AKENARIA. STBLLAMA. 
^pendage to the hiluin of its seeds. — Damp shady places. A. 
2. A. serpi/llifiUia (L.) ; I. ovate acute roughish sessile, pet. 
■shorter than the calyx, sep. ovate-lanceolate acute S-veined hairy 
on the veins, fi'.-st erect or patent straight longer than the 
ovate-ghhose caps, ivhich nairow gradually to the top and exceed 
fehe sepals. — E. B. 923.— St. much branched, 3 — 6 in. long. 
Fl. from the forks of st., or axUs of leaves. Pet. ovate, narrowed 
below.— Diy places and waUs. A. YI.— Vm. E. S. I. 
i 3. .A kptoclddos (Guss.) ; 1. small ovate acute sessile, pet. 
snorter than the cal., sep. lanceolate acute 3-veined hairy on 
tlie \em.s, fr.-st. patent curved at the top or ultimately straight 
linger than the ovate-oblong caps, which exceed the sep. — St. 
much branched. Fl. as in Sp. 2. Much more slender than Sp. 
2; caps, smaller and often nearly oblong rather than ovate; 
seeds much smaller. — Dry places and walls. A. VI. — VlII. E. 
4. A. cilidta (L.) ; I. spathulate ciliate, pet. exceeding the calyx, 
sep. ovate-lanceolate with 3 prominent ribs. — E. H. 1745. — St. 
much branched, prostrate, rough, with very short deflexed hairs, 
angidar when dry. Fl. 1 — 5, teiminal, somewhat panicled. 
Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. — Limestone cliff's on Ben Bulben, 
&c., Sligo. P. VI. vn. I. 
5. A. norvegica (Gunn.) ; I. spathulate ohovate Jleshy not ciliate, 
pet. exceeding the calyx, sep. ovate acute obscurely S-ribbed gla- 
brous. — E. B. S. 2852. — St. much branched, procumbent, nearly 
smooth, angular when dry. Fl. 1 — 3,. temiinal. Ped. with 
very short deflexed haii-s. Pet. ovate, slightly clawed. Seed 
' dark brown, tuberculated. — On Serpentine Hill, Unst, Shetland. 
P. VII. WII. S. 
12. Holos'teum Ldnn. 
1. H. uynhelldtum (L.) ; fl. umbellate, peduncles pubescent 
viscid, pedicels reflexed after flowering, 1. elliptic or long and 
acute.— i:. B. 27. R. v. 221.— About 6 in. high.— On old walls 
and dry places in Norfolk and SuflTolk. A. IV. E. 
13. Steila'eia iinn. Stitchwort. 
* Seeds on a linear long columella. 
1. S. nem'orum (L.) ; st. ascending downy above, 1. stalked 
heartshaped, upper 1. ovate sessile, cyme hix panicled, pet. deeply 
bifid twice as long as the lanceolate sepals, caps, exceeding the 
calyx.— i;. B. 92. R. v. 252.— St. 1-1^ foot high. L. large, 
rough on the upper surface, ciliate. Sep. with narrow scarious 
margins. — Damp woods, chiefly in the North. P. V. VI. Wood 
Stitchwort. E. S. 
