12 CV. ILLECEBRACEE (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [Paronychia. 
pubescent, green with a white margin. Stamens 5, half as long as the 
perianth. Ovary small, ovoid, compressed. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: near Wardie, Wiss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort 
Phillips ! 
3. HERNIARIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 16. 
Perianth herbaceous, deeply 4-5-lobed; tube short: lobes oblong, 
not awned at the tip. Stamens 4-5, perigynous, shorter than the 
perianth ; staminodes usually present. Ovary globose; style 0 or very 
short; stigmas 2; ovule solitary, erect. Fruit a membranous utricle 
enclosed in the persistent perianth. Seed erect, lenticular ; embryo 
annular.—Densely tufted much-branched annual or perennial herbs. 
Leaves opposite, stipulate. Flowers minute, clustered in the axils of 
the upper leaves ; bracts minute. 
Species about 10, chiefly Europe.in and Oriental. 
1. H. hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 218. Perennial, densely 
matted. Stems densely hairy, 3-6 in. long. Leaves oblong or lanceo- 
late, sessile, 2 lin. long, hairy and conspicuously ciliate ; stipules short, 
broad, scarious. Flowers sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 
Perianth very hairy, } lin. long; lobes oblong, green with a narrow 
white edge. Stigmas sessile-—DC. Prodr. iii. 367; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. i. 302; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl, Aethiop. 59; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 215. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; south side of Mount Silke near Cosso-Berri, 
Schimper, 202, Mount Bachit, Schimper, 1413, Mount Kubbi, Schimper, 744 ! 
Also in Europe, North Africa, the Orient, North India and South Africa. 
4, CORRIGIOLA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 17. 
Perianth 5-partite, herbaceous; segments oblong, obtuse, not 
mucronate. Stamens 5, perigynous, alternating with 5  scale-like 
staminodes. Ovary ovoid; style very short; stigmas 3; ovule soli- 
tary, amphitropous, suspended from a basal funicle. Fruit an inde- 
hiscent crustaceous nutlet enclosed in the persistent perianth. Seed 
subglobose, pendulous; embryo annular.—Small diffuse glabrous 
herbs. Leaves stipulate, usually alternate. Flowers minute, forming 
congested cymes in the axils of the upper leaves ; bracts and bracteoles 
minute. 
Species 4-6, cosmopolitan, 
1, C. litoralis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 271, Anannual diffuse herb. 
Stems slender, glabrous, 3-1 ft. long. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 
acute, narrowed to the base or to a short petiole, the lower about 1 in. 
long. Flowers in congested cymes in the axils of the upper leaves. 
Perianth globose, green, glabrous, } lin. long. Stamens shorter than 
the perianth. Nutlet nearly 1 lin. long, verrucose, ovoid-trigonous.— 
