658 409. Stellaria. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. Pl.ex.thal. 
Sandy pastures ; perennial; May. 
Stem, leaves , and peduncles smooth ; sepales membrana- 
ceous, white; ribs green. 
6. Stellaria holostea. All-bone chickweed . 
Stem upright, stiff; leaves lanceolate; edge rough, finely 
serrated; sepales ribless; petals 3 times as long as the calyx. 
Alsine q. Caryophyllus holosleus arvensis glaber, flare majore C. Bau- 
hini, Raii Syn. 346, 1. 
Gramen leucanthenmm, Ger.em. 47 ; Park. 1325. 
Stellaria holostea, Lin. S. P. 603. 
Stitchwort. Great stitchwort. 
Dry woods and coppices ; perennial ; May. 
Root creeping ; stem diffuse, rough ; leaves acute ; panicle 
forked, leafy ; peduncles upright ; capsule globular. 
7. Stellaria scapigera . Stalkbearing chickweed . 
Stems in tufts ; leaves linear, lanceolate, crowded ; edge 
rough ; peduncles longer than the stem ; sepales 3-ribbed ; 
petals as long as the calyx. 
Stellaria scapigera, Willdenow S. P. 2,716. 
Rivulets; perennial; May and June. 
Stem very short, stiff ; leaves acute, ribbed ; peduncles 
many, 4-sided, simple. 
c. Cerastium. Petals 4 or 5, 2-cut; stamens 4 to 10; 
capsule-mouth 10 -toothed ; leaves nearly ovate , hairy. 
8. Stellaria cerastoides. Mouse-ear chickweed. 
Stem hairy, tufted, spreading ; leaves elliptical, oblong, 
blunt; peduncles in pairs or threes, 1 -flowered; calyx 
downy; sepales 1 -ribbed; petals twice as long as the calyx. 
Stellaria cerastoides, Lin. S. P. 604. 
Alpine places ; perennial; July. 
Root creeping ; stem branched at bottom, with a single 
line of hairs. ; leaves bald, bent back ; peduncles downy, 
upright ; sepales blunt, half the length of the petals ; styles 3, 
4, or 5; capsules oblong, 6, 8, or 10-toothed. 
9. Stellaria vulgata. Common chickweed. 
. Plant hairy, viscid; stems in tufts; leaves ovate; flowers 
in bundles; peduncles very short; petals as long as the 
calyx ; capsules oblong. 
Myosotis q. Alsine hirsuta myosotis latifolia prsecocior, Raii Syn. 348,3. 
Cerastium vulgatum, Lin. S. P. 627. 
Cerastium viscosum, Hudson FI. jtngl. 200. 
