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11. C AEYOPHYLL ACEiE . 
has doubtless occasioned the insertion of S. graminea as well as 
of S. uliginosa in Von Buch’s list of Mad. pi. The true S. gra- 
minea L. is certainly not found in the Madeiran islands. 
I am much indebted to M. Alph. DeCandolle for an extract 
from the rare little work of Baddi above quoted, which by its 
accuracy of application to the Madeiran apetalous state of S. 
uliginosa Murr. enables me to quote Arenaria alsinoides Baddi, 
and hence A. Racldiana Ser., with little short of the certainty 
accruing from actual comparison of types. 
9. Cerastium L. 
* Boot scarcely more than annual or biennial. Pet. not longer 
than the calyx. 
t Caps, curved. Pet. about as long as the sepals. 
1. C. GLOMERATUM Thuill. 
Hairy-pubescent light gr. viscid ; st. stiffly erect and straight or 
ascending , several and tufted, or single; l. short broadly ovate 
or oval and rounded ; Jl. of cyme aggregate in close compact or 
crowded heads or fascicles ; hr. all herbaceous and like the nar- 
rowly scarious-edged sep. hairy quite to the points which are 
mostly bearded or tipped with a distinct pencil of several long 
hairs ; fruitstalks and pet. shorter or not longer than the cal. — 
WB. i. 151 ; Koch 132 (var. a) ; Bab. 54. C. viscosuni Linn. 
Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 320, and Sp. PI. ; Desf. i. 366 ; also Fries, 
Gaudin (ex Koch). C. vulqatum Linn. Herb. ! EB. t. 789 ; Sm. 
E. FI. ii. 330; Hook. FI. Sc. i. 142 ; DC. i. 415 (var. a and /3). 
C. vulgatum (3 (C. viscosum ) Brot. ii. 218. — Herb. ann. Mad. 
reg. 1, 2, 3, c; PS. reg. 4, r ; SD. r eg. 2, a. Bocky banks and 
hill-sides, beds of ravines, &c., above the Mount, in Bib. Frio, 
near the sea at Campanario, Machico, S. Vicente, &c., Mad. ; 
summit of Pico de Facho and P. de Castello, PS., and of SD. 
Febr.-Oct. — St. 4-12 in. high very erect and simple. L. shortly 
ovate often rounded and obtuse. Pet. small and inconspicuous. 
Caps, cylindric ascending twice as long as the cal. — Distin- 
guished at once from the more common C. triviale Link by its 
pale herbage turning v. after flowering, its short broad leaves, 
and smaller fl. collected into heads or bundles. 
2. C. triviale Link. 
Hairy-pubescent dark gr. scarcely viscid ; st. spreading diffuse 
and straggling sometimes rooting, the ends ascending; l. ob- 
long-lanceolate ; fl. of cyme lax or distinct, only the uppermost 
aggregate; hr. and sep. with a broadly scarious margin, smooth 
at the tips ; pet. as long as, fruitstalks at least as long as, and 
