowed below ; hence the cal. has a funnelshaped base. 



6. 8. idigindsa (Murr.) ; st. diffuse angular glabrous, I. oblong- 

 lanceolate acute with a hard tip glabrous slightly ciliate below, 

 fl. irregularly panicled lateral and terminal, pet. bipartite shorter 

 than the lanceolate 3-veined sepals, caps, ovoid nearly equalling 

 the calyx, bracts scarious with glabrous edges. — E. B. 1074. — 

 Very variable in size, from about a foot long to 2 inches. Fl. 

 in small cymes. — In wet places. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



14. MALA'cHinM Fries. Great Chiekweed. 



I. M. aquat'icum (Fr.) ; st. decumbent and ascending angular 

 covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate, fl. 

 scattered solitary in the forks of the stem, pet. bipartite rather 

 exceeding the calyx, caps, exceeding the calyx. — B. vi. 237, 

 Cerastium L. E. B. 538. — Close resembhng 8tellaria nemorum. 

 Lowest 1. and those of the barren branches stalked, others larger 

 and sessile. — Usually in wet places. P. VII. VIII. E. 



15. Ceeas'iium Linn. Mouse-ear. 



* Bootjibrous. Pet. not or but little exceeding the calyx. 



t Caps, curved. 



1. C. glomerdtum (Thuil.) ; 1. ovate, sep. lanceolate very acute 

 with a narrow membranous margin and as well as the herbaceous 

 bracts hairy throughout, caps, cylindrical ascending twice as long 

 as the calyx, fruitstalks about equalling the calyx. — 0. vulgatum 

 8m,. E. B. 789. B. v. 229. C. viscosum Fries.— ^t. erect, 



