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BOTANY. 
[api\ n° h. 
bipartita, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis, obtusis, ve- 
nosis. Stamina decern, inaequalia, petalis multo 
breviora,'Jjasi glandula annulari unita. Filamenta 
subulata, alba; Antherce flavse, ovatae. Germen 
ovatum, viride. Styli tres, erccti, apicibus paulu- 
liim incurvatis. Capsulam maturam non vidi. 
In no author have I been able to find any species of 
Stellaria corresponding with the present, my ac¬ 
quaintance with which originated in specimens com¬ 
municated to me by the late Dr Wright of Edin¬ 
burgh, and gathered by his nephew. Dr William 
Wright, in Greenland; but in what particular part 
of that interesting country, I have no means of as¬ 
certaining. Nothing similar to it exists in the many 
species of Greenland plants which have been sent 
to me by my friend Professor Homemann of Co¬ 
penhagen, and which were collected by Worm- 
skiold; nor is there any thing like it among the 
numerous plants of that country figured in the 
Flora Danica. With the Stellaria grcenlandica 
of that work, it has nothing but a generic resem¬ 
blance. The leaves of that individual are quite 
different in form, texture, &c. and the petals arc 
much larger, and only bifid at the extremity. In 
general habit it comes near to our Stellaria: glau- 
ca, graminca, and Holostca; but its small size, 
glossy rigid leaves, ciliated margins, broad and 
deeply divided petals (not to mention other charac¬ 
ters), will keep it abundantly distinct. 
I purpose soon to figure this species in the Flora 
Exotica. 
