HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Peplis. ]87 



A. valentina. Clus. Hist, v, 2. 186./. Ger. Em. 566./. Lob. Ic. 

 421./ 



Quadrifoglio annuo di Persia. Zannon. 1st. 164. t. 66. 



Valentia Knot-grass. Pet. H. Brit. 1. 10./ 8. 



On the sea coast of Sussex, very rare. 



Found by Mr. Brewer on the Sussex coast. Dillenius. Between 

 Bognor and Brighthelmston. Huds. 



Annual. July. 



Root fibrous. Stems numerous, prostrate, leafy, downy, branched 

 from the very base, forked. Leaves opposite, or 4 together, on 

 fringed stalks, single -ribl>ed, slightly revolute , smooth and 

 green above j hoary, as if powdery, beneath. Fl. pale redj chiefly 

 from the forks of the stem. 



202. PEPLIS. Purslane. 



Linn.Gen.XH. Juss. 333. Fl.Br.3S9. Lam. t.262. Gartn. t.bl. 



Portula. Dill. Gen. 133. t. 7. 



Glaucoides. iMich. Gen. 21. t.lS.f. 1. 



Nat. Ord. Calycajithemcje. Linn. 17. Salicarice, Juss. 91. 



CaL inferior, of 1 leaf, bell-shaped, large, permanent, in 6, 

 rather deep, acute segments, with as many intermediate 

 plaits. Pet. 6, very minute, obovate, inserted into the 

 throat of the calyx, between its segments. Filam. thread- 

 shaped, incurved, shorter than the calyx, alternate with 

 the petals. Anth. roundish. Germ, superior, globular, 

 furrowed. St7/le very short, cylindrical. Stigjna capitate, 

 globose. Caps, globose, membranous, pellucid, of 2 cells, 

 not bursting, with a transverse partition. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, obtuse, triangular, inserted into the central co- 

 lumn. 



Herbaceous, with opposite or alternate, simple leaves, and 

 SLiiiAWavy Jlowers. 



1 . P. Portula. Water Purslane. 



Petals wanting, or scarcely visible. Leaves opposite, ob- 

 ovate, stalked. 



P. Portula. Linn.Sp.PLA7A. mild. v. 2. 243. FL Dr. 3S9. Engl, 

 hot. V. 17. <. 121 1. Curt. Land. fuse. 4. t. 27. Hook. Scot. 111. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 64. 



P. n. 856. Hall. Hist. r. 1.379. 



Portula. Ddl. Giss. 120. append. 1,33. /. 7. Uaii Sijn. 368. 



Glaucoides palustre, portulacoe folio, flore purpureo. Mich. Gen. 21 . 

 M8./1. 



Glaux aquatica, folio subrotundo. Locs. Pruss. 106. /.20. 



G. altera palustris reptns subrotundo folio. Bote. Mus. 107. t.?>\. 

 f. 1. radl.Par.HO. t. 15./ 5. 



