;raftium Vulgatum. Common Moufe-Ear-Chickweed.
CERASTIUM Linnæi Gen. PI. Decandria Pen taq yn ia .
Calyx 5-phylIus. Petala bifida. Cafif. unilocularis, apice dehifcens.
Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Herbæ pentape talæ vascu liferæ.
CERASTIUM vulgatum foliis oblongo-ovatis, hirfutis, caulibus diffufis, hirfutie nuda.
CERASTIUM wfgatum foliis ovatis petalis calyci æqualibus, caulibus diffufis. Lin. « . Vegetab.
p. 302. op. n . p. 627. FI. Sueac. n. 415.
MYOSOTIS foliis ovato lanceolatis, petalis calycis longitudine. Haller Hiß. Hellp. 390. n. 893.
MYOSOTIS arvenfis hirfiita, parvo flore albo. Vaillant. Parie. 142. t. 30./. 1.
ALSINE hirfuta magno flore. Bauhin Pin. 251.
AURICULA mûris quorundam flore parvo, vafculo tenui longo. I. B. III. 350.
ALSINE hirfuta myofotis. 'eUv. 193. Raii Syr,, p. 349, Narrow-Leaved Moufe-ear-Chickweed.
Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 175* ed. 2. p. 200.
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 240.
[DIX perennis, fibrofa. I ROOT perennial and fibrous.
r ^ f b t i “^^«® 11®’ B i PUrPUrafcentes* | STALKS numerous, fpreading, round, purplilh, hir- f lute, and branched.
r f t ^ ’c’a rin a r ^ ^ I LEAVES 1 1 itata, carmata, connata, fuperlora ovata, | fhape,1 n*ar' rotwhee d'» awt etrhme obfatf oe,f manid oribbl oDn?go ioevaa-l margintbus fubrevolutts. | mg*™ the under fidej uni;in™ tonPndJ Ae
' 0 fffoamlke w; htahte r oulplpeder mbaocfkt. leaves oval, the edges
K W & m pentaphyllum foliolis | CALYX : a Perianthium o f five leaves, which are
tnargme membranaceis, I oval and pointed, membranous at the edges P purpurafcentibuH hirfutis, hirfutie j and purplifh at top, covered -with hairs wfiick
nuda fiveglandulis deftituta, Jig. i. j haveia glands at their extrmles )g .Z
IROLLA: Pet al a quinque, alba, obtufe bifida, | C.OROLLA : five white Petals, bluntly notched at
Jcalyceplerumquelongiora, baft flavefcentia, || lotwopil,h gaet nberoatltlyo mlon,^g.e r2 .t ha,n theCilyx, yel-
“ INhtvin‘raAH.ltNTA k eCe” ’ fiH/ormia, c°rolla I STAMINA: ten Filaments, : thread-lhaped, and
rZd^fla^&T0131 NTHE^ fUb’ " $Mlh| the “rolla> 1 al‘a™“ * »P&' 3* v Ihorteft; A n th e r s roundilh, and yellow,
| f e - 3- '
^ ! ! L GT j r :r SrTYLI W ue- ! PISTILLUM: G eemen roundilh: Styles five very
T ' f ’ 1' «MlaHMHK i H m W I fere longior, ore decemdentato. | twice the ?ength of »l/calyx,
$ opening with ten teeth.
f! WAc u> tITS' ’5>f la°fi*V erCentia’ ad lentem fCabriuf' $i SEEDS wnhuemne mr°augsn' i.f iyeedl,l owifh5,, 6a.ppearing roughilh
is t en conf9und«d the two fpecies already figured in this work; viz. the
1 ■ by t4 o l“ ™^rva?oLa“entlVe °tamft Wlll> h0WeVe.r‘ j £ . diftitaguifh it; particularly when
Per“ nial: “ d although it has oily a fmall fibrous root, it continues through
IL B on thKe fW'k ' llea ,v d, “T'?"*• °:aUrte " meWu ch ,°]°°ntSg ;e rw ahnld e ctohaer foetrh, etrh tawno i na reei fthtreira ioyf atnhne uoatlh. er Stwecoo ;n danlyd,' [Kwith S i - tod,'tae,n ngou“lth.e 1d’ thffnfdJa reth, i,nrdolty ,t eirtm iisn natoetd oantl yt hae l aergxterre manidty m boyre af pvreifacdoiunsg gplloabnut,l eb uat v reipect to lituation more univerfally common. r 6 v *
k ta I t p l variations • fometimes being very hirfute, at other times but thinly covered with hairs;.
■ W L '" ?be eai];f/oo'r ul"lkde hthfe D Po°bogdoyn uSmu latev ic(buolaorteh, *i.t vaItr iedsi fvfeerrsy icno nfifzied efrraobmlv .a n Tinhceh btolo ftfwoom sf eliekte. wiIfne he fize of;., C l f 1 In ?e.neIa!i ‘.he ftr°PSer the plant the fmaller the petals, and vice verfa; hence ■
» 4 h t! and is ^ 3 : » ! 011 heaths- Whare ^Shently grows about two
tWs ,Plant Vaillant, is certainly improper ; the petals being often twice
r> : bcommdL0 K ritWO' ‘r 0ne P°,ntair? in which Linnaiuss obfervation dots not accord
; f t t _ t o ^ J tha " ‘role of the Summer. . It