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250 4. STELLARIA, Linn.

1. debilis, D'Urv. ; glaberrima, caulibus prostratis laxe cæspitosis gracilibus vage divaricatim ramosis, foliis flaccidis lineari-lanceolatis subacutis trinerviis marginibus tenuissime cartilagineis integerrimis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris foliis brevioribus, petalis bipartitis calyce brevioribus, capsula exserta. S. debilis, ''D'Urv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris'', vol. iv. p. 618.

Staten Land; Mr. Eights. Falkland Islands; by tlie margins of rivulets near the sea, not uncommon ; D'Urville, J. D. H.

2. lanceolata, Poir. Dict. vol. vii. p. 416. ''DC. Prodr''. vol. i. p. 396.

. Strait of Magalhaens ; Commerson.

3. rotundifolia, Poir. l.c. ''DC. Prodr''. l.c. p. 397.

Strait of Magalhaens; Commerson.

I know no more of these two species than is conveyed in Poiret's descriptions ; Kunth, according to De Candolle, considers the latter a Drymaria.

4. media, With. ; ''Smith. Flor. Antarct''. part i. p. 8.

. Falkland Islands ; abundant, but not indigenous. Amsterdam Island ; ''Lieut. Smith'', most probably introduced.

5. ARENARIA, Linn.

1 . Arenaria media, Linn. Sp.pl. p. 606. DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 401. Eool: et Am. in Pot. Misc. vol. iii. p. 147. A. marina, Smith, Engl. Pot. t. 958.

Var. ft seminibus compressis, ala membranacea fere obsoleta cinctis.

Hab. Cape Tres Montes ; C. Darwin, Esq. Var. ft Falkland Islands, St. Salvador Bay ; /. D. II.

Some of Mi'. Darwin's specimens have a very evident wing to their seeds, while in others it is not more conspicuous than in the Falkland Island plants, and never appears to afford a specific character.

Like some other littoral plants, the Arenaria marina or media, (including C. rubra, in part at least), has a very