. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Small or Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fig. 1764. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Sp. PI. 438. 1753. Cerastium vulgatum var. semidecandrum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 94. 1867. Low, tufted, erect or decumbent, annual, 2'-6' high, finely viscid-pultfscent. Leaves ovate, or the lower spatulate, 2"-4" long, obtuse; bracts scarious, mem- branous;

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. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Small or Five-stamened Mouse-ear Chickweed. Fig. 1764. Cerastium semidecandrum L. Sp. PI. 438. 1753. Cerastium vulgatum var. semidecandrum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 94. 1867. Low, tufted, erect or decumbent, annual, 2'-6' high, finely viscid-pultfscent. Leaves ovate, or the lower spatulate, 2"-4" long, obtuse; bracts scarious, mem- branous; inflorescence cymose; pedicels at length longer than the calyx; flowers l"-l*" broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, scarious-margined, slightly exceeding the emarginate petals; capsule narrow, nearly straight; stamens often 5. In dry, sterile soil, Massachusetts to Virginia. Natural- ized from Europe. Called also spring mouse-ear. April- May.

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