r H E BRITISH HERBAL. 
The leaves are fnwU, obloag, and narrow. 
TlK-flaw«fs are fmalj and white: they Hand 
oa (lender foocllalks, and many open tog:ther. 
The fced-veffel is fmali, and the feeds are nu- 
RiCFOUs and roundifli. 
It is not nnsommon in Kent and Suliex in dry 
barren places. It flowers in July. 
J. Bauhine calls it Alftne iemifdia ; and others 
have continued in general tlie name unaltered. 
II. Little gra^^y-le;^ved Chickweed. 
Alfine puftlla fcliis graminis fiort magna. 
The root is long, flender, and furniOied with 
numerous fmall fibres. 
'Ihe ttalks are ilender, upright, not at all 
branched, and about four inches high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, at moderate diftances, 
and pointing upwards : they are oblong, narrow, 
fharp- pointed, and of a fine green i fo that they 
veTy much refemble ends of fmall grafs leaves. 
The flowers are very large, and fnow white : 
two or three (land on the top of the ftalk, and 
they confift each of five large petals, which are 
not divided at the ends, but terminate in a point. 
The feed-veflel is large, and the feeds are nu- 
merous, and very minute. 
It is common in our northern counties on 
rocks, and the fides of high hills. It flowers in 
April. 
Ray calls it A!jl»e ptfilla pukhro fiore folio tmu- 
iffima mftras, fi'je Saxifraga fufilla caryophyUoides 
pre alho pidchdlo ; a name longer than the plant. 
12. Ckiftcred-leaved Chickweed. 
4if/tie foliis mgiiftis creirisflore majore. 
The root is fmall and flender, white, and fur- 
nifhed with many fibres. 
The llalks are very numerous, flender, ridged, 
upright, and about five inches high : they are of 
a pale green, and they fend out frequent branches. 
The leaves ftand very thick : the principal ones 
are placed in pairs at fmall diftances from one 
another, and their bofoms are crowded with 
clufters of others ; fo that they appear covered 
with them. 
They are narrow, oblong, and Iharp pointed : 
on the upper parts of the ftalks the principal 
leaves are lefs diftinguifliable ; and they cover the 
branches at the joints, as the leaves of heath. 
The flowers ftand fingly at the tops of the 
branches, and of the principal ftalk; and they 
are very large, and white. 
The feed'Veflel is fmall and round ; and the 
feeds are minute and numerous. 
It is common in damp places, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Alfim mdofa Ginnanice. 
J. Bauhine, Areimria. The common writers call 
it Saxifraga pabiftris Anglica ; and we, Etiglifli 
marfh faxifrage, an dFine-leaved faxifrage. 
1 3. Little roundilh-leaved Chickweed. 
Alfms parva foliis fubrotmdis. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, and branched: 
they are of a pale green, and five inches high in 
favourable foils, in other places not above three. 
NO iS. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are fmall and 
roundifli ) of a thin, tender fubftance, and obfcure 
green. 
The flowers are fmall and white. 
The feed-velfels are large, and of an oval 
figure i and the feeds numerous and yeliowifli, 
of a rounded figure, but flatted. 
It is not uncommon in the dry pafturcs of 
Buckinghamfliire ; and flowers in July. 
Riiy calls it Aljine mo>Hana minima amd e^gie 
rotundifoUa ; and others follov/ him. 
14. Large-fruited fea Chickweed. 
Alfms maritima pufiUa fru^u msgm. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
a great many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous and (hort : they arc 
fpread upon the ground, and fo covered with 
leaves that it is hard to diftinguifh their form. 
The leaves are fliort and broad, pointed at the 
end, and of a bluifli green. 
They ftand in pairs, but generally grow the 
oppofite ways ; fo that they look, upon the whole, 
to be difpofed croflwife. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and the feed- 
vefiels are oval : they are remarkably large for fo 
fmall a plant, and contain numerous feeds. 
It is common on our fea-coafts, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Alfme litoralis portulac/i 
. foliis. Others, Anthyllis maritima lentifolia. 
15. Procumbent narrow leaved Chickweed. 
Aljine maritima procumbens angujlifolia. 
The root is long, flender, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The ftalks are very numerous, fmall, weak, 
and of a pale green ; they fpread every way up- 
on the ground, and are four inches long, and very 
much branched. 
The leaves are numerous : they ftand in pairs, 
and are full of young ones, and of fmall fhoots 
of branches, in their bofoms ; fo that the whole 
plant is very bufliy. 
The leaves are (hort, and narrower than thofc 
of the lall mentioned fpecies. 
The flowers rife from the bofoms of the leaves 
all the way up the ftalks : they are numerous, 
finall, and white. 
The feed veflTels alfo are fmall ; and the feeds 
minute and numerous. 
It is common on our fea coafts, and flowers 
in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Anthyllis maritima chama* 
fyche Jimilis. Ray, Aljim maritima fupina foliis 
chmnxftcxs. Our people. Sea knotgrafs, and Sea 
chickweed. 
16. Small flowered water Chickweed. 
Aljine faluftris fiofculis parvisi 
The root is fmall, divided, and full of fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, fmall, irregularly 
branched, and about an inch and half high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs ; they are ob- 
long, thick, and of a frefti green ; obtufe at the 
ends, and not at all divided at the edges. 
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