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to the capsule. — Highland mountains; rare.^Fl. June— August 

 Perennial. 



7. S. nivalis (Snow Pearl-wort). — Glabrous, densely tufted; 

 leaves acuminate ; pedicels always erect ; petals smaller than in S. 

 Linncei. — Highland mountains ; very rare. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



8. S. subuldta (Awl-shaped Pearl-wort). — Glandular-hairy, 

 tufted ; leaves linear, awned, ciliate ; pedicels curved after flower- 

 ing. Closely allied to S. Linncei, — Dry places ; frequent. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



9. S. nodosa (Knotted Spurrey).— The largest and largest- 

 flowered species, 3 — 4 in. high, glabrous or glandular-hairy ; upper 

 leaves tufted ; pedu7icles axillary, always erect, i — 2-flowered ; 

 flowers \ in. across ; petals much longer than the sepals. — Wet 

 sandy places ; common. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



6. Hon KENYA (Sea Purslane). — A small succulent glabrous 

 perennial shore-plant, with broad leaves; flowers small, poly> 



gamous ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, relatively 

 large ; disk of 10 interstaminal glands ; 

 stamens i o ; styles 3 ; capsule large, glob- 

 ose, 3-valved, i — 2-seeded. (Named 

 VsVii (\. m^^\ ^^^^^ ^* ^' Honckeny, a German 



^jl tvAs ^M^C> botanist who died in 1805.) 



\. H. peploides (Sea Purslane). — A 

 low, succulent, dark-green, glabrous, 

 marine plant ; rhizo??ie creeping; 

 branches ascending, forked, 4 — 8 in. 

 high ; leaves decussate, ovate, acute, 

 sessile, recurved ; flowers small, in the 

 forks of the stem, often dioecious ; 

 sepals obtuse, with membranous mar- 

 gins ; capsule large, globose, fleshy ; 

 seeds i — 2, large. — Forming tangled 

 masses on sandy sea-shores. — Fl. May 

 — September. Perennial. 



7. MiNUARTiA (Lesser Sandwort). — 

 Small annual or perennial herbs with 

 awl-shaped leaves ; sepals and petals 4 

 — 5; disk ring-shaped; stamens 10; 

 styles 3 — 4; capsule with 3—4 entire valves; seeds numerous. 

 (Named in honour of Sr. Minuart, apothecary, of Madrid.) 



I . M. verna (Vernal Sandwort). — A small tufted plant ; leaves 

 subulate, acute, 3-veined ; flowers nearly solitary, comparatively 



HONk6nYA PErL6iDES 



{^Sea Purslane). 



