STELLARIA ULIGINOSA. Doc Sricuwort. 
STELLARIA Lin. Gen. Pl, DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA., 
Cal. 5-phyllus, patens. Petala 5 bipartta. — Caf. 1-locularis, po- 
lyfperma. 
Rait Syn. Gen. 24. HERB& PENTAPETALA VASCULIFER x, 
STELLARIA uligino/a foliis ovato-lanceolatis apice callofis, floribus fubpaniculatis lateralibus, pe- 
talis calyce brevioribus. | | 
STELLARIA gram?nea var. y. Lin. Fl. Suec. n. 393. Hud/: Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 190. 
STELLARIA uliginofa. Schreb. Spic. 
ALSINE foliis ellipticis, acuminatis; petalis bipartitis. Hall. Enum. f. 985. Bos Liff. b. 15% 
n. 374. Alfine foliis lanceolatis, petalis bipartitis ; petiolis unifloris. Hall. ud 8877 
STELLARIA (^Aypericifolia) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, integerrimis; pedunculis folitariis, Wiggers - 
Prim. Holf. 5. 34. n. 364. Alfine Hyperici folio. Vazll. Par. 5. 9. 
STELLARIA (aquatica) folis lanceolatis ; petalis bipartitis, calycem longitudine zequantibus, 
Pollich. Pal. p. 429. n. 442. 
STELLARIA (Dilleniana) foliis lanceolatis integerrimis, caule procumbente. Leers Herborn. f. 107. 
Dr dis Fat. 
ALSINE aquatica folio gratiole flore ftellato. Dill. Catal. Gi/s. 38 et App. 39. 
J ALSINE aquatica media. Bauh. Pin. 251. 
ALSINE fontana. Tabern. con. 712. 
ALSINE longifolia uliginofis proveniens locis, 7. B. III. 365. Raid Syn. f. 347. Long-leav'd 
Water Chickweed. 

RADIX annua, fibrillofa, terre ar&e inherens. i ROOT annual, finely fibred, fticking flrongly to the 
earth. 
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CAULES plures, palmares ad pedales, diffufi, de- $ STALKS numerous, from a hands-breadth to a foot 
cumbentes, tetragoni, lzves, tenues, flaccidi, in length, loofely fpread, decumbent, four- 
difrupti filofi, parum ramof:. cornered, fmooth, flender,weak, when broken 
! $ afunder ftringy, a little branched. 
RAMI tenuiffimi, furculiformes, fparfi, nonnunquam ¢ BRANCHES very flender, fhoot-like, placed irregu- 
apice floriferi. : larly on the ftalk, fometimes flowering at top. 
FOLIA oppofita, feffilia, connata, ultra femunciam ? LEAVES oppofite, feffile, united at bottom, above 
longa, duas trefve lineas lata, fubfecunda, half an inch in length and two or three lines 
fubconniventia, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, bafi 1 in breadth, frequently growing to one fide 
ciliata, apice fufco callofa, ad latera fubru- H of the italk, and bending towards each other 
flexa, tenera, lzvia, pallide viridia, 6 fo as almoft to touch at the points, ovato- 
Y lanceolate, pointed, fringed at the bafe, tips 
ó brown and callous, turned back a little at 
9 the fides, tender, fmooth, and of a pale green 
$ colour. 
FLORES laterales, raro terminales, pedunculati, $ FLOWERS lateral, feldom terminal, flanding on 
parvi, albi, diametro duarum linearum. footftalks, fmall, white, about two lines in 
diameter. 
FLOWER-STALKS proceeding from the bofoms of 
the leaves, fingly, or in two's and three's, 
gus or compound, feveral partial flower- 
ftalks proceeding from one common pe- 
duncle, half an inch to an inch in length, 
thickened above, the flower-bearing ones 
upright, the fruit-bearing ones turned down- 
wards, furnifhed with two very minute, 
pointed, membranous whitifh floral leaves 
$ at the bafe and divifions. 
CALYX: PrniaANTHIUM perfiflens, pentaphyllum, i CALYX: a Periantuium of five leaves, perma- 
laciniis patentibus, lanceolatis, acutis, levi- 6 nent, the fegments fpreading, lanceolate 
bus, viridibus, triis flriis obfolete lineatis, M pointed, fmooth, green, marked with three 
Jig. 1. lines faintly prominent, fg. 1. 
COROLLA: PzrALA quinque, calyce breviora, ap- ? COROLLA: five Pera s fhorter than the Calyx, ap- 
proximata, laciniis calycinis incumbentia, proximating, lying on the fegments of the 
flellatim expanfa, ad bafin ufque bipartita, Calyx, expanded in a ftar-like form, divided 
laciniis divaricatis, obovatis, albis, jg. 2. quite to the bafe, the fegments {preading 
wide afunder, inverfely ovate and white, Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Firamenra 10, fubulata, alba, alterna > STAMINA : ten FILAMENTS, tapering, white, the 
breviora; ANTHER E fubrotunde, flavefcen- alternate ones fhorteft; ANTHER« nearly 
tes, jig. 3. $ round and yellowifh, fg. 3. ' 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, glandulis 6 PISTILLUM : Germen roundiíh, furrounded by five 
quinque cin&um ; Sryu1 tres, capillares, 8 glands ; Sry es three, very fine, and fpread- 
patentes, STIGMATA obtufa, alba, fig. 4. 4 ing; STIGMATA obtufe and white, Sig. 4. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsuta ovata, unilocularis, fex- , SEED-VESSEL : an ovate CapsuLr, of one cavity, 
PEDUNCULI ex axillis foliorum, folitarii, bini, terni, 
fimplices aut compofiti, ut plures pedicelli 
ex uno pedunculo communi egrediantur, fe- 
mipollicares ad pollicares, fuperne incraffati, 
florigeri ere&ü, fruCüigeri deflexi, bracteis 
duabus, lanceolato-fetaceis, membranaceis, 
albidis ad bafin et divifiones inftruéti. 
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PSOSSSOSCOOS 
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valvis, fig. 5. 6 and fix valves, fig. 5. 
SEMINA plurima, minuta, fubrotunda, comprefla, 5 SEEDS numerous, minute, roundifh, flattened, wrink- 
rugofa, rufa, fg. 6. M led, of a reddifh brown colour, fir. 6. 
Moft 
