TRIANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Polycarpon. 189 



half the length of the calyx. Anth. erect, 2-lobed. Germ. 

 ovate. Styles 3, spreading, the length of the germen. 

 Stigmas obtuse, somewhat capitate. Caps, ovate, of 1 cell, 

 with 3 ovate, concave valves. Seeds numerous, slightly 

 kidney-shaped, rough, nearly sessile, on an oblong cen- 

 tral receptacle. 



Mr. Ferdinand Bauer observed the style and stigma to be 

 solitary in such of the flowers as have 5 stamens. 



Herbaceous, branched, annual. Leaves opposite, in double 

 pairs, undivided, entire. Ft. small, in terminal, forked 

 panicles. Only 1 certain species. 



1. P. tetraphyllum. Four-leaved All-seed. 



P. tetraphvllum. Linn. Sp. PL 131. Willd. v. 1. 490. Fl. Br. 162. 



Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1031, Fl. Grcec. v. 2. 4. t. 102. Dicks. H. 



Sicc.fasc. 17- 6. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 416. 

 Paronychia altera. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 389. f. Dalech. Hist. 1213. 



Anthyllis marina incana alsinefolia. Ger. Em. 622./. 



A. alsinefolia polygonoides major. Barrel. Ic. t. 534. 



In waste ground on the south coast. 



On various parts of the coasts of Devonshire. Huds. Dorsetshire, 

 and Portland island. Bishop of Carlisle. 



Annual. May — August, or later. 



Root tapering. Stem very much branched, spreading flat on the 

 ground, beset with numerous, obovate, entire, dark green, 

 smooth, slightly succulent, stalked leaves, 2 pair together, 

 crossing each other, so as to resemble a whorl. Stipulas oppo- 

 site, membranous, pointed, jagged. Panicles terminal, several 

 times forked, smooth, with a pair of acute membranous bracteas 

 at each division. Fl. greenish white, small. 



