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of the stain, or gernien. — \_S. longifolia (Fr.), S. Friesiana (Koch ), 
has the upper part of its stem aud the edges and, keel of its leaves 
rough.] — Jjry iieathy and bushy places. P. V. — VIII. Zisser, 
Stitchwort. 
\^S. scapiff'era (Willd.) ; at. shorter than the peduncles erect, 
1. hnear-lanceolate slightly pubescent on the margins, peduncles 
long rising far above the leaves slender glabrous simple or once 
forked, pet. deeply divided equalling the lanceolate acute slightly 
fringed 3-ribbed sepals. — E. B. 1269.— No wild specimens are ' 
known. I can scarcely believe that this is a state of S. gramineu. 
— Bv the sides of rivulets between Loch Ereachd and Loch Lag- 
gan,' Scotland. Mr. G, Don. P. VI.] S. 
*** Caps, narr aimed below, henc^ the cal. has a funnekhfipefl 
base. Larbbea St. Hil. not Ser. 
6. S. uligindsa (Murr.) ; si diffuse angxilnv glaby-ous, I oblong- 
lanceolate acute with a hard tip glabrous slightly ciliate belmc 
sessile, fl. irregularly panicled lateral and temiinal, pet. bipartite 
shorter than the lanceolate 3-veined sepals, caps, ovate nearly 
equalling the calyx, bracts scarious with glabrous edges. — E. B. 
1074. — Very variable in size, usually about a foot long. Fl. in 
small panicles mostly axillary. On the Clova Mountains (3200 
feet) It is about 2 in. long, with minute leaves and usually 
solitary tiowers. — In wet places. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 
14. Mala'chium Fries. ' Great Chickweed. 
1. M. aqtiat'icum (Tr.) ; st. decumbent and ascending angular 
covered with glandular hairs, 1. cordate-ovate acuminate, fl. 
scattered solitary in the forks of the stem, pet. bipartite rather 
exceeding the calyx, caps, exceeding the calyx. — R. vi. 237. 
Cerastium Sm., E. B. 538. — Closelj' resembling Stellaria netnorum. 
Lowest 1. and those of the barren branches stalked, others larger 
and sessile.— Usually in wet places. P. VET. VQI. E. 
15. Cekas'tittm Linn. Mouse-ear. 
1 : 
* Root Jibrmis. Pet. not or but little cvceeding the calyx. 
t Caps, curved. 
1. C. glomerdtum (Thuil.) ; 1. ovate, sep. lanceolate verj' acute 
with a nan-ow membranous mar^n and as well as the herbaceotm 
bracts hairy throughout, caps, cylindrical ascending twice as long 
as the caljTc, fruitstalks about equalling the calyx. — C. vulgatujii 
Sm., E. B. 789. R. v. 229. C. viscosum Fries.— erect, glan- 
dular-hairy. Fl. near together in forked panicles, longer than 
their stalks. — /3. C. apetalum (Dum.) ; pet. 0, whole plant usually 
much more slender. — Fields aud banks. A. IV. — IX. E. S. I. 
