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9. IIolosteum Linn. 
1. //. umbellatum (L.) ; fl. umbellate, peduncles pubescent 
viscid, pedicels reflexed after flowering, 1. elliptical or elongate 
acu te. — /<;. B. 27. — On old walls and dry places at Norwich, 
Bury, Eye and Yarmouth. A. IV. E. 
10. Stellaria Linn. 
* Capsule opening with entire teeth at the apex, columella 
linear-elongate. 
1. S. cerastoides (L.) ; st. terete decumbent with an alternate 
hairy line, 1. sessile elliptic-oblong rather acute glabrous, lower 
1. blunter, peduncles pubescent, pet. cloven nearly twice as long 
as the calyx which is downy beneath. — E. B. 911. Koch in St. 
64. 1. Dichodon R. 4915- — Closely allied to Cerastium alpinum 
in general appearance. St. slender, 2 — 4 in. long, leafless below 
and greatly branched. L. light green, glabrous, or with a few 
hairs on the margin at their base. Fl. large, white. Number 
of the styles and the teeth of the capsule variable. — fi. nivale ; 
1. clothed with rather numerous long hairs. Cerastium nivale 
Don. C. cerastoides a.. Hook. Fl. Scot. — Highland mountains. 
P. VII. VIII. S. I. 
** Caps, opening with entire valves of about half its length, 
co lamella linear- elo nga te. 
2. S. nemorum (L.) ; st. ascending downy above, 1. stalked 
heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous, pedun- 
cles alternately pubescent, pet. deeply bifid twice as long as the 
lanceolate sepals, caps, longer than the calyx. — E. B. 92. R. 
4906. — St. 1 — 1| foot high. L. large, rough on the upper sur- 
face, ciliated. Sep. with narrow scarious margins. — Damp 
woods, north of England and south of Scotland. P. V. VI. 
Wood Stitchwort . E. S. 
* *** Caps, opening with entire valves of not less than half its 
length, rounded below or scarcely if at all narrowed ; colu- 
mella very short. 
3. S. media (Wither.) ; st. procumbent and ascending with 
an alternate hairy line, I. ovate shortly pointed stalked, upper I. 
sessile, fl. axillary and terminal, pet. deeply bifid not longer than 
the ovate-lanceolate single-ribbed glandular-pilose sepals, caps, 
oblong longer than the calyx. — E. B. 537. R. 4904. — Very va- 
riable in length of stems, size of leaves, number of stamens 
(3 — 10), and length of internodes. Sep. with a narrow scarious 
margin. Fruitstalks reflexed. L. glabrous with broad ciliated 
petioles. — /3. major (Koch) ; 1. larger with longer stalks, upper 1. 
sessile and subcordate slightly amplexicaule, stam. 10. S. neg- 
lecta R. 4905. — y. umbrosa ; 1. narrowed gradually into long 
points, cal. more narrowed below, sep. lanceolate acute glabrous 
