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3 S. glauca, (Wither) glaucous, or Marsh Stitchwort. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 825. Reich Icones, 223. S. palustris, (Retz.) 



Locality. In moist meadows, bogs, and the margins of ditches 

 and ponds, where the soil is peaty or gravelly. Rare. P. Fl. May, 

 July. Area, * * * 4. * 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, In a bog between the Horse and Jockey, 

 and South Wraxhall : the only locality at present recorded for this 

 species in Wilts, whence my herbarium has been supplied. Distin- 

 guished from S. Holostea, (Linn.), by its perfect smoothness, shorter 

 leaves, and three ribbed calyx ; from S. graminea, (Linn.), by its 

 glaucous hue, and larger petals ; from both by its erect, more dis- 

 persed, often axillary and solitary, much less panicled flowerstalks. 



It is often overlooked by the young botanist, and may be regarded 

 as a local, rather than a common plant. 



5. graminea, (Linn.) grass-leaved Lesser Stitchwort. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 803. Reich Icones,/. 4911. 



Locality. In heathy pastures, or bushy places, on a gravelly or 

 sandy soil, frequent. P. Fl. May, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 Distributed throughout all the Districts. 



Smaller than the last, and of a grass green, not glaucous. The 

 weak and brittle, smooth, leafy stems, support themselves on the 

 surrounding bushes, and the delicate wide spreading panicles, with 

 their little white starry blossoms, seem suspended in the air. 



S. uliginosa, (Murr.) boggy Stitchwort, delighting in locis uligi- 

 nosis: (in marshy places.) Engl. Bot. t. 1074. Reich. Icones, f. 3669. 

 Larbrea aquatica. (St. Hilaire.) 



Locality. In rivulets, ditches, springs, and watery spots. A. Fl. 

 May, June. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Generally distributed, and not unfrequent in our ditches and 

 rivulets. Plant perfectly smooth, with the habit of S. media. 

 (Wither.) Flowers smaller than in an}' other native species, with 

 the calyx entire at the base and slightly urceolate. 



MOENCHIA, (EHRH.) MOENCHIA. 



Linn. CI. iv. Ord. iii. 

 Named by Ehrhart in honour of Dr. Conrad Moench, Professor 



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