PARONYCHIEZ. III. Herniaria. 
Y.H. Native throughout Europe, in gravelly places. In En- 
gland, near Barnet; and in Cornwall. Smith, engl. bot. 1379. 
Mor. hist. sect. 5. t. 29. fı 2. Petiv. brit. t. 10. Tandich, icon. 
t. 284. This plant is in every respect the same as H. glabra, 
except in the hairiness. 
Var. B, pubéscens (D. C. prod. 3. p. 368.) leaves ciliated, 
erectish stipulas larger. Paronychia pubéscens, D. C. fl. fr. 
. p- 403. 
Hairy Rupture-wort. Fl. July, Aug. England. Pl. tr. 
5 H. 1nca‘na (Lam. dict. 3. p. 124.) suffruticose, prostrate, 
hoary from villi; leaves ovate-oblong; flowers somewhat pedi- 
cellate, in loose clusters. %. H. Native of Italy, Provence, 
Dauphiny, &c. in barren places. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 375. H. 
lenticulata, Lin. spec. p. 317. exclusive of the synonymes. H. 
alpina, Lois. but not of Vaill. 
Hoary Rupture-wort. PI. tr. 
6 H. Besse‘r1 (Fisch. ex Horn. suppl. p. 127.) stems shrubby 
at the base, somewhat ascending; branches elongated; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, pubescent ; bundles axillary, many flowered, 
rather loose. 2/.H. Native of Tauria and Podolia. H. in- 
cana, Bieb. suppl. p. 173. H. hirsùta, D’Ury. enum. p. 28. H. 
Millegràna, Pall. ex Spreng. and perliaps H. microcárpa of 
Presl. del. prag. which was collected on the mountains of Sicily. 
Besser’s Rupture-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. tr. 
-7 H. macroca’rra (Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 252.) stems 
fruticulose at the base, ascending ; branches setosely pubescent; 
leaves obovate-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces, as well as on 
the calyxes; bundles few-flowered. %. H. Native of La- 
conia, and by the way side between Smyrna and Bursa; also in 
the Balearic Islands. 
Large-fruited Rupture-wort. PI. tr. 
8 H. arrina (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 556. exclusive of the sy- 
nonyme,) root becoming woody at length; stems prostrate, 
tufted, densely leafy, suffruticose ; leaves oval, rather villous, 
ciliated ; flowers few towards the tops of the branches, somewhat 
glomerate. u4.H. -Native of Provence, Dauphiny, and Savoy 
on the Alps. D.C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 375. H. alpéstris, Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 125. This plant is distinguished from H. incàna at 
first sight by its greenish habit, not hoary. 
Alpine Rupture-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. tr. 
9 H. America‘na (Nutt. in Sillim. amer. journ. 5. p. 822. p. 
291.) smoothish, procumbent; leaves linear-oblong, much 
Shorter than the internodes; stipulas minute; bundles many- 
flowered. 2%. H. Native of Eastern Florida. Anychia her- 
Mlarioides, Ell. sketch. 1. p. 308. but not of Michx. ex Nutt. 
Camphorésma glabra of authors. Stem clothed with retrograde 
down. Racemes 3-5-flowered. Lobes of calyx obtuse, coarc- 
tate, white inside. 
American Rupture-wort. PI. pr. i 
10 H. setrerra (Gill. mss. ex Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. 
p- 247.) plant perennial, herbaceous, puberulous, many-stem- 
med, prostrate ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, furnished with spiny 
bristles at the apex; flowers almost sessile, axillary, and usually 
solitary, puberulous on the outside; stamens 3; styles united 
at the base. %. F. Native of Chili, at El Aquadita, near La 
Punta de San Luis. This species has no scales or abortive 
petals, and but only one style, and stigmas have been per- 
ceived, 
Bristle-bearing Rupture-wort. Pl. prostrate. 
11 H. rruticésa (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 269.) stem shrubby, very 
humble, much branched, tufted ; branches short, villous ; leaves 
small, obovate, thickish, crowded ; flowers glomerate, hairy, 4- 
cleft. h. H. Native of Spain, in dry exposed places; and of 
Mauritania, near Mascar. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 213.—Lob. icon. 
t. 85.—Barrel. icon. t. 713. 
