62 14. CAETOPHYtLACEiE. 



Fl.-whorls of 4 or 5 parts. — Walla and sandy places near the 

 sea. A. v.— VII. E. S. I. 



** Moot truly perennial, tvith prostrate leafy shoots. Pet. much 

 longer than the calyx. 



6. C. arven'se (L.) ; at. ascending prostrate below, I. linear- 

 lanceolate, fl. many, sep. and bracts lanceolate alightly acute with 

 membranous margins and tips, caps, at last longer than the calyx, 

 seeds small acutely tubercled.— i'. B. 93. — St. long. Fl. 3 — 14, 

 in forked panicles. Friiitstalks erect, bent just under the calyx. 

 St. and 1. hairy. — The var. Andrezvsii (Syme), which has sub- 

 glabrous rigid 1. with a strong midrib and is often 1-flowered, 

 I have not seen. — In sandy, gravelly and chalky places, rare. 

 P. IV.— VIII. E. S. I. 



7. C. latifdlium (L.); pubescence short, st. prostrate ceespitose, 

 1. elliptic or lanceolate, fl. 1 — 3, sep. blunt with membranoua 

 margins, bracts herbaceous, caps, slightly narrowing straight, 

 seeds large rugose, fruitstalks oblique patent. — E. B. 473. — 

 Pubescence short, rigid, yellowiah. Barren shoots usually long. 

 L. variable in shape. — (3. compactum (Syme) ; 1. roundish-ovate 

 light green, at. short not densely leafy below. — y. JEdmonstonii 

 (Wats.) ; 1. roundish-ovate dark greenish purple, st. short densely 

 leafy below. — Alpine parts of Wales and Scotland. ^. Brae- 

 mar, y. Unst, Shetland. P. V. E. S. 



8. C. alpimim (L.) ; hairy, st. ascending, 1. ovate ovate-ob- 

 long or lanceolate, fl. few, sep. bluntish with membranous mar- 

 gins, bracts herbaceous their margins often narrowly membra- 

 nous, caps, nearly cylindrical curved at the end, seeds small 

 acutely tubercled, fruitstalks obliquely patent. — JE. B. 472. — 

 Pubescence long, simple. St. much branched below, then 

 simple, elongated, prostrate or ascending. Fl. 1, 2 or 3 together, 

 in a forked panicle, shorter than their stalks. — Alpine parts of * 

 Scotland and the North of England. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. 



9. C. trigynum (Vill.) ; st. decumbent with an alternate hairy 

 line, 1. elliptic-oblong, ped. pubescent 1 — 3-flowered terminal, 

 bracts herbaceous, styles mostly 3, caps, rather longer than the 

 calyx. — Stellaria cerastoiides L. E. B. 911. — St. 4r— -8 in. long, 

 slender, leafless and much branched below. L. light green, 

 glabrous (or hairy in C. nivale Don), subsecund and subfaloate. 

 Fl. large, white. Teeth of caps. 6 — 10. — Highland mountains. 



P. VII. vin. s. I. 



16. MoEN/CHiA Ehrh. 

 1. M. ereo'ta (Sm.) ; stam. L—E. B. 609. R. y. 227.— 



