PENTANDRIA— TETRAGYNIA. Parnassia, 113 

 1. C. littoralis. Sand Strapwort. 



C. littoralis. Linn. Sp. P/.388. Willd. v. 1. 1506. Fl. Br. 339. 

 Engl. Boi. V. 10. t.663. Fl. Grcec. v. 3. 86. ^292. Dicks. Dr. PI. 

 61. H. Sicc.fasc. 14. 10. Fl. Dan. t.33i. 



C. n. 842. Hall. Hist. V. 1.37 r,. 



Polygoni, vel Linifolia per terram sparsa^ florCj Scorpioides.. Baiih. 

 Hist. V.3. p. 2. 379./. 



Polygonum littoreum minus, Hosculis spadiceo-albicantibus. Bauh. 

 Pin. 28 1 . Prodr. 131. Moris, v. 2. 593. sect. 5. t. 29./. 1 . 



P. minus, spermate in cauliculorum extremis acervato, thlaspios 

 sapore. Cupan. Panplujt. ed. I. v.\. t. 70. 



On the southern coast of England. 



Found by Mr. Hudson, on Slapham sands beyond Dartmouth, and 

 near the Star point. Mr. May-tin. On the beach near the tin 

 mine at Helston, Cornwall. F. Borone. 



Annual. Juhj, August. 



Root small and tapering. Stems several inches long, spreading 

 on the ground in every direction, flaccid, not much branched, 

 round, leafy, flowering at the extremity. Leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, entire, glaucous, rather fleshy, each tapering at the 

 ba.se into a short footstalk. Stipulas in pairs, acute, membra- 

 nous. Clusters terminal and lateral, subilivided or interrupted, 

 of numerous, pearly, often sessile, ^o^iers. Seed black. 



C. capensis, fl^illd. v. 1, 1507, appears not specifically distinct. 



PENTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



178. PARN ASSIA. Grass of Parnassus. 



Linn. Gen. \5 1. Juss.245. Fl. Br. 339. Tourn.t.l27. Lam. t. 216. 

 Gcertn. t. 60, 



Nat. Ord. Campanacece. Linn. 29. Akin to Capparides. 

 Juss. 61. Surely most allied to Saxifragcc. Juss. 84-. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, in 5 very deep, oblong, spreading, 

 permanent segments. Pet. 5, ovate, obtuse, concave, 

 spreading, longer than the calyx, with several longitu- 

 dinal pellucid ribs, and sometimes fringed at the margins. 

 Nectaries 5 fleshy scales, attached to the claws of the 



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