- Shrubby Rupture-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1814, Pl. proc. 
87 
IV. Gymnocarpum. 
§ 2. Polygonoidee (plants with the habit of Polygonum). 
Stems erect, dichotomous at the apex. Flowers glabrous, disposed 
in loose cymes. Perhaps a proper genus. 
12 H. poryconoipes (Cav. icon. 2. t. 137.) erect, glabrous, 
shrubby ; branches dichotomous at the apex; leaves ovate, cus- 
pidate, distant. h. H. Native of Mauritania, near Mascar ; 
and on the hills of Spain, in Valentia, as well as in Provence. 
Illécebrum suffruticdsum, Lin. spec. p. 298. Paronychia suf- 
fruticosa, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 230. Herniaria érecta, Desf. alt. 1. 
p. 214. H. Joanneana, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 297. 
This species differs from Paronychia, in the fruit being indehis- 
cent. The habit is very dissimilar from the other species of 
Herniaria, but emulates Anjchia and Paronychia. 
Polygonum-like Rupture-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1752. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
13 H. pvicuo’roma (D. C. prod. 3. p. 368.) stems erect, nu- 
merous, dichotomous, herbaceous; leaves distant, oblong, mutic, 
and are, as well as the branches, powdery from short down; 
flowers cymose. 2.?H. Native country unknown. Parony- 
chia dichétoma, D. C. in Lam. dict. ency. 5. p. 25. Illécebrum 
dichétomum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 261. ‘Calyx glumaceous, striat- 
ed at the base and pubescent, profoundly 5-cleft; segments 
bluntish, with scarious margins; sterile threads 5, alternating 
with the sepals, and 5 antheriferous ones opposite them, hardly 
shorter than the sterile ones. Style bidentate at the apex. Ova- 
rium attenuated at the base. Ovulum one, pendulous, suspended 
from the top of a thread, which arises from the bottom of the 
capsule.” Adr. Juss. in litt. 1827. 
Dichotomous Rupture-wort. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
14 H. tenricuna‘ta (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 245.) suffruticose, 
hairy, decumbent, clothed with cinereous villi; leaves ovate, 
fleshy. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. H. incana 
Capénsis, Pers. This is a very obscure species. The Linnean 
plant under this name, according to Vahl and Smith, is Créssa 
Crética ; but we know not what Thunberg’s plant is. 
Lenticular Rupture-wort. Pl. procumbent. 
Cult. All the species are weedy looking plants, most of them 
with the habit of wild-thyme, and therefore are only worth culti- 
vating in botanic gardens. The plants grow best in dry light 
sandy soil, and are increased by seeds. 
IV. GYMNOCA’RPUM (from yupvoc, gymnos, naked, and 
kaproc, karpos, a fruit). Forsk. descr. p. 65. icon. t. 10. Desf. 
atl. 1. p. 203. St. Hil. plac. lib. p. 73. Juss. mem. mus. 2. p. 
888. D.C. prod. 3. p. 369. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx almost 3-parted, 
permanent ; segments coloured inside. Petals 5, emulating sterile 
filaments. Stamens 5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. 
Style one, crowned by a simple stigma. Capsule valveless, 1- 
seeded, covered by the indurated calyx.—Diffuse subshrubs, 
with opposite stipulaceous leaves, usually bearing fascicles of 
rameal leaves in the axils. Pedicels axillary, solitary, opposite, 
appearing crowded at the tops of the branches, from the inter- 
nodes being short. The name of this genus is spelt variously 
by authors, viz. Gymnocarpos (Forsk.), Gymnocarpus (Viv.), 
Gymnocarpon (Pers.), Gymnocarpum (Steud.). 
1 G. rruticésum (Pers. ench. 1. p. 636.). h.F. Native of 
the deserts of Barbary, Egypt, &c. G. decandrum, Forsk. 1. c. 
Viv. fl. lib. 138. t: 10. f.1. Desf. 1. ¢. Trianthema fruticésa, 
Vahl. symb. 1. p. 32. Lobes of calyx violaceous inside, some- 
what cucullate at the apex, and furnished with an awn on the back. 
Shrubby Gymnocarpum. Shrub 1 foot. ; 
Cult. “This shrub will require to be protected from frost in 
