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fringed 3-ribbed sepals. — E. B. 1269- I. much broader than in 
my cultivated specimen.— Caps, pyramidal obtuse divided half- 
way down. I have not seen any wild specimens of this remark- 
able plant except those gathered by Mr. Don. — By the sides of 
rivulets to the north of Dunkeld and about Loch Nevis, Scotland. 
Mr. G. Bon. P. VI. S. 
**** Caps, opening with 6 entire valves of not less than half its 
length, attenuated below, hence the cal. has a funnel-shaped 
base. 
8. S. uliginosa (Murr.) ; st. diffuse quadrangular glabrous, I. 
oblong-lanceolate acute with a callous tip glabrous slightly cili- 
ated below sessile, fl. irregularly panicled lateral and terminal, 
pet. bipartite shorter than the lanceolate 3-nerved sepals, caps, 
ovate nearly as long as the calyx, bracts scarious with glabrous 
margins. — E. B. 1074. Larbrea R. Icon. t. 226. L. aquatica St. 
Hil. — Very variable in size, usually about a foot long. Fl. in 
small panicles mostly axillary. On the summits of the Clova 
mountains (3200 feet) it is about 2 in. long, with minute leaves 
and usually solitary flowers. — In damp places. A. V. VI. 
11. Malachium Fries. 
1. M. aquaticum (Fr.) ; st. decumbent and ascending angular 
covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate sessile, 
the lowest one stalked, fl. scattered solitary in the forks of the 
stem, pet. bipartite rather longer than the calyx, caps, longer 
than the calyx. — R. 4967- Cerastium E. B. 538. Larbrea Ser.— 
Closely resembling Sfellaria nemorum.— In wet places. P. VII. 
VIII. Water Chickweed. E. S. 
12. Arenaria Linn, 
1. A. serpyllifolia (L.) ; I. ovate acute subscabrous sessile, pet. 
shorter than the calyx, sep. lanceolate acute 3-ribbed hairy. — 
E. B. 923. jR. 4941. — St. prostrate or ascending dichotomous. 
Fl. from the forks of the stem or the axils of the upper leaves. 
Pet. narrowly ovate, narrowed below. Clothed all over with 
minute hairs which are sometimes glandular. According to 
Hooker (Br. Fl. 53.) Wilson finds a plant at Bangor with 5 stam., 
the pet. only -J- as long as the cal. and the sep. with prominent 
ribs. — /3. tenuior (Koch) ; stems much more slender, fl. and fr. 
of half the size. Var. /3. leptoclados (R.).- — Dry places and walls. 
A. VI.— VIII. 
2. A. ciliata (L.) ; I. spathulate ciliated, pet. longer than the 
calyx, sep. ovate-lanceolate with 3 prominent ribs.- — E. B. 1745. 
R. 4942. — St. much branched, ascending, rough. Fl. 1 — 5, ter- 
minal, somewhat panicled. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. Distin- 
guished from A. multicaulis by its keeled sepals. In the foreign 
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