abundant among stones by the road-side between Witney and Minster Lovel : 
1831, W.B. — Berks; Prettycommon: Dr. Mavor. — Bedfurdsh. Kempston ; 
Ford-End; and Barton Hill: Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridyesh . Castle Hill, 
Cambridge; Hill of Health; Gogmagog Hills, &c.: Rev. R. Relhan. — In 
Derbyshire: Dr. Howitt, in N. B. G. — Durham; At Friar’s Goose near 
Gateshead; on dry banks and heaths near Darlington ; on Fulwell Hills; 
Marsden Rocks; and near Chester Bridge: N. J. Wincii, Esq. — Gloucestersh. 
On Broad-way Hills: Rev. W. S. Rufford, in Midi. FI. — Hampsh. Abbas- 
ton Downs, and elsewhere: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. in N. B. G. — Kent ; Barham 
Downs, abundantly : Mr. W. Pampi.in, jun. Not uncommon, FI. Ton. — 
Middlesex; By the Thames, below Hampton Court Bridge: Mr. H. Watson, 
in N. B. G. — Norfolk ; Fields near Norwich ; S. P. Woodward, in N. B. G. — • 
Northamptonsh. In Brixworth and Boughton Fields, particularly near the 
highways : Hist. N.B. G. — Northumberland ; On banks near the Chain Bridge 
over the Tweed; at Horncliffe; near Coldstream; and on St. Peter’s Quay, 
where it was observed by Wilson : N. J. Wincii, Esq. Near King’s Mount 
Bastion ; and Castle Bank, Berwick: Dr. Thompson. On Spittal and Screm- 
merston Links: Dr. Johnston. On Alnwick Moor: Mr. J. Davison. Near 
Wark on Tweed: Lightfoot. Near Bambro’ Castle : R. Embleton. — Notts. 
Badford, Farnsfield, Nottingham Park and Forest, Bulwell, and Mansfield : 
Dr. Howitt, in N.B.G. — Suffolk; About Bury, very plentiful: Mr. W. 
Curtis. — Surrey; Dupper’s Hill , near Croydon : Dr. Withering. On Ban- 
stead Downs, and near Ham : Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. Moulsey Hurst, near 
the Ferry to Hampton : Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — In Sussex ; W. Borrer, 
Esq. — Limestone Hills, South of Scarborough : N. J. Wincii, Esq. 
Richmond: Mr. Ward, in N. B. G. — WALES. Denbighsh. Near Wrexham, 
not common : J. E. Bowman, Esq. in N. B. G. — SCO t’LAND. Aberdeensh. 
Near Aberdeen: Mr. Dickie, in N.B.G. — Berwicksh. Common on all the 
borders between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Kelso: Dr. Johnston. — Elginsh. 
Springfield, Elgin: Rev. G. Gordon, in N.B.G .~Forfarsh. Near Forfar: 
Mr. D. Don .—Hqddingtonsh. Guillon Links: Mr. Arnott. — Isle of Man ; 
On the sand, scirce: Mr. Forbes, in N.B.G. — Nairnsh. Viewfield : W. 
Stables, in N.B.G. — Orkney Isles; Orkney: Dr. Gillies, in N.B.G. — 
Roxburghsh. Foot of walls near Waik, by Kelso, abundant: Lightfoot. — 
IRELAND. Very common in the County of Dublin, near the coast: Mr. 
J. T. Mackay. 
Perennial. — Flowers from May to August. 
Root creeping. Stems numerous, slightly branched, leafy, round, 
covered with fine hairs, which bend downwards; prostrate and 
matted at the base ; then ascending ; from 4 inches to a foot in 
length. Leaves opposite, sessile, strap-spear-shaped, from half an 
inch to an inch long, various in breadth, bluntly pointed, for the 
most part densely hairy, the hairs pointing upwards ; sometimes 
smooth, but always fringed about the lower part. Flowers large, 
white, in terminal, forked panicles. Sepals hairy, with a mem- 
branous margin. Petals inversely heart-shaped, veiny, twice as 
long as the sepals. Germen globose. Capsule cylindrical, slender, 
not longer than the calyx, with 10 oblong teeth, sometimes splitting 
down into 5 or 1 0 narrow valves. 
The large flowers, with petals twice the length of the calyx ; and 
the powerfully creeping roots ; will distinguish this from all the 
other British species of Cerastium. 
