DBCANDRIA, PRNTAGYN1A. tU 



tals oblong, nearly equal to the calix; flowers 

 longer than the peduncle* — tlilld. and Smith. 

 Icon. Engl. Bot :s9. 



Common or broad -leaved blouse-ear Chickweed. 



In fields and in grassy banks; frequent. Annual. April, 

 June. 



:. C. hirsute, viscous, diffuse : leaves lanceolate- umamm. 



oblong, a little obtuse, petals obovate, hardly 

 longer than the calix, flowers shorter than the 

 peduncle. — If Hid. and Purs/i. 

 Icon. Engl. Bot. 790. 



.Var row -leaved or Clammy mouse-ear duckweed. 



In cultivated fields and pastures, common. Annual. All 

 inner. 



3. C. hirsute, viscid; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, semidecan- 

 petals shorter than the calix, emarginate ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the calix, flowers pentan- 

 drous. — llilld. 



Icon. Engl. Bot. 1630. 



Least mouse-ear Chickweed. 



A small species, frequent on the grassy commons of Jersey. 

 Annual. M.i\ , June. 



4. C. softly pubescent and viscid, erect; leaves lonpepedun- 

 elongated, distant, linear-oblong, acute; petals cualum " 

 oblong, hi fid at the point, longer than the calix ; 

 peduncles at length much longer than the flow- 

 ers, at first shorter. — Obs. sterns nearly sim- 

 ple and erect, several from the same root, often 



a foot high, remarkably viscid above. Radical 

 leaves spathulate, all rather acute, cauline Mib- 

 amplexi( aide, linear-oblong, sublanreolate. plai- 

 ted at the point, often 2 inches long, and only 

 S lines broad. Flowers terminal, subpanicu- 



