400 ILLECEBRACEZ (Cooke). [ Hermiaria. 
staminodes 4-6, setaceous, minute or 0. Ovary ovoid; ovule 
solitary, basal, erect, with a short funicle ; style very short ; 
stigmas 2. Uftricle included in the perianth, ovoid, membranous. 
Seed erect, lenticular, with a basal funicle ; testa shining ; embryo 
annular, surrounding farinaceous albumen ; cotyledons linear ; 
radicle elongate, descending. Herbs annual or with a perennial 
base, prostrate, much-branched, glabrous or hirsute ; leaves opposite, 
alternate or fascicled, small, subsessile, quite entire ; stipules small, 
scarious, entire or ciliate; flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, 
minute, green, crowded in the axils, subsessile or pedicellate ; bracts 
and bracteoles small. 
Distris. Species 8-10 in central and southern Europe, N.W. India, North and 
South Africa. 
1. H. hirsuta (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 218) ; a prostrate much-branched 
herb ; branches and branchlets slender, terete, glabrous or pubes- 
cent; leaves numerous, 2-3 lin. long, }-14 lin. broad, elliptic, 
tapering at both ends, sessile or nearly so, hirsute and with entire 
ciliate margins; stipules scarious, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flowers 
in axillary, usually few-flowered clusters; perianth 1 lin. long, 
campanulate, green, hairy, divided more than }-way down ; lobes 5, 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate ; style short ; stigmas 2 ; seed 
lenticular, smooth, shining, dark brown. DC. Prodr. iii. S67; 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 302; Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 132; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 712; Baker & Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
Afr. vi. i. 12. H. lenticulata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 245 (not 
of Linn.). H. incana, var. capensis, Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 292. H. 
capensis, Steud. Nomencl. ed. i. 401; Baril. in Linnea, vii. 624. 
H. virescens, Saltzm. ea DC. Prodr. iii. 367. 
SoutH Arrica : without locality, Zeyher, 611. 
Coast Recon : Cape Div. ; Simons Bay, Wright! Fish Hoek Station, Wolley- 
Dod, 3593! Bredasdorp Div. ; between Cape Agulhas and Pot Berg, Drege! 
Cenrrat Recron: Aliwal North Div. ; south bank of the Orange River, Burke ! 
bron Reinet Div. ; Bowker, 12! Somerset Div. ; Bosch Berg, 2300 ft., MacOwan, 
Katanart Recon: Orange River Colony; Thaba Uncha, Burke! Transvaal ; 
Jeppestown Ridges, near Johannesburg, 6000 ft., Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6170 ; 
Griqualand West ; in sandy places, Bowker, 10! 
Also in Europe, North Africa, the Orient, India and Tropical Africa. 
III. CORRIGIOLA, Linn. 
Perianth herbaceous, 5-partite, persistent ; segments oblong, 
obtuse, muticous, with membranous margins. Stamens 5, perigy- 
nous ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong; staminodes 5, scale-like, 
alternating with the stamens. Ovary ovoid ; ovule solitary, sus- 
pended by a basal funicle, amphitropous; style very short ; 
stigmas 3. Fruit an indehiscent crustaceous globose- or ovoid- 
trigonous nut included in the perianth. Seed globosely ovoid, 
pendulous ; testa membranous ; embryo annular, surrounding 
copious albumen. 
