52 14. CARYOPHYLLACE. 
small panicles mostly axillary. On the summits of the Clova 
mountains (3200 feet) it is about 2 in. long, with minute leaves 
and usually solitary flowers——In damp places. A. V. VI. 
15. Morencuta Efhrh. 
1. M. erecta (Sm.); stam. 4.—E. B. 609. R. v. 227.—Glau- 
cous, st. erect, glabrous, 1—4 in. high. L. opposite, hnear-lan- 
ceolate, acute, gid. Sep. with broad white membranous mar- 
gins, acute-—Dry gravelly and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. 
16. Mavacuium Fries. 
1. M. aquaticum (Fr.); st. decumbent and ascending angular 
covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate sessile, 
the lowest one stalked, fl. scattered solitary in the forks of the 
stem, pet. bipartite rather exceeding the calyx, caps. exceeding 
the calyx.—R. vi. 237. Cerastium Sm. E. B. 538.—Closely re- 
sembling Stellaria nemorum.—Usually in wet places. P. VII. 
VIII. Water Chickweed. 
17. Cerastium Linn. 
* Root fibrous. Pet. not exceeding the calyx. 
+ Caps. curved, pet. about equalling the calyx. 
1. C. glomeratum (Thuil.); 1. ovate, sep. lanceolate acute with 
a narrow membranous margin and as well as the herbaceous 
bracts hairy throughout, caps. cylindrical ascending twice as long 
as the calyx, fruitstalks about equalling the calyx.—C. vulgatum 
Sm., E. B. 789. R. v. 229. C. viscosum Fries.—St. erect. Fi. 
aggregated or in dichotomous panicles, longer than their stalks. 
—.C. apetalum (Dum.); pet. 0, whole plant usually much more 
slender.—Fields and banks. A. TV.—IX. 
2. C. triviale (Link); 1. oblong-lanceolate, sep. oblong-ovate 
bluntish and as well as the bracts membranous at their margins 
and glabrous apices, caps. cylindrical ascending twice as long as 
the calyx, fruitstalks at least as long as the calyx.—R. vy. 229. 
C. viscosum Sm., E. B.790. C. vulgatum Fries —St. mostly 
procumbent. Fl. larger than those of the last, in small terminal 
panicles the branches of which become much elongated as the 
fruit advances to maturity.—f. holosteoides (Fries) ; glabrous, the 
sides of the stem alternately pubescent. St. 63. 9.—In fields. 
8. Near Newcastle on Tyne; and Perth. A. or B. IV.—IX. 
+t Caps. nearly straight, pet. mostly shorter than the calyx. 
3. C. semidecandrum (L.); 1. broadly ovate, sep. lanceolate 
broadly membranous ot their margins and apices, bracts with 
their upper half membranous, caps. cylindrical slightly inflated 
