DfiCANDRIA PENTAGYNI A. Cerastium. 
Icon. Engl, lot . 79 0. pai//. par . t. 30 .f 1. 
In pastures and on old walls : Canada to Carolina. If . 
May — Sept. v. v. 
3. C. hirsutum, viscidum ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, pe- 
talis calyce brevioribus emarginatis, pedunculis calyce 
longioribus, floribus pentandris. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 81 a. 
Icon. Engl.bot. 1630. Vaill. par. t.30.f.2. 
On dry, barren, and sunny hills $ frequent : Pensylvania 
and Virginia. O. May, June. v. v. 
4. C. pubescens, caespitosum $ foliis lineari-lanceolatis ob- 
tusis basi ciliatis internodiis brevioribus, petalis obcor- 
datis calyce duplo longioribus, calycis foliolis obtusis. 
— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 813. 
Icon. FI. dan. 620. Engl. lot. Q3. Vaill. par. t. 30. f. 4. 
On dry hills and rocks ; frequent : Pensylvania, &c. If. . 
May — Aug. v. v. Flowers large. 
5. C. tenuissime pubescens, caespitosum ; foliis angusto- 
linearibus internodiis longioribus, petalis obovatis 
emarginatis calyce acuto subtriplo longioribus. 
On the banks of Schuylkill and Delaware, Pensylvania. 
I/. May, June. v. v. Resembles the foregoing one 
very much. 
6. C. hirsutum $ foliis linearibus internodiis longioribus di- 
varicatis, pedunculis terminalibus elongatis bis 3-cho- 
tomis, bracteis oppositis ovatis, petalis emarginatis 
calyce acuto duplo longioribus, capsulis subglobosis. 
On the plains of Columbia river. M. Lewis. If. . April. 
v. s. in Herl. Lewis. 
393. AGROSTEMMA. Gen.pl. ^5. 
1. A. hirsuta 5 calyce corollam superante, petalis integris 
nudis. IVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 80 5. 
Icon. FI. dan. 5JQ. Engl. lot. 7 41. 
Common Cockle is frequently found among the grain, 
but is not indigenous in America. 0. June, July. 
v. v. 
394. LYCHNIS. Gen. pl. 796. 
1. L. glabra; floribus densis umbellato-eapitatis, petalis 
bifidis, floribus tetragynis.— - Willd. sp.pl 2 ,p, 80 9. 
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