Decandria* 
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Dian. Deltoides , Maiden Pink ; with solitary flow- 
ers, scales of the calyx about two, ovate lanceolate 
acute leaves, slightly downy ; in sandy and gravelly 
pastures, as on the north side of the King’s Park at 
Edinburgh. 
Order III. Trigynia. 
Steddaria. Gen. char.-— Cal. five-leaved, spread- 
ing; petals five, two -parted ; caps, superior, one-cell- 
ed, many seeded, six-toothed at the summit. 
Stel. Media , Common Chickweed ; with ovate leaves, 
and stems procumbent, with an alternate hairy late- 
ral line ; an annual ; common every where ; flowering 
throughout great part of the year. The number of 
stamens is observed to vary from ten to five. 
Stel. Ho lost ea. Greater Stitchwort ; with serrulated 
lanceolate leaves, two-cleft petals, and cal. without 
nerves ; in dry woods and among bushes. 
Stel. Graminea , or Lesser Stitchwort; with linear, 
lanceolate, entire leaves, and three-nerved calyx nearly 
equal to the petals. In pastures and hedges in a dry 
soil. 
Arenaria. Gen. char.*— Cal. five-leaved spreading ; 
petals five, entire; caps, superior, one-celled ; many- 
seeded. 
Ar. Peploides, Sea- chickweed, or Sandwort ; with 
ovate, acute, fleshy leaves ; cal. obtuse, and without 
Serves ; perennial ; flowers in June and July, and is 
•frequent on sandy shores. 
