£feo la fuP^ SS r m lanCe°latUm> Michx' ! P- 275' Micropetalon
nal) soStry, 5 P*“ 3 in f°rks °fthe bra^ e s (i. e. termi-
Tn X PteIhLef eS reducedt0 bracts (not scarious) ; cyme spreading.
J u n e J u lV - r1V n a“ r ^ ^ e^ ° - rk ! {romab<?ut lat. 42-Y' CL) ( ^r. •) Stem 4— I to Arctic America ! d inches high, weak. Leaves an inch or
a fiUfbrm^D’diVfd' h*1’ bUt-Wlth -q?' latPral 'feins- Flower at first terminal, on
a4 of e a c h o f \bf °minS a* ^ b7 the evolution of a branch from’the
axil ot each of the upper leaves; branches dichotomous in like manner •
S f o r f t e n CS ° nly apetai ° US- ¥ tM in the »«»so* the kteral benches
s s from s-1™8“ “1
lo. & aquatica (Pollich) : weak and decumbent, nearly glabrous • leaves
aacculttee 3l -n7erv^ed/ sTepatls ’; Pc6ataplsSu l2e' doveoVid, aatbboeur t sabs° lrotenrg tahsa nth ei fcfallySx •K stfyflelsW3 —
“ PoU.pal. U M DC. prodr. l.p . 398; Chlm. f S c M & 0*
Jfl. Lt ei rste edd ’22. p2 s2o7v4.f Lt aTrbrse; a MaquuhaLt i'c aC, aSbtP. -H 4i7l.‘ mSem .b omreuasli.s;, DDCa.r plrgotd.r }.
3. p. 366. L. uliginosa, Hook. 1. c. p. 93.
P h d r d 3 asprn §S’p-ht SteP C°,unty’ Fennsylvania, Dr. Darlington ! Near Philadelphia Dr. Pickering! Rocky Mountains, Hooker. Unalaschka
Chamisso. M a y .- Stem 6-12 inches long,’very slender Leaves
about i an inch long; veins very manifest under a glass. Flowers smaller
than m S . borealis. Seeds minutely tuberculate.-The infforelcencTcon-
su 3 of the ordinary central 1-flowered ebracteolate peduncle, and two lateral
hv pflfn,7 T d PPdUnC eS ev°lTCd somewhat later; and the stem is continued
by a fourth or adventitious branch, which throwing the inflorescence on one
side appears like the mam stem .-T h e character and description here given
.“ S ' t°m SpPClmeDS cobocted by Dr. Darhngton, which, as that excellent
botanist remarks, agree minutely with the European species to which
they are here referred. The shorter leaves and capsules,1 the tuberculate
boreaiisD<1 eSpeClaUy the mflorescence, clearly distinguish the plant from S.
16. S. cnspa (Cham. & Schlecht.) : glabrous ; stems diffuse, decumbent •
i X f A1“7’ ovateilabruptlX acute or acuminate at each end, the margin undulate
, flowers axillary, solitary on short peduncles hardly longer than the
leaves, petals mostly wanting, or 2-parted and very much shorter than the JrSKTz* se“-"*"-* a r§ H Unalaschka, Chamisso; Sitcha, Bongard: Oregon, near Fort Van-
couver, m deep pine-woods, N u tta ll! - U »terns nearly simple. Leaves
much shorter than the mternodes, * an inch ofless in length, of en obtuse or
subcordate at the base, with a central and an intramarginal nerve, the inter-
Se7 dsgsmomh aU U y retlculated- Capsule about the length of the calyx.
17. S. calycantha (Bongard): caespitose; stems decumbent, flaccid •
leaves ovate-lanceolate, connate, the margin minutely ciliate with white
hairs, much shorter than the mternodes; cyme dichotomous) peduncles fili-
lorm; petals none; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, a little shorter than the
S j p S g S g “ P"116- P ; * « \ C- * 427‘ Aren aria
Sitcha, Bongard.—Leaves about 5 lines in length. Styles mostly 4.
