. Flowers of the field. Botany. caryophvllAce^ with a narrow membranous margin as long as the petals ; petals deeply 2-cleft, or absent ; stamens 3, 5, or 10,—Waste f)laces and as a weed in gardens ; abundant.—sFI. all the year round. Annual. 3. 6'. 7iegla-ta (Perennial Chickweed).—A more erect, slender, glabrous form, with ovate-acuminate leaves and glabrous sepals.— Shady places ; not common. Perennial' 4. S. Holbstea (Greater Stitchwort, Satin-flower, or Adder's-. meat). Stem i—2 feet high, nearly erect, 4-angled, rough-edged, brittle at the nodes; leaj'es sessile, irarrow, tapering to a lo
. Flowers of the field. Botany. caryophvllAce^ with a narrow membranous margin as long as the petals ; petals deeply 2-cleft, or absent ; stamens 3, 5, or 10,—Waste f)laces and as a weed in gardens ; abundant.—sFI. all the year round. Annual. 3. 6'. 7iegla-ta (Perennial Chickweed).—A more erect, slender, glabrous form, with ovate-acuminate leaves and glabrous sepals.— Shady places ; not common. Perennial' 4. S. Holbstea (Greater Stitchwort, Satin-flower, or Adder's-. meat). Stem i—2 feet high, nearly erect, 4-angled, rough-edged, brittle at the nodes; leaj'es sessile, irarrow, tapering to a long point, ciliatc ; Jlnvers few, ^ in. across,<in leaf)' dichasial cviues, with slender stalks; petals deeply 2icleft.—Among the most ornamental of our spring flowers, scarcely less conspicuous with its delicate green leaves than its snow-white petals. The stems do not die down to the ground in the winter, as is (he case with most herbaceous perennials, but though dead to all appearance, they send out delicate .i^recn lufts very eailv. in the jear, so that the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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