2. S. longifòlia, Muhl. (LONG-LEAVED STITCHWORT.) Stem erect, weak, often with rough angles (8--18´ high); _leaves linear, acutish at both ends, spreading; cymes naked and at length lateral, peduncled_, many-flowered, the slender _pedicels spreading_; petals 2-parted, longer than the calyx; seeds smooth.--Grassy places; common, especially northward. June, July. (Eu.) 3. S. lóngipes, Goldie. (LONG-STALKED S.) Shining or somewhat glaucous, very smooth; _leaves ascending, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate_, acute, _broadest at the base_, rather rigid; cyme terminal, few-flowered, the long _pedicels strictly erect_; petals longer than the calyx; seeds smooth.--Maine to Minn., rare; common farther north. (Eu.) S. GRAMÍNEA, L. Resembling the last; leaves linear-lanceolate, _broadest above the base; pedicels widely spreading; seeds_ strongly but minutely _rugose_.--Becoming rather frequent. (Int. from Eu.) 4. S. uliginòsa, Murr. (SWAMP S.) Stems weak, decumbent or diffuse, at length prolonged, leaving the naked and usually _sessile cymes lateral; leaves lanceolate or oblong_, veiny; petals and ripe _pods as long as the calyx; seeds roughened_.--Swamps and rills, Md. to N. Eng., and northward; rare. (Eu.) [+][+] _Flowers terminal or in the forks of the stem or of leafy branches; bracts foliaceous; petals 2-parted, small or often none; styles 3--4; pod longer than the calyx._ 5. S. crassifòlia, Ehrh. Stems diffuse or erect, flaccid; _leaves rather fleshy_, varying from linear-lanceolate to oblong; _petals longer than the calyx_, or wanting; _seeds rugose-roughened_.--Springy places, eastern Ky. (_Short_), Ringwood, Ill. (_Vasey_), and northward. April--June. (Eu.) 6. S. boreàlis, Bigel. (NORTHERN S.) Stems erect or spreading, flaccid, many times forked, at length resolved into a leafy cyme; leaves varying from broadly lanceolate to ovate-oblong; _petals 2--5, shorter than the calyx, or oftener none_; sepals acute; styles usually 4; _seeds smooth_.--Shaded or wet places, R. I. to Minn., and northward. June--Aug.--Var. ALPÉSTRIS has the later flowers more cymose, and their bracts small and partly scarious, also the seeds obscurely reticulated or roughish.--Lake Superior, _Dr. Robbins_. (Eu.) (Addendum)--Stellaria borealis. In the mountains of northern N. J. 7. S. humifùsa, Rottb. Spreading or _creeping_; stems or branches (2´ high) 1--3-flowered; _leaves fleshy, ovate or oblong_ (2--3´´ long); _petals a little longer than the calyx_; seeds smooth.--Northern border of Maine on the St. John's (_G. L. Goodale_), and high northward. June. (Eu.) (Addendum) S. humifusa. This species has also been found on Cranberry Island, near Mt. Desert, Maine, by _J. H. Redfield_. 8. HOLÓSTEUM, L. JAGGED CHICKWEED.