98 
Alsinacese. 
108. Holosteum. Holosteum. Y, 145. Ill, 82. 
1. PL of a glaucous green, pubescent-glandular above.— 
Grassy places and walls in warm regions; G. W. Y. J. 
Z. S. 4. umbellatum L. 380. 
109. Stellaria. Starwort. X, 27. Y, 145. Ill, 82. 
1. Stem cylindric. Ls glabr., oblong-lanceolate, the lower 
ones narrowed towards the base. Comp. Cerastium tri- 
gynum. 
— Stem cylindric. Ls oval or cordate-oval, the lower ones 
petioled ......... 2 
— Stem 4-angled. Ls linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
all sessile ........ 4 
2. Pets almost twice as long as the cal. Stem pubescent 
all round.—Damp places, shady spots, especially in the 
mount, and subalp. 6 nemorum L. 881. 
— Pets shorter, or barely as long as the cal., or 0. Stems 
with a line of hairs running up them. Type of St. media 
3 
3. Pets shorter than the cal.--Road sides, walls, gardens; 
everywhere. 4—9 .... media Cirilf. 382. 
— Pets 0. PL Avith many stems, pale green. Cauline ls 
often petioled. Peduncles villous all round. Styles very 
short. St. Boraeana Jord.—As the last, but rarer. V. W.? 
pallida Pire, 383. 
4 (1). Bracts herbaceous. Pets divided to the middle. Ls 
linear-lanceolate, narrowed almost from the base in a 
straight line.—Hedges, thickets; rare; T. Y. J. L. Z. 6 
Holostea L, 384. 
— Bracts scarious. Pets div. almost to the base . 5 
5. Pets decidedly shorter than the cal. Ls oblong-lanceo¬ 
late. St. glacialis Lagg. (form Avith small ls).—Damp 
Avoods, springs; distrib. (wanting in S.). 6 
uliginosa Murr. 385. 
— Pets about as long as, or rather longer than, the cal. 
Ls linear or linear-lanceolate . ... S 
6. The angles of the upper parts of the stems and the 
edges of the ls scabrous, the effect of fine denticulation. 
Bracts glabr. at the edges. — Damp, wooded places; Enga- 
dine near Celerina and between Samaden and Bevers 
on the right hand bank of the Inn! 7 Friesiana Ser. 386. 
— Stems and ls glabr. ... . . . . 7 
7. Edges of the bracts glabr. Stem fairly erect. Ls gen. 
rather glaucous. St. glauca With.—Swampy meadoAvs; 
Binningerried near Schaffh., still at Bienne in 1880. 6 
palustris Ehrh. 387. 
