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pedicel 2 or 3 times as long as the capsule. — Dry places near the 

 sea. — Fl. April — October. Annual. 



2. C. pi'i)}uluin (Dwarf Mouse-ear Chickweed). — A'iscid; stem 

 branched at the root ; /i-iir't-jspathulate ; Jloiocrs in terminal forked 

 cymes ; upper hi acts and sepals witli narrow membranous margins ; 

 /fa'/t'c/ short, curved in fruit ; capsule slightly curved. — Dry banks 

 in the south : rare. — I'l. April, Way. Ah'nual. 



3. C. seiiiidecdin/ruiH (Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed). 

 — Dovvny, sometimes viscid ; s/eur erect or decumbent, i — 10 in. 

 high, branched from the base ; /eaves broadly ovate ; bi-acfs with 

 their upper half membranous ; sepals with broad membranous 

 margins ; slaiucus, 4, 5, or 10 ; pedicel ^\ first reflexed, afterwards 

 erect. — Dry places ; common. — Fl. i\|)rii, May. iVniiual. 



tt Capsules curved 



4. C. viscl'sum (Clustered Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Sle/u erect, 



hairy ; leaves ovate ; flawers in 

 tufted cymes, short-stalked; Iracls 

 leafy, hairy ; sepals with narrow 

 membra'nous margins, hairy. — 

 ] >ry places ; common, — Fl. April 

 — Septeinber. Annual. 



S- C. vul::dtum (Wayside 

 Mouse-ear Chickweed). — Stems 

 mostly procumbent, downy, or 

 with lines of pubescence ; leaves 

 oblong-lSnceolate ; ploiuers {&\\, 

 ui loose cymes, on lengthening 

 stalks ; secondary bracts some- 

 times with memljranous margins ; 

 sepals obtuse, with broad mem- 

 branous-margins ; sta/ueus 5 or 

 10. A common weed, with incon- 

 .spicuous: white flowers and strag- 

 gling stems, generallv covered 

 with dust. The seed-\essels, 

 when ri]icning, lengthen and 

 curve.-: Fl. all the summer. 

 FJiennial" or perennial. 



ttt Sepals half as /,);<■■ as the petals. P\-re/u:lal 

 6. C.alp/uuui (.Mpint- Mouse-ear Chickweed).- Pubescent with 

 white silk)' hairs; stem piostiatc or ascending; lea-ves broadly 

 ovate ; pliuoers fe\v, sometmies an inch across ;" bracts and sepals 





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