REAUMURIACEiE. 



Nat, syst. ed. 2. p. 91. 



REAUMURIA. 



Calyx 5-parted, involucrated. Petals 5, permanent, furnished 

 at the base on each side with a ciliated appendage. Stamens 

 numerous, pentadelphous. Stigmas 5-6. Capsule 5-celled, 

 5-valved, with valves easily separating from the septa. Seeds 

 shaggy. 



268. R. vermiculata Linn. sp. pi. 754. Desf. ail. i. 431. 

 DC. prodr. hi. 456. — Desert barren places in Sicily, Bar- 

 bary, Egypt. 



A shrub resembling Salsola fruticosa, erect, branched and smooth. 

 Leaves like those of a Sedum, numerous, scattered, glaucous, fleshy, 

 terete, linear-subulate. Flowers stalked, solitary, white. Petals rather 

 longer than the calyx. — Used at Alexandria as a cure for the itch ; 

 when bruised applied externally : in the form of a decoction taken 

 internally. 



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