18. S. brachypetala (Bongard) : stem simple, erect; leaves linear-lanceolate,
rather thick; petals and capsule half the length of the sepals. Bong,
veg. Sitcha, l. c. p. 126.
Sitcha.—Glabrous, a foot or more high. Cyme dichotomous. Petals
2-parted. Allied to S. crassifolia. Bongard.
19. S. lanuginosa: minutely woolly-pubescent; stem decumbent, elongated,
much branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, attenuate at
the base ; peduncles solitary, axillary, 1-flowered; petals mostly wanting;
sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, as long as the obtuse capsule.—Spergulastrum
lanuginosum, Michx.jl. l.p . 275. Micropetalonlanuginosum, Pers. Stellaria
elongata, Nutt.! gen. l.p . 289; DC.prodr. l.p . 99. Arenariadiffusa,
Ell. sk. 1. p. 519.
Shady moist places, N. Carolina! to Florida (Apalachicola, Dr. Chapman!)
and Louisiana west of the Mississippi, Dr. Hale!—(T) Leaves somewhat
fascicled in the axils, attenuate at the base, as if petioled, punctate
under a lens. Petals (rarely 3, entire. Mr. Curtis, in lilt.) (oval, scarcely
| the length of the calyx, Elliott) none according to Michaux if- Nuttall.
7. CERASTIUM. L in n .; Gartn.fr. t. 130; DC. prodr. 1. p. 414.
Sepals 5, somewhat united at the base. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 10, or
rarely fewer. Styles 5. Capsule 1-ce.lled, cylindrical or roundish, membranaceous,
opening at the apex by 10 (rarely 5) teeth. Seeds numerous.—
Chickweed.
§ 1. Capsules cylindrical, with circinate teeth.—S trephodon, Seringe
1. C. stellarioides (Mogino): stem erect, branched, about 3-fiowered;
leaves oblong, acuminate; pedicels 1-flowered, terminal; sepals lanceolate ;
petals semibifid, twice the length of the calyx. DC. prodr. 1. p. 415.
Nootka Sound, Mogino in DC.
§ 2. Capsules cylindrical or ovate ; teeth straight with the margin revolute.—
Orthodon, Seringe.
* Petals not longer than the calyx.
2. C. vulgatum (Linn.): hirsute, pale green ; stems ascending or spreading;
leaves ovate or obovate, very obtuse, attenuate at the base; flowers
somewhat capitate, when young longer than the pedicels ; capsule attenuate,
twice, the length of the calyx.—Eng. hot. t. 789; DC. prodr. 1. p. 415;
Darlingt. ! fl. Cest. ed. 2. p. 277. C. semidecandrum, Walt. Car. p. 241.
(fide Ell.) ; Pursh ! Jl. 1. p. 320. C. hirsutum, Muhl. cat. p. 46 ; Ell. !
sk. 1. p. 524. C. connatum. Beck, fl. p. 55.
In cultivated grounds and waste places, Canada to Georgia ! Louisiana !
and Arkansas! Introduced? April-Sept.—© Stem 6-12 inches high,
slightly viscid when young.—Often confounded with the succeeding species
by American authors. C. hirsutum, Muhl. <fc. is, as Dr. Darlington remarks,
hardly distinguishable from the European forms of C. vulgatum. It is exactly
the var. glomeratum, DC. except that it is more hairy.
3. C. viscosum (Linn.): hirsute and rather viscid; leaves lanceolate-oblong.
obtusish ; cyme rather loosely flowered, with the pedicles longer than
the calyx; capsule nearly twice as long as the calyx.—Eng. hot. t. 790;
DC. 1. c.; Darlingt. 1. c.p. 278. C. vulgatum, Muhl. cat. (fide Darlingt.)
and others ? C. fulvum. Raf. in Desv. jour. hot.?
fl. stamens 5.—C. semidecandrum, Linn.
y. peduncles greatly elongated.—C. viscosum, var. elongatum, Hook. jour,
hot. p. 196.