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Long-Leaved Stitchwort. Stellaria longifolia. 



Found blossoming in June, in the tall grasses of wet meadows. 



This almost thread-like and weak-fibred stalk varies from 6 to 15 

 inches in height, and is branching and leafy, almost square, with some- 

 what roughened angles, and pale green color. 



The long grass-like leaves are very taper-pointed at each end, thin, 

 and smooth, and in color full green, paler underneath ; they are set 

 upon the stalk in pairs, at long intervals. 



The flower is small ; its 5 petals cleft so deeply as to give the 

 appearance of double the number, very fine and delicate in texture, 

 and pure white, the 5-parted spreading calyx being green, while the 10 

 silky thread-like stamens are white. The flowers, on long, slight stems, 

 spring singly from the angles of the leaves. 



A few-flowered fragile plant. With its tiny star-flowers and sparse 

 flat leafage, this Stitchwort loves to grow among rank sedges and 

 swamp grasses, from whose sturdy rectitude it may claim support and 

 protection. 



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