104. 
Stellaria media (L) Cyrillo Chickweed, 
Starwort 
Java Farm. Infrequent to abundant along roadsides and in sparsely 
shaded old fields. Principal station near junction of old entrance 
road and base line. Canopy of Platanus occidentalis and Fraxinus 
americana. Associate species: Ranunculus sceleratus, Duchesnea 
indica, Lonicera japonica. 
Ivy Neck. Infrequent in cornfields and abandoned grassy field. 
Higman 550, 753. 
Cerastium 
1. Plants perennial, with long, matted, creeping basal 
branches. (Also, bracts of inflorescence scarious- 
margined or the lowest ones herbaceous). 
2. Basal leafy branches herbaceous, without axillary 
tufts, their eaves hirsute... cesses ceseecsceees Ge VUlpatum 
2. Basal leafy branches becoming dry and withering 
but persistent, with conspicuous axillary tufts, 
their leaves not hirsute. Expected (C. arvense 
var. villosum). 
1. Plants annual or winter-annual, without creeping 
basal branches. 
3. Leaves narrowly oblong to oblanceolate; capsules 
2-3 times as long as sepals; sepals oblong, euls 
or acute. Expected (C. nutans). 
3. Leaves broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate; 
capsules 1-2 times as long as sepals; sepals 
lance-attenuate. 
4. Bracts of inflorescence scarious-margined. 
Expected (C. semidecandrum). 
4, Bracts of inflorescence herbaceous. (Also, 
Sepals’ scarious—margined) is... sce secees ss ee scone) Gu viScoOsum 
Cerastium vulgatum L. Mouse-ear Chickweed 
Ivy Neck. Abundant in fallow cornfields. Associate species: 
Cerastium viscosum, Stellaria media, Draba verna, Barbarea vulgaris, 
etc. Also one station on dike through salt marsh at head of Cheston 
Creek estuary. Higman 868. 
