1? 6, 3, oculatus, 



Petals pink or ^^urrjlish, or salmon-coloured. 



I, 3. crnrlicul-tus, 2, 3. sElmoneus, 5, S. tenuiflorus, 

 5, S. cprneus, n, S, ipxus. 



Petals strav'-yellov, or ^'■ellov.ish-buff . 



10, 3. co'-mutatusi 7, S. frp-gilis, 9, 3. liebei. 



Petals ^rellow. 



II, 3. lon'^is'-inulus : IS, 3. crudatus^ 13, 3. grossus. 

 Petals green. 



4, 3. vlridiflorus. 



1. 3. canalicula tus , -■. 3. ^r. — Stems prostrate, ^.sometimes 

 rootin'^ et the nodes, an5 up to two feet or nore long, ¥-1 line 

 thick, with internodes J-2 inches lonrr, terete, papulose, producing 

 short le^'-fy brrnchlets or short or elonf^eted flowerin.c; brmchlets 

 or short or elongated flowerin-r branchlets, but comrionly bearing 

 the flowers in a terinina]. cyme. Leaves 4-8 lines long, about 1 

 line thick, semi-terete, channelled on the upper side, not at all 

 united at the base, sub-acute, glabrous, papulose; crovrded on the 

 short br^-<nc^lets, distant on the main stems, ^lovrers in terminal 

 cymes 2j:-9 inches across, or solitar^r, or scattered along the bran- 

 ches opposite the leaves, or axillarj''. Pedicels 2-7 lines long. 

 Oal^rv- m.ore coarsely paruiose on tbe lower part than on other parts 

 of the riant; ov^ry-part 3-4 lines in diameter; lobes 3-6 lines 

 long, two of them leefly from an ovate base, the others v/ith broad, 

 membranous margins and shorter '^oints. -^etals 6-8 lines long, 1/3 

 line broad, linear, obtuse, ver^'ing from white to pink. Stamens 

 about two lines long. Stigmas usually 5, sometimes 4, erect, l|- 

 2 lines long, filiform. Capsule 2^-3 lines in diamieter when closed, 

 and 4-5 lines v.^hen expanded, entirely pale ochreus within, otherv/ise 

 as described for the genus, and before it is rigpe smooth and trans- 

 parent, so that the seeds may be seen vathin it, as indicated by 

 Hf'voT'th . 



3. calycinus, L. Bolus in Sth. -^fr. ^erdening, 19S7, p._398 

 and 399, f . 21A s very roor figure without a description. ^■-. canal- 

 iculatum., Hav/. <-*bs., p. 21^ (1795), -isCj. ^^'at., p. 57, Synop., 

 p. 253, and Hev., r. 177. IT. rapaceum, ^acq. *rrg., p. 43, t. 

 52, f. 1. (1P04) or later) 1.:. calycinum, ^Ickl. and 2ey. Enum. 

 PI., r. 7,19 (1835), not of I-^av^orth. ^-. salmoneum, Sglm Dyck_, 

 !Tes. 56, f. 2. Sondl in ^i. Gp,n. Vol. HI, p. 451; Berger -les. und 

 Port., r. 71, not of H- worth. K. loncisrinulumv Sond., ^1. Cep., 

 Vol. II, p. 449 (excluding th' words 'flowers pale yellov," end 

 the reference to Soirr, Dyck, both of these belonging to S, commuta- 

 tus, N. E. TSr.) not of Havrorth. 



At "^ew there is an excellent drawing of the type of i-. Cc. ni.lic- 

 ulatum, ^W. , from which I find that the plant Salm ^yck has figured 

 as beinp *-. canelicDlatum, and that all subsequent authors have mis- 

 taken for that species, is distinct from it. I also find that the 

 nlant -Pigured by Salrr) DycV aB being M, salmoneum is really the same 

 as t>^e true ". canaliculatum., ^av/. From which I think it most nrob- 



