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and f/lahroiis maryins. — E. B. 825. R. v. 223. — Usually 
glaucous, ,S'. fjlai'ca (With.). St. 6—12 in. high, leafy. Fl. 
rarely .solitary. Pet. white, sometimes much exceeding the 
cal. ; segments linear. — Marshy places, rather rare. P. V. 
-VII. E. S. I. 
6. S. gramin'ea (L.) ; st. diffuse angular smooth, I. linear- 
lanceolate acute quite smootli ciliate below sessile, cyme lax 
panicled, pet. bipartite equalling or exceeding the 3-veined 
sepals, caps, oblong longer than the calyx, 1>racts scarious 
ciliaie.~E. B. 803._— St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. smaller than those 
of Sp. 3 or 4, white. Shorter or longer pet. accompany an 
imperfection of the stam. or germen. — [,S'. loixjifolia (Fr.) ; >S'. 
Friesiana (Koch), has the upper part of its stem and the edges 
and keel of its leaves rough.] — Dry heathy and bushy places. 
P. v.— VIII. Lesser Stitchwort. " E. S. I. 
*** Caps, narrotved beloiv ; hevA:e the cal. has a funnel- 
shaped base. 
7. S. ulir/indsa (Murr.) ; st. diffuse Angular (jlalmjus, I. oblong- 
lanceolate acute with a hard tip glabrous slightly ciliate below, 
fl. irregularly panicled lateral and terminal, pet.bipartite shorter 
than the lanceolate 3-veined sepals, caps, ovoid nearly equalling 
the calyx, bracts scarious unth glabrous edges. — E. B. 1074. — 
Very variable in size, from about a foot long to 2 inches. Fl. 
in small cymes. — In wet places. P. V. VI. E. 8. I. 
13. MyoS('>ton Moench. (4reat Chickweed. 
1. J/, aquat'icum (Moench); st. decumbent and ascending 
angular covered with glandular hairs, I. cordate-ovate 
acuminate, 11. scattered solitary in the forks of the stem, 
pet. bipartite rather exceeding the calyx, cajjs. exceeding the 
calyx.— 72. vi. 237. E. B. 538. Malaclua (Fr.). Stellaria 
(Hook.). — Closely resembling Stellaria nemorum. Lowest 1. 
and those of the barren branches stalked, others larger and 
ses-sile. — Usually in wet places. P. VII. VIII. E. 
14. Ceras'tium Linn. em. Vill. Mouse-ear. 
* Hoot Jibr oris. Pet. not or but little exceeding the cah/.i: 
t Caps, curved. 
C vicdsuM (L.) ; 1. ovate sep. lanceolate very acute with 
a narrow membranous margin, and a.s well as the herbaceotis 
bracts Iiairy throug/iout, caps, cylindrical ascending twice as 
long as the calyx, fruitstalks about equalling the calyx.— 
