660 409. Stellar. 72. CARYOPHYLLEjE. Pl.ex.thal. 
Cerastium tetandrum, Curtis FI. Land. 
Sagina cerastoidcs, Smith in Tr. Lin. Soc. 2, 343. 
Sandy sea-shores and walls ; annual ; May and June. 
Herb light green ; stem slightly panicled, forked ; calyx 
4-sepaled ; 2 inner sepales narrower, margined ; petals 4, 
reverse heartshape ; stamens 4 : in cultivated plants, calyx 
often 5-sepaled; petals and stamens 5. 
14. Stellaria latifolia. Broad-leaved chickweed. 
Stems tufted, rough ; leaves elliptical ; peduncles terminal, 
simple, mostly solitary ; petals longer than the calyx ; cap- 
sules ovate, turgid. 
Myosotis q. Alsitie mvosotis Ianguinosa alpina grandiflora, Raii Syn. 
349, 6. 
Cerastium lati folium, Lin. S. P. 629. / 
Cerastium tomentosum, Hudson FI. Angl.ed. 1, 176. 
Alpine hills; perennial; June. 
Stem ascending, densely leaved ; leaves elliptical, hairy ; 
hairs short, stiff’, jointed ; peduncles downy, terminal, soli- 
tary, nearly as long as the stem: bractece 0; sepales mar- 
gined; petals half as long again as the calyx. 
15. Stellaria alpina . , Alpine chickweed. 
Leaves elliptical, naked or hairy; panicle forked, few- 
flowered, bracteated ; capsule oblong, bent. 
Myositis q. Alpine myosotis facie, lychnis alpina flore aciplo niveo, 
repeiis D. Lhwyd, Raii Syn. 349,5. 
Cerastium alpinum, Lin. S. P. 628. 
Cerastium latifolium, Lightfoot FI. Scot. 242. 
Rills among alpine rocks ; perennial ; June and July. 
Root creeping; stem upright, simple; leaves bald, or with 
soft hairs; peduncles 3 or 4 together, 1 -flowered ; bractece 
opposite, lanceolate; petals reverse-heartshape ; capsules 
cylindrical, awned, longer than the calyx. 
16. Stellaria arvensis . Field chickweed. 
Stems in tufts; leaves linear, lanceolate, downy, blunt, 
fringed at bottom ; petals twice as long as the calyx ; capsule 
oblong, straight. 
Myosotis q. C-aryophyllus arvensis hirsutus flore majore, C. Bauhini, 
Raii Syn. 348, 1. 
Caryophyllius Holostius, Ger. em. 595, 15. 
Cerastium arvense, Lin. S. P. 628. 
Chalky and gravelly fields ; perennial ; May to August. 
Root creeping; stem downy ; panicle forked, few-flowered ; 
sepales ovate, blunt, margined ; petals large, white, reverse- 
heartshape. 
