PENTANDRIA— TETRAGYNIA. Parnassia. 11^ 



1. C. littoralis. Sand Strapwort. 



C. littoralis. Linn. Sp. PL 388. mild. v. 1. 1506. Fl. Br. 339. 



Engl. Bot. V. 10. t. 668. Fl. Grcpc. v. 3. 86. t. 292. Dicks. Dr. PI. 



61. H. Sicc.fasc. 14. 10. Fl. Dan. t.334. 

 C. n. 842. Hall. Hist. v.\. 37b. 

 Polygoni, vel Linifoliaper teiram sparsa, florCj Scorpioides. Bauh. 



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

 Polygonum littoreum minus, flosculis spacUceo-albicantibus. Bauh. 



Pin. 2S\. Prodr.\3\. Moris, v. 2. 593. sect. 5. t. 29./. \. 

 P. minus, spermate in cauliculorum extremis acervato^ thlaspios 



sapore. Cupan. Panphyt. ed. \.v. \,t. 76. 



On the southern coast of England. 



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

 near the Star point. Mr. Martin. On the beach near the tin 

 mine at Helston, Cornwall. F. Borone. 



Annual. July, 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 

 base into a short /ootstalk. Stipulas in pairs, acute, membra- 

 nous. Clusters terminal and lateral, subdivided or interrupted^ 

 of numerous, })early, often sessile,^oj/;crs. Seed black. 



C. capensis, Willd. v. 1. 1507, appears not specifically distinct. 



PENTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 

 1/8. PARNASSIA. Grass of Parnassus. 



Linn. Gen. \j\. Juss. 24j. Fl. Br. 339. rourn.t.V27. Lam.t.2\6. 

 Gccrtn. t. 60. 



Nat. Ord. CampanacciV. Linn. 29. Akin to Capparidcs. 

 Juss. 64. Surely most allictl to Saxifragcc. Juss. SI-. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, in .5 very deep, oblonjr, sprcadinrr, 

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

 spreadinj^r, lon-rer than tlio calyx, with several h)nt,ntu- 

 dinal pellucid ribs, and sometimes tVingetlat llir mar^L^rins. 

 Nectaries 5 llesliv mmUs, attuclnd to the chnvs oi the 



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