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ceeding the calyx.— 6'. triyt/mim (Vill.)- Stellaria cerastio'kles 
(L.). E. B. 911. — St. 4 — 8 in. long, slender, leafless and much 
branched below. L. light green, glabrous (or hairy in C. nivale 
Don), subsecund and subfalcate. Fl. large, white. Teeth of 
caps. 6 — 10. — Highland mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
15. Moen'chia £hr/i. 
1. J/, erec'ta (Gaertn., M. & 8.) ; stam. A.~Cerastium Fenzl. 
E. B. 609. R. V. 227. — Glaucous. St. erect, glabrous, 1 — 4 
in. high. L. opposite, linear-lanceolate, acute, rigid. Sep. 
with broad white membranous margins, acute. — Dry gravelly 
and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. 
Suborder III. Polycarpea'. 
16. Polycae'pon Linn, diagn. em., DC. 
1. P. tetraphyl'him (L.) ; triandrous ; pet. emarginate, stem- 
1. in fours, 1. on the branches opposite. — E. B. 1031. — In young 
plants the 1. are often all opposite. — Coasts of the South-west 
of England, rare. A. VI. VII. E. 
17. Speegularia J. (t C. Presl, Sand-Spurrey. 
1. ,S'. 7-ubra (J. & C. Presl) ; st. nearly terete, 1. Hat linear 
pointed, stip. triangular-ovate-prolonged mostly cut, caps. 
about equalling the cal. 5 — § shcn-ter than the fr.-stalk, seech 
cuneate-obovate ? surrounded by a thickened border none 
winged.— Sy- E. B. 254. — St. procumbent (as in the other 
species). Pan. leafy. Pet. pink, about equalling the calyx. 
Seeds usually gibbous on one side. Smaller in all respects 
than the other species. — Sandy places. A. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. S. rupic'ola (Lebel ex Le Jolis) ; st. terete, 1. flattish fleshy 
pointed, stip. broadly ovate-prolonged mostly entire, caiis. 
large equalling or .slightly exceeding the cal. h — s shorter than 
thefr.-sfa/h, seeds compressed pyriform nearly surrounded by 
a thickened border none ivinged. — E. B. S. 2977. — Root thick, 
woody. Z/./a-scic^f'/, short ; pan. -1. very short, inconspicuous. 
Pet. pale pink exceeding cal. Stam. 10. — Near the sea. P. 
VI.-IX. E. I. 
