PI. ex. thal. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. 409. Stellar. 659 
Fields and walls; annual; April and May. 
Herh light green ; stem ascending, forked ; leaves broad, 
blunt; peduncles upright; sepales acute; capsule cylindri- 
cal, curved, twice as long as the calyx. 
10. Stellaria viscosa. Viscous duckweed . 
Herb hairy, viscous, diffused; leaves lanceolate, oblong; 
flowers panicled, shorter than the peduncles; petals the 
same length as the calyx; capsule oblong. 
Myosotis q. Alsine hirsuta myosotis Lobelii, Rail Syn. 349,4. 
Cerastium viscosum, Lin. S. P. 627. 
Cerastium vulgatum, Hudson FI. slngl. 200. 
Fields and walls ; perennial ; May to September. 
Herb dark green ; stems ascending ; leaves rather blunt ; 
peduncles viscid, twice as long as the flower; sepales all 
margined ; capsules cylindrical, curved, twice as long as the 
calyx. 
1 1 . Stellaria semidecandrum . Half-ien-stamencd duckweed . 
Stems tufted, hairy, viscid above; leaves upright, ovate, 
oblong; flowers conglomerated, 5-stamened ; petals notched, 
shorter than the calyx; capsules cylindrical. 
Myosotis q. Cerastium hirsutum minus, parvo flore Dillenii, Bilim in 
Raii Syn. 348, 2. 
Cerastium semidecandrum, Lin. S. P. 627. 
Sandy places and walls; annual; March and April. 
Stem upright ; lower leaves rather bald ; peduncles longer 
than the calyx; sepales margined; stamens 5, rarely 10; 
capsules twice as long as the calyx. 
12. Stellaria pumila. Dwarf duckweed. 
Stems in tufts, hairy, viscid at top ; leaves upright, ovate, 
oblong ; flowers conglomerate, 5-stamened; petals as long 
as the calyx ; capsules twice as long, cylindrical. 
Cerastium pumilum, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Cerastium semidecandrum /3, Smith FI. Brit. 497. 
Dry pastures; annual ; February and March. 
Flowers more conspicuous ; petals larger and deeper cleft ; 
capsule longer than in S. semidecandrum. 
13. Stellaria tetrandrum. Four-stamened chickweed* 
Stems diffused, hairy, rather viscid ; leaves elliptical or 
ovate ; peduncles 3 times as long as the calyx ; flowers con- 
glomerate, 4 or 5-stamened ; petals 2-cut, shorter than the 
calyx; capsule cylindrical, rather longer than the calyx. 
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