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PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



128. HERNIARIA. Rupture-wort. 



Linn. Gen. 121. Juss. 89. E. Br. 271. Tourn. t. 288. Lam. t.lSO. 

 Nat. Ord. Holer acece, Linn. 1 2. Amaj^anthi, Juss. 30. 7//^- 

 cebrecB, Br. Pr. 413, Obs. 



C(flZ. inferior, of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, acute, spreading, perma- 

 nent segments, internally coloured. Cor, none. Filam. 

 5, awl-shaped, shorter than the calyx, opposite to its seg- 

 ments, with 5 intermediate, imperfect ones. AntJi, on the 

 former only, each of 2 round lobes. Germen superior, 

 ovate. Styles very short. Stigmas pointed. Caps, in- 

 vested with the calyx, membranous, of 1 cell, scarcely 

 bursting, except in an irregular manner. Seed solitary, 

 roundish, polished, pointed, filling the capsule. 



Small plants, with branched, leafy stems; opposite, unequal, 

 exitixe leaves ; membranous 5^/pz^Za5/ and aggregate, axil- 

 lary, small, greenish ^ow^?'5. 



1. m, glabra. Smooth Rupture-wort. 



Herbaceous. Leaves and calyx smooth. 



H. glabra. Linn.Sp. Pl.3\7. Willd.v.],\296. Fl.Br.27\. Engl. 



Bot. V. 3. t. 206. Fl Dan. t. 529. 

 Herniaria. BaiiSijn.]QO. Ger. Em.569.f. Dalech. Hist. 1126. f. 

 H. n. 1552. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 255. 

 Empetron. Trag. Hist.:)27.f. 



Polygonum minus. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 302./. CameuEpit. 690./. 

 Millegrana. Cord.Hist.9'd.2.f, 



In gravelly or sandy ground. 



About the Lizard-pointy Cornwall. Ratj. Near Newmai'ket. Rev. 

 Mr. Hemsted. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root tapering, somewhat woody, and certainly perennial. Stems 

 numerous^ prostrate, much branched, leafy, round, occasionally 

 roughish with prominent, very short, hairs. Leaves obovate, or 

 elliptical, bluntish, obscurely triple-ribbed, on short stalks ; the 

 floral ones mostly alternate ; all smooth on both sides. Stipulas 

 lateral, between the leaves, in pairs, minute, pointed, membra- 

 nous. Fl. small, green, in dense, somewhat leafy, clusters, 

 either axillary, or opposite to a solitary leaf. Col. edged with 

 white. Abortive //a ,7? en ^s rather the broadest. Caps, elliptical, 

 pointed.^ 



