656 407. Alsine]. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. PI. ex. that. 
Arenatia ciJiata, Wulf inJacquin. Cull. 1,245. 
Mountains; perennial; July and August. 
Leaves tubercular, rough ; peduncles downy, hairs bent 
backwards ; flowers large. 
XIII. 408. HOLQSTEUM. Dioscorides. Holosteurn . 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals variously cut ; stamens 3 or 5 ; 
styles 3; capsules 1 -celled, 6-toothed. 
Holosteurn umbellatum . * Umhelled holosteurn . 
Leaves ovate, acute; flowers um belled, terminal: petals 
toothed. 
Caryophyllus Holostius arvensis, Ger. em. 595, 16. 
Holosteurn umbellatum, Lin. S. P. 130. 
Cerastium umbellatum, Hudson FI. Angl. 20J. 
Broad-leaved wild pink. Umbelliferous chickweed. 
Old walls ; annual ; April. 
Stem branchy at bottom, small, viscid at the top ; umhells 
simple ; peduncles bracteated, becoming divaricated; flowers 
white or reddish. 
XIV. 409. STELLARIA. Brunsfel. Chickweed. 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; petals 2-cut; stamens 3 to 10; styles 3 ; 
capsules 1 -celled, 5 or 6-toothed. 
a. Alsinae. Petals deeply 9,-parted ; stamens 5 or 10; leaves 
ovate ; capsule-7nouth 5 or 6-toothed. 
1. Slellaria media. Middle-size chickweed. 
Herb bald ; leaves ovate, petioled ; stem procumbent, with 
alternate lateral lines of hairs. 
Alsine vulgaris seu Morsus gallinae, Raii Syn. 347, 6. 
Alsine media seu minor, Ger. em. 611,2. 
Alsine media, Lin. S. P. 389. 
Slellaria media, fVithering Bot. Arr, 418. 
Chickweed. 
Damp places and gardens ; annual ; April to September. 
Plant very various in size ; stem prostrate, brittle ; leaves 
bald ; petioles fringed ; peduncles axillary and terminal, so- 
litary, 1 -flowered; calyx hairy; petals white, deeply 2-cut, 
shorter than the calyx ; capsule 6-toothed. — Young shoots 
boiled make an excellent spinage-herb ; plant used as 
greens for small birds. 
