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CALANDRINIA* arenaria. 



Sand Calandrinia. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Portulaceje Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 159.) 



CALANDRINIA. 



Supr(i,vol. U.fol. 1194. 



li- 

 racemis 



C. arenaria ; giauca, caulibus plurimis prostratis glabns fohosis, folus 

 nearibus, pedunculo communi terminali nudo simphci v. ramoso, race— 

 corymbosis, pedicellis bracteas ovales membranaceas nervo medio atro- 

 purpureo subramoso pictas paullo superantibus, sepahs ovatis membra- 

 naceis venis simpliciusculis pictis, seminibus glabns. Hooker et Arnoti 



hot. misc. 3. 246. ,. .• 



Annua, prostrata, succulenta, caulibus ramosissimis, purpureo uncus , 



ramorum superiorum nodis tumidis. Folia linearia, obtusa, valde giauca, 



obtusa, versus basin angustata, in 



Folia linearia, obtusa, valde giauca, 

 iferiora altema, superiora verticillata ; 

 bib mmutce, seiaceae. tvacemi pedunculati, subsecundi, multifion, evolu- 

 subcircinalo. Petala calycis longitudine, rosea, emarginata. 



An inconspicuous annual, very common in sandy places 

 near Valparaiso, whence seeds were brought by Mr. Hugn 

 Cuming. It flowered last year in the Garden of the Worn- 

 cultural Society, where our drawing was made in July last. 



Like many other weedy things, this possesses peculia 

 beauties if carefully observed. If neither its corolla nor it 

 leaf are rurinn«lv f„rm*H or richlv coloured, the singula 



rking 



hly coloured, the singular 

 caTyx"and"bractea3 are extremely pretty 



iously formed 



These parts are of a uniform bluish 



and at 



first sight seem slightly stained with purple; but upon aa 

 attentive examination, it will be seen that the latter .colour 

 * principally confined to the veins and their ramifications, 



* See fol. 1 598 . 









