Stitchwort

Stitchwort, the name applied, owing to their thread-like stalks, to several members of the genus Stellaria, which belongs to the Caryophyllaceae. Their white petais are two cleft; they have ten stamens, tbree styles, and a capsule opening in six valves. S. Holostea, the Greater Stitchwort, Satinflower, Adder's-meat, Cuckoo-flower, or Gowk's-meat, with grass-like leaves and large flowers, is one of the ornaments of our Spring hedgerows.