56 14. CAETOPHYltACE^. 



the upper ones sessile, stam. 10, pet. shorter than the calyx, sep. 

 long-lanceolate acute 3-ribbed the intermediate rih strongest 

 and rough, seeds smooth. — E. B. 1483. R. v. 216. Moehringia 

 L. — St. about a foot high, weak, branched, downy. Fl. solitary, 

 from the forks of the stem and axils of the upper leaves. Pea. 

 ultimately spreading and curved just below the fruit. Lateral 

 veins of sep. often very faint. Distinguished from our other 

 species by the appendage to the hile of its seeds. — Damp shady 

 places. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 



2. A. serpylUfdlia (L.) ; /. ovate acute roughish sessile, pet. 

 shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lanceolate acute 3 — 5-veined 

 hairy on the veins, fr.-st. erect or patent straight longer than the 

 ampuUace&us caps, which exceed the sepals. — -E. £. 923. — St. 

 much branched, 3 — 6 in. long. Fl. from the forks of St., or axils 

 of leaves. Pet. ovate, narrowed below. Kipe capsule brittle. 

 —Dry places and walls. A. VI.— VEIL E. S. I. 



3. A. leptoelddos (Guss.) ; 1. small ovate acate sessile, pet. 

 shorter than the cal, sep. lanceolate-acute 3-veiued hairy on 

 the veins, /r. -si. patent curved at the top or ultimately straight 

 longer than the ovoid-oblong caps, which exceed the sep. — JE.B.S. 

 2972. — St. much branched. Fl. as in Sp. 2. Much more slen- 

 der than Sp. 2 ; caps, smaller and often nearly oblong flexible 

 when ripe; seeds smaller. — Dry places and walls. A. VI. — 

 VIII. E. I. 



4. A. cilidta (L.) ; I. spathulate ciliaie, pet. exceeding the calyx, 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate with 3 prominent ribs. — S. B. 1745. — St. 

 long, much branched, prostrate, rough, with very short deflexed 

 hairs, angular when dJry. Fl. 1 — 5, terminal, somewhat panicled. 

 Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. — Limestone cliffs about Ben Bulben, 

 Sligo. P. VL ViL I. 



.5. A. norvegica (Gunn.) ; /. spathulate ohoroate Jleshy not ciliate, 



Eet. exceeding the calyx, sep. ovate-acute obscurely S-ribbed gla- 

 rous. — -E B. S. 2852. — St. short, much branched, procumbent, 

 nearly smooth, angular when dry. Fl. 1 — 3, terminal. Ped. 

 with very short deflexed hairs. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. 

 Seed dark brown, tuberculated. — Unst, Shetland ; and N. Ron- 

 aldshay, Orkney. P. VII. VIII. S. 



12. HoLOs'iETjM Linn. 



1, H. umbelldtum (L.) ; fl. umbellate, peduncles pubescent 

 viscid, pedicels reflexed after flowering, 1. elliptic or long and 

 acute.— ^. B. 27. R. v. 221.— About 6 in. high.— On old waUs 

 and dry places in Norfolk and Suffolk. A. IV. E. 



