PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Illecebrum. 335 



H. communis, major et minor. Rail Syn. 4.)D. 



H. corymbosa and II. Helix. Ger. Em. 857. f. 



H. arl)orea and II. Helix. 3Iatlh. Valgr. v. J . 572, 573./. 



H. and H. Helix, sive minor. Comer. Epit. 398, 399./. 



In woods and hedges, and on old buildings. 



Shrub. October. 



Stem branched, either trailing on the ground, and bearing 5-lobed, 

 white-veined leaves, but no flowers 5 or climbing, flattened, and 

 attached by dense tufted fibres, which serve for suj)port, not 

 nourishment; the flowering branches loosely spreading, round, 

 bearing ovate, undivided leaves. Umbels aggregate, green,' 

 many-flowered, their stalks clothed with starry pubescence, and 

 accompanied at the base by several small bracteas. Petals re- 

 flexed. Berry the size of a currant, smooth, black ; internally 

 whitish and mealy, with seldom more than 5 seeds. The whole 

 plant is somewhat aromatic ; and a very fragrant resin exudes 

 from the old stems when bruised. 



124. ILLECEBRUM. Knot-grass. 



Linn. Gen. \U. Fl.Br.267. Fl. Gr. v. S. 39. Br. Pr. 416, obs. 

 Paronychia. Tourn. t. 28S. Juss. 89. Lam. t. 180. 



Nat. Orel. HoleracecE. Linn. 12. Amaranthi. Juss. 30. 

 IllecebrecE. Br. Pr. 4 1 3, obs. 



Cal. inferior, 5-angled, of 5 coloured, cartilaginous, perma- 

 nent leaves, with distant spreading points. Cor, none, 

 Filam. capillary, shorter than the calyx, v>'ith 5 interme- 

 diate scales or bristles seldom wanting. Anth. simple, of 

 2 cells. Germen superior, ovate, acute. Stijle short. 

 Stigma obtuse. Caps, roundish, pointed at each end, of 

 1 cell, with 5, more or less distinct, valves. Seed solitary, 

 oval, pointed at each end, filling the capsule. 



Stem herbaceous, with numerous, opposite, undivided, en- 

 tire leaves, and opposite membranous stipulas. Fl. axil- 

 lary, either whorled, or crowded into terminal leafy heads.^ 



1 . L vertkillatum, AVliorled Knot-grass. 

 Flowers whorled, without bracteas. Stems procumbent. 

 I. verticillatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 298. IVilld.v. I. 1205. Fl. Br.26S. 



Engl. Bot. V. 13. t. 895. Dicks. Dr. PI. 57. H. Sice. fuse. 12. 13. 



Fl. Dan. t. 335. 

 Corrigiola. Raii Sijn. I GO. 

 Polvgala repens. Ger. Em. 563./. Lob. Ic.4l6.f. Dalech.Uist. 



489./. 

 Paronychia serpyllifolia palustris. Vaill. Par. 157. t.\5. f,7. 



