>TELLARIA HoLOSTEA. The GREATER StICHWORT. 



STELLARIA Linnai Gen. PL DecAndria Trigynia. 



Cal. 5-phyllus, patens. Petal. 5. blpartita. Caps, i-locularis, polyiperr 

 RaiiSyn.Gen.2A;.. Herb^e pentapetalje vasculiferje. 

 STELLx^RIA Holojlea foliis lanceolatis ferrulatis, petalis bifidis. Lift. Syjl. Vegetal, p. 352. FL 



Suecica. p. 150* 

 ALSINE foliis gramineis ciliatis. Holler hijl. No. 884. 

 STELLARIA Holojlea. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. p. 314. 

 . CARYOPHYLLUS holofteus arvenfis glaber flore majore. Bauhin pin. 210. 



GRAMEN leucanthemum. Gerard emac. 47. Pdrlinfion. 1325. Rail Syn-. 346, The Greater Stichworfr 

 Hud/on Fl. Angl. p. 166. 



RADIX tenui et infirma radicula, fummo cefpite ge- | ROOT weak, {lender and jointed, creeps on the furface 



niculata reptat, demiffis tamen altius fibris. | of the ground, fending down fibres to a confi- 



% derable diftance. 

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CAULES plures, denfe nafcuntur, erecti, pedales, qua- % STALKS feveral, growing thickly together, upright, 



drati, geniculati, fcabriufculi, fragiles, ball | a foot high, fquare, jointed, roughiih, brittle, 



pertenues. I very ilender at bottom. 



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FOLIA lanceolato-acuminata, fubconnata, rigidula, in- I LEAVES narrow and pointed, at their bafes flightly 



feme carinata, ferrulata, feu potius fetis rigi- % uniting, fomewhat ftiff, underneath .keel-fiV.ped, 



diufculis ciliata, fuperiora adfcendentia, mar- | ferrated at the edges, or rather edged with very 



ginibus revol Litis, e coeruleo-virefcentia, infe- | fine itiffhairs orbrifdes ; the up per leaves grow- 



riora crebriora, breviora, deorfum flexa, flava. % ing fomewhat upright, the edg^s turning back, 



I of a bluifh green colour ; the lower leaves more 



sp numerous, fhorter, bending back, and of a 



% yellow colour. 



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FLORES albi, longis petiolis fcabriufculis infidentes, e % FLOWERS white, ftanding on long rough foot-ftalks, 



dichotomia caulis prodeuntes. | and proceeding from the forked diviiion of the 



I fralk. 

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CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis ova- I CALYX: a PeriAnthitjm of five leaves, of an oval 



to-lanceolatis, concavis, marginatis, kevibus, % pointed fhape, hollow, edged, fmooth, fpread- 



patentibus, perfiftentibus, jig. 1. | ing and continuing, /g. 1, 



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 COROLLA: Petala quinque, magna, bipartita, ob- % COROLLA: five white Petals, large, divided at top^ 

 cordata, alba, nervofa, bafi virefcentia, paten- | heart-ihaped, rib'd, green at bottom, fpread- 



tia, jig. 2. ¥ ing, fig. 2. 



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STAMINA: Filamenta decern, alba, fubulata, cor- | STAMINA: ten white Filaments, tapering, fhorter 



rolla breviora, alterna glandula flavefcenti ad f than the corolla, the alternate ones furniihed 



bafin infhrucla : Anthers flavas, oblongas, I at bottom with a yellowifh gland : Antherjs 



infidentes, fig. 3. $ yellow, oblong, fitting on the filaments, fig. 3. 



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 PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum : Styli tres, | PISTILLUM : Germen roundilh : Styles three, 

 filiformes patentes : Stigmata obtufa, fig. 4. % thread-maped, fpreading : Stigmata bluntifh, 



■ I fis- 4. 



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 PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, membrana- | SEED-VESSEL a roundifh membranous Capsule, 

 cea, unilocularis, fexvalvis, fig. 6. | of one cavity and fix valves, fig. 6. 



SEMINA plerumque quinque aut fex majufcula, auran- | SEEDS for the molt part five or fix, largeifh, of a deep 

 tiaca, reniformia, pulchre crenulata, jig. 7. $ orange colour and beautifully notched, fig. 7. 



THE Stellaria Holojlea grows very common with us, and with its white delicate blofibms enlivens our 

 woods and banks early in the Summer. Its feeds are very beautiful and like the Cbickiveed, but larger, 



A very pretty Moth, called by the Aurelians the leajl Yellow Underwing, whofe hiftory is unknown, is 

 by them frequently caught hovering over the flowers of this plant when the fun fhines itrong. 



