70 XIV. CARYOPIIYLLACE/E : ALSINEyE. \_Hol6stCUm, 
Laggan.” G. Don. (In other words, between Dalwhinnie Inn and 
the Old Kirk of Laggan. ) Tf. . 5 — 8. — Stem 1 ft. high, more slender 
than the two preceding, and readily distinguishable by its much 
smaller flowers, large and branching panicle, 3-nerved calyx, and 
entire leaves, which are, moreover, by no means so much acuminated. 
Bracts membranaceous, ciliated. Anthers red. The leaves have the 
hairs of the cilice in the common form, and of the pubescence in (1. 
decurved. The station assigned by Don to our var. /3. is frequently 
misquoted : this however is of little consequent, as we now believe 
that plant to exist nowhere in a wild state, but to be a mere cultivated 
form of S. graminea. 1 Don cultivated it extensively in his garden at 
Forfar, from which we have specimens. It was originally described 
by Willdenow, from a plant in the Berlin gardens, who does not say 
from whom it was received ; but it is not even conjectured to have 
been from Scotland, and has not been found anywhere else : it was 
soon introduced into our gardens, treated as an alpine plant, and 
increased by division, but not by seed, although seed is produced 
sometimes freely. 
6. S. uliginusa Murr. (Bag S .) ; leaves ovato-lanceolate entire 
with a callous tip, flowers in dichotomous panicles, petals bipar- 
tite shorter than the sepals, which are combined at the base. 
E. B. t. 1074. S. graminea /3. L. Larbrea St. Hil. 
In ditches and rivulets, frequent. 0. 5, 6. — This and the preced- 
ing species, Besides having the sepals combined at the base, have truly 
perigynous petals. Its general habit is that of Stellaria, from all the 
other species of which it is distinguished by the comparatively minute 
petals. 
13. IIolosteum Linn. Jagged Chickweed. 
Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. 5, jagged at the point. Stamens 
3 — 5. Styles 3. Caps, subcylindrical, 1 -celled, many-seeded, 
opening at the extremity with 6 teeth. — Named from oAoc, all, 
and oartov , bone, by antiphrasis, the texture being the very re- 
verse, soft and delicate. 
1. II. umbellutum L. ( umbelliferous J.) ; leaves elliptical 
ovate acute, flowers umbellate, peduncle pubescent viscid, pedi- 
cels reflexed after flowering at length erect. E. B. t. 27. 
Rare ; on old walls about Norwich, Bury, Eye, and Yarmouth. 
Hills near Bowling Bay, Scotland. 0. 4. — A singular and interesting 
plant, the original Holosteum of Linnams. 
14. Mce'nchia Ehrh. Mcenchia. 
Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4 or 8. Styles 4. 
Caps, of 1 cell, many-seeded, opening with 8 teeth, at the ex- 
1 In the Glasgow Botanic Garden we have repeatedly observed S. graminea to 
spring up in the vicinity of pots in which S. scapigera was cultivated, and about 
which it had shed its seed. 
