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acute. — E. B. 2/. R. 4901. — On old walls and dry places at 
Norwich, Bury, Eye and Yarmouth. A. IV. E. 
14. Stellaria Linn . 
* Capsule opening with entire teeth at the apex, columella 
linear-elongate. Dichodon Reich. 
1. S. cerastoides (L.); st. terete decumbent with an alternate 
hairy line, 1. sessile elli])tic-oblong rather acute glabrous, lower 
1. blunter, jjeduneles pubescent, pet. cloven nearly twice as long 
as the calyx which is downy beneath. — E. B. 911. Koch in St. 
04. 1. R. 4915. Cerastiurn trigynvm Fries.— Resembling Ceras- 
tium ulpinum. 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. FI. large, white. Number of the 
styles and the teeth of the capside variable. — /3. nivale ; 1. clothed 
with rather numerous long hairs. Cerastiurn nivale Don. — 
Highland mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. I. 
** Caps, ojjening with entire valves of about half its length, 
columella linear-elongate. 
2. S. nemorum (L.) ; st. ascending downy above, 1. stalked 
heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, panicle dichotomous, pedun- 
cles alternately pubescent, pet. dee])ly bifid twice as long as the 
lanceolate sepals, caps, longer than the calyx. — E. B. 92. R. 
4906. — St. 1 — IJ foot high. L. large, rough on the upper sim- 
face, ciliated. Sep. with narrow' scaiious margins. — Damp woods. 
P. V. VI. Wood Stitchwort. 
*** Caps, opening with entire valves of not less than half 
its length, rounded below or scarcely if at all narrowed j 
columella very short. 
3. S. media (Wither.) ; st. procumbent and ascen(hng with 
an alternate hairy line, 1. ovate shortly pointed stalked, upper 1. 
sessile, fl. axillary and terminal, pet. deeply bifid not longer than 
the ovate-lanceolate single-ribbed glandular-])ilose sej>als, caps, 
oblong longer than the calyx. — E. B. 53J. R. 4904. — Veiy va- 
riable in length of stems, size of leaves, number of stamens 
(3 — 10), and length of internodes. Sep. with a narrow' scarious 
margin, glabrous or w'ith long hairs. Pet. sometimes wanting. 
Fruitstalks reflexed. L. glabrous with broad ciliated j)etioles. — 
/3. major (Koch); 1. larger with longer stalks, upper 1. sessile 
and sidjcordate slightly amplexicaule, stam. 10. S. neglect a 
R. 4905. — y. umbrosa-, 1. narrowed gradually into long points, 
cal. more narrowed below', sep. lanceolate acute glabrous but 
tubercular, valves of the caps, narrower, seeds with prominent 
acute tubercles. — St. much branched, slender. S. grandiflora 
(Ten.) accorchng to Mr. Woods. S. umbrosa (Opitz!) R. El. 
