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3. S. leaves linear-lanceolate, entire ; panicle ter- 
ininal, spreading ; calix three nerved, about 
equal to the petals. — Smith. 
S, graminea, Smith and Withering. 
S. longifolia, Miihl. 
S. arvensis, HofFrnan. 
S. Dilleniana, Moench. 
Grass-leaved or Long-leaved Star-wort^ or Stick- 
wort. 
From one foot to fourteen inches high, stem slender and 
weak. In meadows among grass, common. On the banks of 
the Schuylkill, west side, just below Market-street bridge, 
abundant. Annual? June. 
4. S. stem diffuse, procumbent, very much branch- uiigi^osa. 
ed ; leaves lanceolate, ciliated and narrower at 
the base, peduncles ternate, lateral, the inter- 
mediate one-flowered, lateral, dichotomous, few- 
flowered. — Roth. Germ. I. 191. II. 489. 
5. uliginosa, Schreb. and Roth. 
S. Alsine, Hoffman, Willd., Pers., and Muhl. 
Bog Star-wort or Stichwort. Fountain Chickweed. 
A small procumbent species, with flowers about the size of 
those of No. 2. In wet ground near springs, and on the wet 
borders of rivulets and meadow-drains; not unfrequent. June. 
215. AREN ARIA. Gen.pl. 774. (Caryophylle^.) 
Calix 5-leaved, spreading. Petals 5, entire. 
Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. — J\Tutt. 
1. A. stem dichotomous, diffuse,* leaves ovate- sewuifoiia. 
acute,subciliatej calices acute, substriate, petals 
shorter than the calix. — Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 977. 
