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Petals longer than the sepals. 
Styles 3. Leaves sessile, 3-8 in. . ... 1. S. crispata .’ 
Styles 5. Lower stem-leaves long-stalked . . . 3. S. aqucitica. 
Styles 2. 
Stems decumbent, 6-12 in. Petals 2-parted nearly 
to the base 5. S. latifolia. 
Stems erect, 2-4 in. Petals shortly 2-lobed . . 6. S. bulbosa. 
1. Stellaria crispata, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 229. Stems shin- 
ing, nearly erect, 2-4 ft., hairy at the joints and with a line of 
hairs running down between them, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 
glabrous, oblong or lanceolate, 3-8 in., sessile, usually cordate, 
Fig. 17. Stellaria crispata. 
long-pointed, margins often crisped. Cymes pubescent. Sepals 
lanceolate, nearly ^ in., acute, pubescent, often viscid. Petals 
shorter or longer than the sepals, 2-lobed. Styles 3. Seeds 
1 or 2, large. (Fig. 17.) 
Simla, in shady places ; July, August. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
2.’ Stellaria paniculata, Edgew . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 229. Stems 
shining, decumbent or nearly erect, 2-4 ft., hairy at the joints and 
with a line of hairs running down between them, otherwise gla- 
brous. Leaves glabrous or minutely pubescent, ovate-lanceolate, 
long-pointed, 2-4 in. : lower ones narrowed into a winged stalk ; 
1 S. crispata has two forms of flowers — petals minute or petals much 
longer than the sepals. 
