PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Herniaria. 



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DIGYNIA. 



HERNI A'RIA. Cal. with 5 divisions : Moss, none : 



st am. 5 perfect, and 5 imperfect: caps. 1- 

 seeded. 



H. Plant smooth. 



Fi. dan. 529-£. hot. 206-Trag. 527-Mattb. 953-J. B. Hi. 

 378. Z~Ger. 454-Dod. lU-<Ger. em. 56S-Blaciw. 320- 

 Pet. 10. 9-Park. 447. 9. 



Stem prostrate, wood-like, and knotted at the bottom, branches 

 trailing, flowers very numerous, without petals ; floral-leaves tri- 

 angular, fringed. This is undoubtedly a perennial plant, and 

 its leaves are generally fringed at the edge, so that I believe the 

 H, glabra and hirsuta may be the same plant. Mr. Stackhouse. 

 Stems from 4 to 8 inches long, trailing on the ground. Flowers 

 yellowish. 



Smooth Rupturewort. Gravelly soil* Lizard Point, Corn- 

 wall. Huds. R 



gla'bra. 





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H. Plant rough with hair. 



hirsu'ta 



row 1. 2. 6. 



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Scarcely more than a variety of H. glabra. Linn. 

 Hairy Rupturewort* Gravelly soil. Calney Hatch, near 

 Barnet. A. July, Aug* 



CHENOPO'DIUM. Cal with 5 clefts and 5 ribs: 





bloss. none : seed 1 , round but flatted, superior, 

 horizontal, covered by the closing calyx. 



(l) Leaves angular. 

 C. Leaves triangular-arrow-shaped, very entire: spikes Bonus- 



compound, leafless j axillary. 



Curt. l&4~Ludw. 185~Fucbs. 463-J. B. ii. 965. "-Fl.ian. 

 579-Ger. 25$-Trag. 2l7~Matth. 59&-Dod. 65l~Lob.obf 

 12J). 2-GVr. em. 329-JW.I225. 6-//. ox. v. 30. row 2. 

 n. I. figure 3d-Pet. 7. \1-Blackw. SU-Munt. 191. s 



Little spikes alternate; sitting. Flowers congregated ; sitting. 



* A little saltish and astringent. It increases the secretions by the 

 |ndncy», The juice takes away specks in the eye. Cows, sheep, and 



worses eat it. Goats and swine refuse it. 



Henri cus. 





