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132 CARYOPHYLLE (Sond.) [Herniaria. 
Sub-Order II]. Paronycuiacrea. (Gen. vi—xiii.) 
VI. CORRIGIOLA, L. 
Calyx 5-partite, the segments very blunt, albo-marginate. Petals 5, 
perigynous, as long as the calyx, roundish, entire. Stamens 5, on an 
obsolete perigynous ring, alternate with the petals. Ovary unilocular, 
with a solitary pendulous ovule. Style tripartite. Mut 3-angled, covered 
by the persistent calyx. Hndl. Gen. 5197. DC. Prod. 3. p. 366. 
Prostrate, glaucous, littoral herbs. Leaves alternate, with small membranous 
stipules. Flowers minute, crowded, greenish, Name, a diminution of corrigia, a 
strap or thong. 
1, C. litoralis (L. Sp. 388) ; corymbs leafy; flowers pedicellate ; cau- 
line leaves linear-cuneate ; root annual. Schkuhr,t.85. E. Bot. t. 668, 
C. capensis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 272. C. telephifolia, Zey.! 2502, ex parte, 
Has. Wet, sandy places, and in cultivated ground, throughout the Colony. (Herb. 
T.C.D., Sond.). 
Stems filiform, weak, branching, glabrous, 6-12 inches long. Cauline leaves 4 
oe ~~ ; radical spathulate, larger. Stipules silvery. Flowers 4 line long. 
W. . 
2. C. telephifolia (Pour. Act. toul. 3. p. 316) ; corymbs leafless ; flowers 
pedicellate; cauline leaves obovate or oblong, narrowed at base ; root 
perennial. DC. Prod. 3. p. 367. E. & Z. 1835. 
Has. Roadsides, near the Jetty, Capetown, # & Z., and at the River Zonderende, 
Zey. 2502, ex parte, Sept.-Oct. (Herb. Sond.), 
Closely resembling the preceding, but differing, besides the above characters, by 
the flowers and fruits twice the size and thicker leaves, 
VIL. HERNIARIA, Tourn. 
Calyx green, persistent (unchanged), deeply 5-cleft ; the tube cup- 
shaped, segments ovate. Petals 5, filiform. Stamens 5, or fewer, on a 
fleshy, perigynous disc. Ovary hidden in the calyx-tube, free, uni- 
locular, with a single erect ovule ; style short, bipartite. Utricle inde- 
hiscent, covered by the calyx. Hndl. Gen. 5198. DOC.1.c. p. 367. 
Minute, prostrate or diffuse, herbaceous plants, of the old world, villous, pubescent, 
or rarely glabrous, densely branched. Leaves small, oval or oblong, opposite or al- 
ternate with membranous stipules. Flowers very small, green, densely clustered. 
‘Named from this plant having been formerly used in the cure of Hernia. 
“sgh: HE hizsuta (Linn. Sp. p. 317); herbaceous, prostrate, much 
hairy ; leaves oval-oblong, or ovate ; clusters sessile, few 
E. Bot. t. 1379. H.lenticulata, Thunb. Cap. 245, non Lin. 
nsely hairy variety). H. capensis, Bartl. Lin. 7. p.624. E.§ Z.! 
1805 and 1806. H. virescens, Salzm. in DO. Prod. 3. p. 367 (the green, 
Has. Sandy pla es and roadsi dee, from 
tows to Graaf Regnet, £2.) Drege. 
Sond., Hook., T.C.D,) — Se es hoe les cd — Se 
Perennial, many-stemmed ; the stems 2-3 inches to a foot in ; the branches 
