216 DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 



late; petals linear-oblong. Stamina 10, 5 al- 

 ternately longer. Styles 5, short. Capsule dou- 

 ble the length of the calix, 10-toothed, oblong- 

 cylindric, teeth acuminate. — Nutt. 



C. longepedunculatum, Muhl. 



C. glutinosum, Nutt. Gen. Am. PI. vol. 1. p. 291. 



Clammij, or long peduncled blouse-ear Chickweed. 



This and No. 6, are perhaps the only indigenous species. In 

 cultivated fields, every where very common. Annual. May. 



arvense. 6 # Q € pubescent, cespitose; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, ciliated at the base; petals obcor- 

 date, twice the length of the calix ; calicine fo- 

 lioles obtuse. — Willd. and Pursh. 

 Icon. Fl. Dan. 628. Engl. Bot. 93. 



Large -Ji ore ered Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



A pretty species. Flowers large, and in this, (as in all the 

 preceding,) white. On the banks of the Schuylkill and Dela- 

 ware, principally on and among rocks and hills. Perennial. 

 May to July. 



218. AGROSTEMMA. Gen. pi. 795. {Caryophyllea.) 



Calix 1 -leaved, tubulous, coriaceous, sum- 

 mit 5 -cleft. Petals 5, unguiculate ; limb 

 obtuse, and undivided. Capsule 1 -celled, 

 with a 5-toothed opening. — Nutt. 



GkUgo. i # \ t hirsute; calix longer than the corolla, pe- 

 tals entire, naked. — Willd. 



Icon. Fl. Dan. 576. Engl. Bot. 741. 

 Githago segetum, Desfontaines. 



Cockle. 



This well known plant, with handsome purple flowers, is 

 very common among grain in corn-fields. It often ap- 

 pears wild, along the borders of cultivated fields. Annual. 

 June, July. 



