CERASTIUM UMBELLATUM. UMBELLIFEROUS
MOUSE-EARED CHICKWEED.
CERASTIUM umbellatum, caule superne hirsuto, viscido; foliis ovatis, dabris, floribus umbellatis -
petalis subintegris. ° ’
CERASTIUM umbellatum. Huds. Angl. ed. 2.p . 201. Dicks. Hort. Sicc.fasc. 2. no. 5.
HOLOSTEUM umbellatum. Linn. Sp. Pi. p. ISO. Rose Elem. o f Bot. Aim. p. 445 / q f a,
Foil. Pal. n. 135. Hoffm. Germ. p. 43. Loefl. Iter. p. 120. Roth Germ m l 1
p . 54 ml. 2. p. 157. Engl. Bot. t. 27. Willd. Sp. PI. ml. 1 . p. 489. Schkuhr
Bot. Handb. ml. 1 . p . 64. Flor. Dan. t. 1234. Krock. Siles. n. 197. Smith Fl-
lii'it. ml. \.p . l 6 l. Hort. Kero. ed. 1 . ml. 1 . p . 123. ed. 2. ml. \.p . 183. Pers Svn
PI. ml. 1 . p. i n . Deslongch. Fl. Gall.p. 72. With.Bot. Arr. ed. 5. ml. 2 . p. 233.
Lam. Illustr. n. 1 191. t . S l . f 1 Schrad. Fl. Germ. ml. \. p . 415. Leers. Herb. p. 48.
HOLOSTEUM, qu$ Alsine verna, glabra, floribus umbellatis. Dill. Giss. p. 4 1 . App. p. ISO. t. 6
HOLOSTEUM caryophylleum arvense. Tabern. Ic. 233.
ALSINE umbellata. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. l. p. 45. ed. 3. ml. 4 .p. 770. Lam. Fl. Gall. Syn.p. 393.
ALSINE floribus umbellatis, petiolis serratis. Hall. Hélv. n. 869.
ALSINE verna glabra, floribus umbellatis albis. Vaill. P ar. p . 7 . •
CARYOPHYLLUS Hblostius arvensis. Ger. Em. p. 595.
CARYOPHYLLUS wrvensis umbellatus, folio glabro. Bauh- Pin. p. 2 10 . Park. Theatr. t. 1338.
CARYOPHYLLUS arvensis. Bauh. Hist. 3.p. 3 6 1.
SPERGULA foliis oppositis, pedunculis umbellatis. Gcrett. p. 293. Dalib. Par. p. 134.
LYCHNIS graminea hirsuta umbellifera. Moris. Hist. 2 . p. 546. s. 5. t. 22 . f . 46.
Dut. Heelbccn. Fr. HolostL Mignonette. Germ. Spurre. Ackernelkengras. Naglcineras Blu-
mengras. Wcisshaglem. Verbriiet kraut. Fluclkraut. It. Erba lucciyola. °
Class an d Ord er. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.
[Natural Ord er . CARYOPHYLLEjE, Juss. D e Cand. CARYOPHYLLEI, Linn.]
Gen. Char Cal. quinque-phyllus. P e t ala bifida, aut emarginata, passim integra. Gaps, unilocularis' anice
dentatnn debiscens. (Stamina Stylique in hoc ut in Stell arise genere numero variant.) . ’ 1
Radix parva, annua, fibrosa, fusca.
Gaules ex eadem radice plures, primo plerumque dif-
fusi, demum erectiusculi,. teretes, trinodes,, sim-
. plices, inferne omnino glabri, superne hirsuti,
viscidi.
Folia pauca, ovata, acuta, inferiora fere lanceolata, basi
attenuata, omnia corinata, glaucescentia, paulu-
lum recui-va, omnino glabra, subcarnosa.
ÏNV0LUCRUM e foliolis minutis, ovatis, submembrana-
ceis, diaphanis.
F lores umbellati, plerumque quatuor.
kEDuncu l i uniflori, unciales, filiformes, primo erecti,
dein retroflexi, demum erecti.
[Calyx : Perianthium pentaphyllum : foliolis ovatis, per-
sistentibus, æqualibus, lævibus, viridibus, marline
; apiceque diaphanis, albis.
pRQLLA pentapetala calycè longiora, carnea, obovata, ;
subunguiculatà, apice emarginata vel dentato- :
erosa.
[Stamina : filamenta tria, rai'ius plum. Antheræ subrotundas,
pal lidæ.
PlSTiLLUM : Gevmen ovatum. Styli plerumque très,
villosi, paululum recurvi. '
! apsula ovata, apice sexvalvi dehiscens, valvulis de-
I mum revolütis.
[Semina numerosa, ovato-quadrata, compressa,- trigona,
fusca, dorso convexa, lineatim punctato-scabro,’ i
medio sulcato ; subtus medio prominulo subro-
stellato, adpresso notato.
Root small, annual, fibrous, brown.
Stems many from the same root, a t first generally diffuse,
a t length nearly erect, round, with three
joints, simple, below altogether smooth, above
hairy and viscid.
Leaves few, ovate, acute, the inferior ones lanceolate,
attenuated at the base; all of them connate, glaucous,
a little recurved and altogether smooth;
somewhat fleshy.
InvoluCrum of many minute leaflets, ovate, somewhat
membranaceous, diaphanous.
F lowers umbellate, generally four.
Peduncles one-flowered, an inch long, filiform, at first
erect, then bent downward, and a t length again
' erect.
Calyx : a five-leaved Perianthium : the leaflets ovate,
persistent, equal, smooth, green, with the margin
and apex diaphanous,’ white.
Corolla of five petals longer than the Calyx, flesh-co-
- loured, obovate, somewhat unguiculate, at the
apex emarginate or dentato-erose.
Stamens o f three filaments, rarely more. An thrs
roundish, pale.
P ist il : Germen ovate. Styles generally three, hairy,
a little recurved;
Capsule ovate, at the apex opening into six valves, the
valves at length revolute.
Seeds numerous, ovato-quadrate, compressed, trigonous,
- brow«, on the back convex, rough with punctated
lines, and furrowed down the middle; beneath
in the middle furnished with a somewhat beaked
appressed prominence.