ILLECEBRACE III 
Order LXVII]—ILLECEBRACEZ (Paronychiacee). 
Flowers very small, usually bisexual; sepals 4-5, 
petals very minute or O; ovary superior, I-celled, with 
one ovule; leaves entire. A very small order of incon- 
spicuous czespitose herbs. 
I. CORRIGIOLA, L. 
Leaves alternate, with scarious stipules; petals 5, 
small, white; stigmas 3; stamens 5. Not alpine. 
C. littoralis, L.; stem prostrate, spreading, leaves 
linear-oblong ; sandy places, very rare; Bale, Geneva, 
Pyrenees. 
2. HERNIARIA, L. 
Leaves opposite or alternate ; flowers axillary, minute ; 
sepals 4-5, green; petals 4-5, green, setaceous, minute, 
or O; stamens 3-5; stigmas 2. 
H1. alpina, L.; leaves obovate, ciliate, flowers 1-3 in 
axillary clusters, calyx hairy; high pastures, frequent. 
Hf, glabra, L.; leaves oblong, glabrous or ciliate, calyx 
giabrous, flowers more numerous; sandy places. JZ. 
hirsuta, L.; calyx and leaves very hairy, flowers some- 
what larger ; sandy places. 
3. ILLECEBRUM, L. 
Leaves opposite ; flowers in crowded axillary clusters ; 
sepals 5, white; petals 5, very minute, setaceous ; stamens 
5, hypogynous; stigmas 2. Not alpine. 
I. verticillatum, L.; stem prostrate, branched, leaves 
