68 14. caktophtiljICE^. 



the lanceolate S-veined sepals, caps. oHong-ovate about as long 

 as the calyx, tracts with scarious and glabrous margins. — E. B. 

 825. R.Y. 223. iS. palmtris Betz.— Usually glaucous. St. 6—12 

 in. high, leafy. Fl. rarely solitary. Pet. white sometimes 

 much exceeding the cal. ; segments linear. — Marshy places, 

 rather rare. P. V.— Vn. E. S. I. 



5. 8. gramin'ea (L.) ; st. diflrtise angular smooth, I. linear-lan- 

 ceolate acute quite smooth ciliate below sessile, cyme lax pa- 

 nicled, pet. bipartite equalling or exceeding the 3-veined sepals, 

 caps, oblong longer than the calyx, hracts scarious ciliate. — E. B. 

 803.— St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. smaller than those of Sp. 3 or 4, 

 white. Shorter or longer pet. accompany an imperfection of 

 the stam. or germen. — \_S. longifolia (Fr.), 8. Friesiana (Koch), 

 has the upper part of its stem and the edges and keel of its 

 leaTes rough.] — Dry heathy and bushy places. V. V. — VIII. 

 Lesser Stitchwort. E. S. I. 



\_8. scapigera (WiUd.) is supposed to be a form of 8. graminea 

 and is said to have been found in the Scottish Highlands by 

 G. Don.] 



*** Caps, narrowed helow; hence the cal. has a funnelshaped hase. 



6. 8. uligindsa (Muir.) ; si,, diflftise angular glabrous, I. oblong- 

 lanceolate acute with a hard tip glabrous slightly ciliate below 

 sessile, fl. irregularly panicled lateral and terminal, pet. bipartite 

 shorter than the lanceolate S-veined sepals, caps, ovoid nearly 

 equalling the calyx, hracts scarious with glabrous edges. — E. B. 

 1074. — very variable in size, from about a foot long to 2 inches. 

 Fl. in small cymes. — In wet places. P. ? V. VI. E. S. I. 



14. Maia'chitjm Fries. Great Chickweed. 



1. M. aquat'icum (Fr.) ; st. decumbent and ascending angular 

 covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate, fl. 

 scattered solitary in the forks of the stem, pet. bipartite rather 

 exceeding the calyx, caps, exceeding the calyx. — B. vi. 237. 

 Cerastitim L. E. B. 92. — Closely resembling 8tellaria nemorum. 

 Lowest 1. and those of the barren branches stalked, others larger 

 and sessile. — Usually in wet places. P. "SIT. VIU. E. 



15. CERAs'inrM Linn, Mouse-ear. 



* Rootjibrous. Pet. not or but little exceeding the calyx. 



t Caps, cm-ved. 



1. C. glomerdtum (Thuil.) ; 1, ovate, sep. lanceolate very acute 

 with a narrow membranous margin and as well as the herbaceous 

 hracts hairy throughout, caps, cyhndrical ascending twice as long 



