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accords with my specimens of the plant, received 
from Dr Homemann; but I do not consider it dif¬ 
ferent from a dwarf state of V. uliginosum ,'and even 
Homemann suspects it may be the same. Neither 
in the specimens of that botanist, nor in those of 
Mr Scoresby, can I see the pubescence, described 
as existing on the leaves. 
14. Sax;frag a nivalis. 
15. Saxfraga cermta , two specimens; (it is a very va¬ 
riable species). 
16. Saxifraga ceespitosa, var. graenlandica of Wahlen- 
berg and Hooker’s Flora Scotica. 
17. Saxifraga oppositifblia. 
18. Saxifraga -; a very imperfect specimen. 
19. Silene acaulis. 
20. Stellaria nitida (nova spec.), caule inferne pubes- 
cente, foliis lanccolatis nitidis siccitate subtriner- 
vibus marginibus basi ciliatis, floribus subpanicu- 
latis, petalis bipartitis calyce longioribus. 
Cattles 3-4 pollicares, crecti, ramosi, tetragoni, basi 
subpurpurascentes atque pubescentes, superne gla- 
berrimi, virides. Folia remotiuscula, erectiuscula, 
opposita atque basi connata, lanceolata, nitida, 
acuta, subrigida, siccitate obscure trinervia, margine 
inferne ciliata. Flores terminalcs, majusculi, rarius 
solitarii, plerumque paniculati; Pcdicelli glabri, 
quorum unus elongatus, reliqui magis minusvc 
breviores, ad basin bracteis duobus ovatis, conca- 
vis, acutis, viridibus vel pui-purascentibus, mem- 
branaccis, marginibus diaphanis suifulti. Calyx 
pentaphyllus, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, viridibus, uni- 
vel obscure tri-nervibus, margine lato diaphano, al- 
bo, sub lente ciliato. Pctala calyce longiora, alba. 
