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4. STELLARIA, Llnn.
1. Stellarla, dehïlis, D’Urv. ; glaberrima, caubbus prostratis laxe cæspitosis gracilibus vage divaricatim
ramosis, foliis flaccidis Hneari-lauceolatis subacutis trin en iis m argimbus tenuissime cartilagineis integerrimis,
pedunculis axillaribus solitai’iis unifloris foliis brerioribus, petabs bipartitis calyce brevioribus, capsula exserta.
S. debüis, J )’ Ui-v. in Mém. Soc. L in n . Paris, vol. iv. p. 6 1 8 .
H a b . Staten L an d ; Mr. Eights. Falkland Islan d s; by tb e margins of rivulets near tbe sea, not un common
; D Urville, ■/. I t. II.
Pianta gracibs, CalUirkhem autnmnalem referens. Caides 3-5 unc. longi, ramosi, ramis fere fibformibus. Folia
patentia, læte sed pabide viridia, imc. longa, 1 ^ 2 bn. lata, nerris duobus margiuabbus instructa. Fedunculi
vabdi, florem sobtarium pro planta majusculum gerentes.
A verj' debcate plant and common in tbe Falkland Islands, tbougb from its inconspiciioiis natm*e often overlooked.
I t generaUy grows among grass by tbe mai-gins of streams, foi-ming pale green tufts, aud is more allied to
the sobtaiy-flowered Tasmanian species with axiUary peduncles than to any Em'opeau congener. Fuegian specimeus
are lai-ger in ab their pai-ts than those from the Falkland Islands.
2. Stellarla lanceolata, Poir. L ic t. vol. rii. p. 4 1 6 . LC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 3 9 6 .
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens ; Commerson.
3 . Stellarla rotundifolia, Poir. 1. c. LC . Prodr. 1. c. p. 3 9 7 .
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens ; Commerson.
I know no more of these two species than is conveyed in Poii'et’s descriptions ; Kunth, according to De Candolle,
considers the latter a Lryrnaria.
4 . S t e l l a r l a JVith .; Smith. Flor. Antarct. 8.
H a b . FaUdand Islands ; abundant, b u t not indigenous. Amsterdam Island ; L ieu t. Smith, most probably
introduced.
5. ARENARLA, U iin .
1. Arenarla Linn. ^7. p . 6 0 6 . D(7. P f o /r . vol. i. p. 4 0 1 . Hook, et Arn. in Po t. Misc.
p. 1 4 7 . A . marina, Smith, Engl. B o t.i. 9 58.
Yar. seminibus compressis, ala membranacea fere obsoleta cinctis.
H a b. Cape Tres Montes ; C. Ba n o in , Esq. Var. Falkland Islands, St. Salvador Ray ; J . B . II.
Some of J lr. Darwin’s specimens have a very erident wing to their seeds, while in others it is not more conspicuous
than in the Falkland Island plants, and never appears to afford a specific character.
Like some other bttoral plants, the Arenaria marina or media, (including C. ruhra, in part at least), has a very
imbricatis breriter ovatis subacutis coriaceis basi in vaginam latissimam connatis mai'ginibus subciliatis, peduncubs
brevissimis, floribus inter foba summa sessibbus pentameris, perianthb segmentis late ovatis obtusis, capsula ad
medium fissa.
H ab. Chib; La PusiUa, on the east side of the Andes, 10,000 feet; Bridges, n. 1244.
Caules 2 unc. longi, ramis 2-3 bn. latis. Flores inconsp'cui.
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wide range in the temperate, but not in the tropical regions ; for, though found in the Azores, Madeira, and the
Canaries, it is absent m Ascension, and St. Helena ; re-appearing in the Falklands ; and while in the Pacific it inliabits
New Zealand, and Juan Fernandez, it is not seen on the tropical South Sea Islands or the Galapagos. It abounds
along the coasts of Eiuope, and shores of the Meditcn-anean, attaining the latitude of Shetland in the British
dominions, and even entermg the Ai'ctic circle in Lapland. In Africa it grows at the Cape of Good Hope ; but not
on auy part of the coast between that point and the months of the Nile. Fiu-ther east, in Austraba, this bttle plant
commences in the parabcl of 30°, thence extending to the extreme south of Tasmania. Arctic America presents it
both on the east and west coasts, viz., California on the Pacific side, and Texas on the Atlantic. In South America,
again, its range commences at Valparaiso, and terminates at Cape Ti'es Montes on the west, and it also i]ihabits the
counti-y lying between South BrazU and the Falklands on the east.
6. CERASTIUM, Linn.
1. Cerastium arvense, L.
Var. strictum, erectum, strictum, floribus paniculatis.
Var. Fuegianum, humile, foliis imbricatis, pediceUis sobtariis terminabbus, floribus ampbs.
H a b. Tierra del Fuego, south part ; C. Barwin, Esq. Falkland Islands, very abundant ; Gaudichaud,
J .B . I I . Var./3, Strait of Magabiaens, Port Famine; CagA.King. Var. y, Moimt Tarn, 2000 feet; C.
Barwin, Esq. Hermite Island, Cape Horn, on rocks and sand-banks neax the sea; J. B. II.
An abundant and exceedingly variable Falkland Island plant, especiaUy in the comparative length of its capsule,
which is sometimes only half the length of, and at others, longer than the calyx. I t is also veiy common in ChUi,
Patagonia, aud in South BrazU.
2 . Cerastium vulgatum, L.
H a b . Falkland Islands ; plentiful near Port Louis, but certainly introduced.
IX. GERANIACEkE, DC.
1. GERANIUM, F lU r it.
Geranium Magellanicum, Hook. fil. ; caule erecto ? superne ramoso pbis rctrorsum patentibus liii-suto,
fobis eaubnis pilosis longe petiolatis orbiculatis 5-partitis lacimis 3-5-fidis segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis
apiculatis, peduncubs pediceUisque elongatis rctrorsum liirsutis, floribus ampbs, sepalis sericeo-pilosis ovatis
acutis breviter aristatis, petabs obovato-cuneatis retusis emarginatisve sepabs triplo longioribus, ovariis
sericeis.
H ab. Strait of Magalliaens, Elizabeth Island; C. Banoin, Esq.
Caidis gracilis, 6-7-imciabs, superne pai'cc dichotome ramosus, ramis divai’icatis, siccitate striatis. Folia radicalia
?, caldina fim c. lata, fere ad basin partita, sinubus acutis, laciniis cuneatis, segmentis ultimis ad apices rotundatis
apiculatis. Fedunculi 1-^-2 unc. longi; pedicebis fere imcialibus. Flores magnitudine G. Fyrenaici.
Of this species there ai'C but imperfect specimens in the herbarium of JL . Darwin, by whom only it has been
gathered; though without root-leaves aud fruit, it may be recognized by the long peduncles, lai*ge flowers, and especially
hy the size of the petals.
The peduncle of one specimen is single-flowered.