( 299 .) 
IIOLOSTEUM* * 
Linncan Class and Order. Tiua'ndkia f, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Ca RY oph y'llea; Linn — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 
299. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 159. — Lindl. Syn. p. 43.; lntrod. to 
Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 156. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 5U7. — Loud. 
Ilort.Brit. p.501. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Card. & Bot. v.i. p.379. — 
Mack. FI. Hib. p. 40. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 400. — Rosales ; 
subord. Rhoeados.e ; sect. Dianthinje ; type, Dianthaceaj; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 014, 784, 805, Ik 807. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 5, egg-shaped, concave, 
permanent sepals. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 5, oblong, petals, unequally 
jagged or toothed, deciduous. Filaments (see fig. 4.) 3, occasionally 
more, hair-like. Anthers roundish. Germcn (see figs. 4 & 5.) 
roundish. Styles (see figs. 4 & 5.)- 3, slender, short. Stigmas 
bluntish, downy. Capsules (figs. 6 & 7.) nearly cylindrical, of 
1 cell, splitting at the top into 6 recurved teeth, finally separable 
into as many pellucid valves. Receptacle (fig. 8.) central, oblong. 
Seeds (figs. 9 & 10.) numerous, stalked, peltate, roundish, rough. 
The calyx of 5 sepals ; the corolla of 5 petals, jagged or toothed 
at the apex ; and the 1-celled, many-seeded, capsule, with 6 teeth ; 
will distinguish this front other genera, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
IIOLO'STEUM UMBELLA'TUM. Umbelled Holosteum. Um- 
belliferous jagged Chickweed. Broad-leaved Wild Pink. 
Spec. Char. Root-leaves elliptical, glaucous, smooth ; stem- 
leaves larger, egg-shaped. Flowers umbellate. Common Peduncles 
clammy-pubescent; pedicels defiexed after flowering. 
Engl. Bot. t. 27.— Rose’s Elem. of Bot. Append, p. 445. t. 2 f. 4.— Linn. Sp. 
PI. p. 130. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. r. p. 689. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i p. 161. ; Engl. 
FI. v. i. p. 187.— With. (7th ed.) v.ii. p. 209.— Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 656.— 
I.indl. Syn. p. 50 — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 58. — Don's Gen. Syst. of Card, and Hot. 
v.i. p. 424.— Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 32.— Cerdstium umbellutum. Hook. FI. 
Lond. t. 13. — Huds. H. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 201. — Carynphyllus holostius ur- 
vensis, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 595. 
Localities.— O n old walls, banks, and in sandy corn-fields; very rare. — 
Middlesex ; On the walls of Chelsea Physic Garden : Dawson To iiner, Esq. 
Norfolk ; In great plenty on the city walls of Norwich, and many other old 
walls of that city, and on some hanks and walls in the neighbourhood; first 
noticed by Mr. John Pitchford, in the Spring of 1765: Mr. H. Rose, in 
Elem. of Bot.— Suffolk ; On walls, and the thatched roofs of houses at Bury; 
Sir T. G. Cullum. At Eye; May 1, 1838: Honourable A nne Townsend. 
Fig, 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. Corolla.— Fig. 3. A Petal.— Fig. 4. Stamens, Germen, 
and Styles. — Fig. 5. Germen. — Fig. 6. Capsule and permanent Calyx. — Fig. 
Capsule without the Calyx.— Fig. 8. Columella, or receptacle of the Seeds. — Figs. !l 
and 10. Seeds. — Figs. 11 and 12. Back and front view of a Seed, more highly 
magnified. 
* From olos, Gr. all ; and osteon, Gr. a bone ; applied by Axtirhrasis to this 
plant, the texture being the very reverse, soft and delicate'; or, according to Dr. 
Thornton, from its supposed virtue as restoring broken hones. 
t See folio 56, note t. f See folio 152, a. 
