8 ELATINACE^ 



Sagina procumbens L. ; F.B.I. i 242, IV i. A perennial 

 herb, I to 6 inches with procumbent branches forming a 

 tuft. Leaves subulate, bright green. Flowers solitary on 

 very slender axillary pedicels, % inch. Sepals usually 4. 

 Petals smaller, 4 or more. 



Nilgiris : above 6,000 feet as a weed. [G,F.M,FJ] 

 Gen. Dist. Throughout Europe and in North America, Australia. 



POLYCARPON. VOL. i, p. 35. 



For P. locflingicaB Benth. and Hk., etc., read P. tctra- 



phyllum L. The former differs in the flowers all being 



sessile, and occurs on the plains. Fyson 6506. t. 289. 



ELATINACE/E. 



ELATINE. F.B.I. 21 1. 



Very small and tender herbs, creeping on mud, with 

 opposite or whorled leaves and very small flowers, 

 usually one to each node, pedicelled or sessile, of 2 to 4 

 sepals, petals and stamens, and a 3- to 5-celled ovary with 

 as many styles. 



Elatinc amcricana Am. ; F.B.I. i 250, 1 1. On mud in 

 patches of I to 3 inches diameter, rooting at the nodes. 

 Ends of branches ultimately ascending. Leaves /^ to J^ 

 inch ovate, lanceolate, entire, narrowed to the base. 

 Flowers 1/ 1 2 inch diameter. Sepals 3. Petals 3. Seeds 

 curved, about 12. 



Nilgiris. [G.F.M.P.] 



HYPERICACE/E. 



HYPERICUM. 



See Vol. I p. 36. 

 Add: 



Hypericum humifusum L.\ F.B.I. i 255, II 13. 

 Similar in habit to H. Wightianum (Vol. II t. 30) but the 



