Ipinft 3famll^. 



Common Chickweed. Stdlaria media. 



Blossoming around dwellings in spring, summer, and autumn. 



Its weak-fibred stem, lopping over the ground, is green, and 

 smooth, with a barely visible little line of hairs down one side. 



The small oval leaves have entire edges, and a smooth surface; 

 they grow in pairs and are of a full green color. 



The 5 white petals of the small flower are so deeply notched as to 

 look like 10 very narrow ones ; they are shorter than the 5 green calyx 

 divisions ; the flowers grow singly on short foot-stems, from the leaf- 

 angles. 



The Chickweed is a common plant of the dooryard, but with- 

 out the usual obnoxious habits of a " weed, — " it 'is unobtrusive in 

 demeanor, and, the roots having but a slight hold on the ground, 

 is easily removed where undesired. It is a natural weather-glass, and 

 can be trusted not to open its starry eye when rain threatens. The 

 " Hen's Inheritance " is an English folk-name for this plant. 



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