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fruitstafks 2 — 4 times as long as the caps, straight, ultimately 
erect. — E. B. 166. Cnrt. ii. 93. C pumilum Gren., Bor.— 
Viscid. St. cymose from the base. Bracts very broad, oval, 
rather acute or apiculate, or nearly round, leaflike. Pet. with 
branched veins, notched. Fl. -whorls of 4 or .") parts. — Walls 
and sandy places near the sea. A. V. — VII. E. S. I. 
** Root trtdy perennial, with prostrate leafy shoots. Pet. much 
longer than the calyx. 
6. ('. arven'se (L.) ; st. ascending prostrate below, liiwnr- 
lanceolate, fl. many, sep. and hracts lanceolate slightly acute 
with memhramus margins ami tips, caps, at last longer than 
the calyx, seeds small acutely tubercled. — E. B. 93. — St. long. 
Fl. 3 — 14, in forked panicles. Fruitstalks erect, bent just 
under the calyx. St. and 1. hairy. — ,3. Andrewsii (Syme) ; 1. 
subglabrous rigid with a strong midrib : often 1-flowered. — In 
sandy, gravelly and chalky places, rare. p. Kerry, Aran I. 
P. IV.-VIII. E. S. T. 
7. C. arct'icum (Lange) ' ; pubescence short, st. prostrate 
cifspitose, 1. elliptic or lanceolate, H. 1 — 3, sep. blunt with 
membranous margins, bracts herbaceous, caps, slightly narrow- 
ing straight, seeds large rugose, fruitstalks oblique patent. — 
E. B. 473. C latifolium ed. viii. — Pubescence short, 
rigid, yellowish. Barren shoots usually long. L. variable 
in shape. — ,3. Edmonstonii (Beeby) ; 1. roundish-ovate dark 
greenish purple, st. short,- densely leafy below. — Alpine parts 
of Wales and Scotland. /3. Unst, Shetland. P. V. E. S. 
8. C. (ilplnum (L.) ; hairy, st. ascending, 1. ovate ovate-ob- 
long or lanceolate, fl. few, sep. bluntish with membranous 
margins, bracts herbaceous their margins often narrowly 
membranous, caps, nearly cylindrical curved at the end, .$eeds 
siuall acutely tuherclnl, fruitstalks obliquely patent. — E. IS. 
472. — Puljescence long, simple. St. much branched below, then 
simple, elongated, prostrate or ascending. Fl. 1, 2 or 3 together, 
ill a forked panicle, shorter than their stalks. — Alpine parts of 
Scotland and the North of England. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. 
9. (J. cerastioides (Britton) ; st. decumbent irith an alternate 
hairy line, 1. elliptic-oblong, ped. pubescent 1 — 3-flowered 
terminal, bracts herbaceous, styles mostly 3, caps, rather cx- 
1 It is not clear from tlie MS. whether it w.is the Author's final 
intention to combine this with C. nlpinum as var. fj. lOmpitctitm or to 
keep it distinct. In view of more recent information we have thought it 
better to adopt the l.-itter course, omitting the var. compactum of ed. viii. 
— H. & J. G. 
