. Flowers of the field. Botany. PINK 1A_MILY 8S obtuse, with narrow membranous margins. Alpine rocks m the north.—-Fl. June—August. Perennial. 7. C. circticiiiii (Arctic Chickweed).—rubcscent with short yellowish hairs ; stem prostrate, tfifted ; flouk'rs usually solitary: se/'als with broad membranous margins. Otlperwise resembling C. a/piiiuiii.—Mountains of 'Wales and Scotland ; rare. Fl. May—August. Perennial. 8. C. nn'c'/ist'- (Field JMouse-ear Chickweed). — Hairy, prostrate, ascending; branches 6—10 in. high; leaves hnear-lanceolate ; flowe7-s numerous, equalling and resemblin
. Flowers of the field. Botany. PINK 1A_MILY 8S obtuse, with narrow membranous margins. Alpine rocks m the north.—-Fl. June—August. Perennial. 7. C. circticiiiii (Arctic Chickweed).—rubcscent with short yellowish hairs ; stem prostrate, tfifted ; flouk'rs usually solitary: se/'als with broad membranous margins. Otlperwise resembling C. a/piiiuiii.—Mountains of 'Wales and Scotland ; rare. Fl. May—August. Perennial. 8. C. nn'c'/ist'- (Field JMouse-ear Chickweed). — Hairy, prostrate, ascending; branches 6—10 in. high; leaves hnear-lanceolate ; flowe7-s numerous, equalling and resembling those of Stellaria Holoslea, in forked cymes : bracts and sepals acute, with nieni- branous margins.—Dry fields ; not common.—Fl. April—August. Perennial. 9. C. cerasto'idts (Alpine Stitchwort). — Stem 4—,S in. long, slender, decumbent, much branched below, with a line of cence shifting from side to side at: each node ; leaves small, narrow, oblong, glabrous ; floicers \ in. across, on ver)" slender stalks, I—3 in a cyme.—By Scotch Highland streams; rare.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 14. }iFi:NCHiA.— Glabrous, glau- cous herbs, with linear leaves and few, but relatively large, floivers, with their parts mostly in 4's; set'als longer than the petals ; petals not notched; capsule S-toothed, many-seeded. (Named in honour of Conrad Mcench, Professor of Botany at Hesse-Cassel.) I. J/ erecta (Upright jMcenchia).— Glabrous, glaucous, erect, 2 — 6 in. high; leaves linear, acute, rigid ; flowers few, relatively large, opening only in sunshine : sepals 4, acute, with broad white membranous mar- gins ; petals, stamens, and styles 4 each ; capsule S-toothed.— Dry places.—Fl. May, June. Annual. iv Spergul.\ (Spurrey).—Annual herbs with forked hranches : whorled leaves with small membranous stipules . Jlc/tcers in panicled cymes, pentamerous : petals entire ; seeJs MiXXCniA ERKCT \ [l't>-igla .l/av/c7ii,!).. Please note t
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