212 



Antirrhina. 



DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 



lity where he found this scarce plant. In a shady moist wood, 

 not far from Rouse's lane, in the Neck; Mr. Collins. Peren- 

 nial. June. 



3. S. leaves lanceolate-subciliate, peduncles tri- 



fid, petals emarginate, calices ovate. — Willd, 



Icon. Dill. elth. t. 313. f. 403. (Pursh.) 



Snapdragon CatcJifly. 



About fourteen or eighteen inches high. Capsules inflated, 

 and the upper part of the stem and small branches covered 

 at intervals of about an inch or two, with a coat of brown 

 viscid gummy substance, which looks like tar. This is a con- 

 stant character of the plant, as I have seen in Maryland and 

 Virginia. I was there informed that the chimney birds used 

 fragments of the plant containing this clammy glue, in build- 

 ing their nests. 1 know nothing of the reputed fact. Flow- 

 ers open early in the morning. On the sandy woods of Jersey, 

 and in similar places west side of the Schuylkill, above the 

 falls. Rare. Annual. June. 



214. STELLARIA. Gen. pi. 773. (Caryophyllea.) 



Calix 5-leaved, spreading. Petals 5, bipar- 

 tite. Capsule ovate, 1 -celled, many-seed- 

 ed, summit 6-toothed. — JVutt. 



pubera. 1. S. pubescent ; leaves sessile, ovate-ciliate, pe- 

 dicels erect, petals longer than the calix-— Mich, 



Oval-leaved Star-wort. 



Flowers as in all the species, white. On the woody hills bor- 

 dering the Schuylkill, every where common. Perennial. May. 



media. 2. S. leaves ovate, smooth, stems procumbent, with 

 an alternate lateral hairy line. — Smith. 

 Alsine media, Sp. PL 



Icon. Engl. Bot. 573. Fl. Dan. 438 & 525. 



Common Chickweed. 



Every person knows Chickweed, and it would be difficult 

 to say where it does not grow. It flowers during nearly all 

 the year. The number of stamina varies from three to five 

 or ten. Annual. 



