TRIANDIIIA— TRIGYNIA. Polycarpon. 1S9 



Herbaceous, branched, annual. Leaves opposite, in double 

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

 panicles. Only 1 certain species. 



1. V, tetraphijllinn. Four-leaved All- seed. 



P. tetraphvllum. Unn. Sp. PL 131. Willd. v. 1. 490. Fl. Br. 1C2. 



Engl. Bot. V. l."). t. 1031 . FL GnEc. v. 2. -1. t. 102. Dicks. H. 



Sicc.faac. 17. 0. Schrad. Germ. v. \. 4\6. 

 Taronychia altera. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 389./. Bedeck. Hist. 1213. 



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



A. alsinefolia polygonoides major. Barrel. Ic. 1.531. '■ 



In waste ground on the south coast. 



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

 and Portland island. BisJtop of Carlisle. 



Annual. May — Aug. or later. 



Hoot 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 



