Stellaria Uliginosa. Bog Sticiiwort. 
STELLARIA Lin. Gen. PL Decandria Trigynia. 
- Cd 5-phyllus, patens. Petala 5 bipartita. Cafif. i-locularis, po- 
lylperma. 1 
Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Herbie Pentapetal^e Vasculifer./e. 
STELLARIA uliginofa foliis : ovato-lanceolatis apice cailofis, floribus fubpaniculatis lateralibus pe- 
talis calyce brevioribus. * P 
STELLARIA graminea, var. y. Lin. FI. Suec. n. 3 g 3 . Hudf. FI. Angl. cd. 2. p. rgo. 
STELLARIA uliginoja. Schreb. Spic. 
ALSINE foliis ellipticis, acuminatis; petalis bipartitis. Hall. Emm. p. 385. Boehm. LipJ. P. jr, 
n ‘ 374- Alfine foliis Ianceolatis, petalis bipartitis; petiolis un'ifloris. HalL Hij. 'n. ] 881. 
STELLARIA ( hypericijolia ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, integerrimis ; pedunculis folitariis. Wisreers 
Prim. HolJ. p. 34. n. 364. Alfine Hyperici folio. Vaill. Par. p. 9. 6 
STELLARIA (aquatica) foliis Ianceolatis ; petalis bipartitis, calycem longitudine «equantibus 
PoUich.Pal.fi. 429. n. 442. 1 
STELLARIA (Dilleniana) foliis Ianceolatis integerrimis, caule procumbente. Leers Herborn p 107 
n. 331* 
ALSINE aquatica folio gratiolte flore ftellato. DHL Catal. Gifs. 38 et App. 39. 
ALSINE aquatica media. Bauh. Pin. 251. 
ALSINE fontana. Tabem, icon. 712. 
ALSINE longifolia uliginofis proveniens locis, J. B. III. 365. Raii Syn. p. 347. Long-leav'd 
RADIX annua, fibrillofa, terrae ar£le inhaerens. 
CAULES plures, palmares ad pedales, diffufi, de- 
cumbentes, tetragoni, laeves, tenues, flaccidi, 
difrupti filofi, parum raraofi. 
RAMI tenuiflimi, furculiformes, fparfi, nonnunquam 
apice floriferi. 
FOLIA oppofita, feflilia, connata, ultra femunciam 
longa, duas trefve lineas lata, fubfecunda, 
fubconniventia, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, bafi 
ciliata, apice fufeo callofa, ad latera fubru- 
flexa, tenera, laevia, pallide viridia. 
FLORES laterales, raro terminales, pedunculati, 
parvi, albi, diametro duarum linearum. 
PEDUNCULI ex axillis foliorum, folitarii, bini, terni, 
fimplices aut compofiti, ut plures pedicelli 
ex uno pedunculo communi egrediantur, fe- 
mipollicares ad pollicares, fuperne incraflati, 
florigeri erefti, fructigeri deflexi, bra&eis 
duabus, lanceolato-fetaceis, membranaceis, 
albidis ad bafin et divifiones inftru&i. 
CALYX: Perianthium perfiftens, pentaphyllum, 
laciniis patentibus, Ianceolatis, acutis, laevi- 
bus, viridibus, triis Uriis obfolete lineatis, 
fg- >■ 
COROLLA: Petala quinque, calyce breviora, ap- 
proximata, laciniis calycinis incumbentia, 
ftellatim expanfa, ad balin ufque bipartita, 
laciniis divaricatis, obovatis, albis, Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta io, fubulata, alba, alterna 
breviora; Anthers fubrotundze, flavefeen- 
tes, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, glandulis 
quinque cindlum ; Styli tres, capillares, 
patentes, Stigmata o^tufa, alba, Jig. 4. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, unilocularis, fex- 
valvis, jig. 5. _ 
SEMINA plurima, minuta, fubrotunda, comprefla, 
rugofa, rufa, jg. 6 . 
\ ROOT annual, finely fibred, flicking ftrongly to the 
> earth. 
; STALKS numerous, from a hands-breadth to a foot 
• in length, loofely fpread, decumbent, four- 
cornered, fmooth, flender.weak, when broken 
afunder flringy, a little branched. 
; BRANCHES very (lender, fhoot-like, placed irregu- 
larly on the ftalk, fometimes flowering at top. 
; LEAVES oppofite, feflile, united at bottom, above 
half an inch in length and two or three lines 
in breadth, frequently growing to one fide 
^ of the ftalk, and bending towards each other 
> fo as almoft to touch at the points, ovato- 
| lanceolate, pointed, fringed at the bafe, tips 
brown and callous, turned back a little at 
the fides, tender, fmooth, and of a pale green 
> colour. 
' FLOWERS lateral, feldom terminal, ftanding on 
> footftalks, fmall, white, about two lines in 
> diameter. 
! FLOWER-STALKS proceeding from the bofoms of 
the leaves, fingly, or in two’s and three’s, 
, Ample or compound, feveral partial flower- 
> ftalks proceeding from one common pe- 
duncle, half an inch to an inch in length, 
thickened above, the flower-bearing ones 
; upright, the fruit-bearing ones turned down- 
> wards, furnifhed with two very minute 
’ pointed, membranous whitifh floral leaves 
> at the bafe and divifions. 
J CALYX: a Perianthium of five leaves, perma- 
> nent, the fegments fpreading, lanceolate 
; pointed, fmooth, green, marked with three 
> lines faintly prominent. Jig. 1. 
> COROLLA: five Petals fhorter than the Calyx, ap- 
| proximating, lying on the fegments of the 
> Calyx, expanded in a ftar-like form, divided 
\ quite to the bafe, the fegments fpreading 
wide afunder, inverfely ovate and white Jig 2 
l STAMINA : ten Filaments, tapering, white, the 
> alternate ones (horteft ; Anthers nearly 
^ round and yellowifh, Jig. 3. 
) PISTILLUM : Germen roundiih, Unrounded by five 
glands ; Styles three, very fine, and fpread- 
> ing; Stigmata obtufe and white, jg. 4. 
> SEED-VESSEL : an ovate Capsule, of one cavity, 
> and fix valves, jg. 5. 
I SEEDS numerous, minute, roundifh, flattened, wrink- 
^ led, of a reddifh brown colour, jg. 6 . 
