PI. ex . thal. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^E. 409. Stellaria. 657 
2. Slellaria aquatica. Water chickweed. 
Plant hairy; leaves heartshape; upper leaves sessile; pe- 
duncles lateral, solitary, when fruitbearing turned back ; 
capsule ovate, 5- toothed; styles 5. 
Alsine major repens perennis, Raii Syn. 347 , 4. 
Alsine major, Ger. em. 61 1 ; Park. 759, 2. 
Cerastium aquaticnm, Lin. S. P. 529. 
Watery places; perennial; July. 
Hoot creeping; stem weak, branched; petals white, deeply 
2-parted, as long as the sepales; styles 5. 
3. Stellaria nemorum. Wood chickweed. 
Herb rather hairy ; stem hollow ; lower leaves heartshape, 
petioled; upper ovate, sessile ; panicle forked; peduncles be- 
coming reflected ; styles 3 ; capsule ovate, 6-toothed. 
Alsine montana folio smilacis instar, flore laciniato, Dillen in Raii Syn. 
347, 5. 
Stellaria nemorum, Lin. S. P. 603. 
Damp woods; perennial ; May and June. 
Root, creeping ; stem weak ; leaves pale green ; panicle 
many-flowered, leafy ; calyx hairy at the base ; sepales 
scarious, margined. 
b. Stellariae verae. Petals reverse heartshape ; stamens 10; 
stem 4- sided ; leaves linear, lanceolate, stiff ; capsule six- 
toothed, teeth deeply cut ; styles 3. 
4. Stellaria glauca . Sea-green chickweed. 
Stem rather upright, weak ; leaves linear, lanceolate, 
glaucous, edge smooth ; floral leaves scarious ; peduncles up- 
right ; sepales 3- ribbed ; petals twice as long as the calyx. 
Alsine q. Caryophyllus holosteus arvensis medius, Raii Syn. 347,3. 
Stellaria glauca. Withering Bot. Arr. 420. 
Stellaria media, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 141. 
Stellaria palustris, Retz. FI. Scand. 2, 548. 
Stellaria graminea /?, Hudson FI. Angl. 190. 
Damp fields and hedges; perennial; June and July. 
Stem smooth ; peduncles axillary and terminal. 
5. Stellaria graminea. Grassy chickweed. 
Stem rather upright, weak; leaves linear, lanceolate, edge 
smooth ; panicles divaricating, terminal ; sepales 3-ribbed ; 
petals as long as the calyx. 
Alsine q. Caryophyllus holosteus arvensis glaber, flore minore C. Bau- 
hini, Raii Syn. 346,2. 
Stellaria graminea, Lin. S. P. 604. 
Lesser slitcliwort . 
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