Vogeliane, N. O. Illecebree. 
TAB. DCCLVI. 
PARONYCHIA ILLECEBROIDES, Webb. 
Caule prostrato ramosissimo, ramis filiformibus pubescenti- 
bus, stipulis foliis lineari-lanceolatis v. linearibus acutis 
puberulis dimidio brevioribus, bracteis flore brevioribus, 
calycibus brevissime mucronulatis, mucrone recto v. inflexo. 
Paronychia illecebroides. Webb, Spicil. Gorgon. in Hook. 
Niger Voy. p.106, Tab. VII. 
Herniaria illecebroides. Ch. Smith, in Tuck. Voy. p. 250, 
(ew. Herb. Mus. Brit. J. D. H.) : 
Has. Common at the Cape de Verd Islands, from an eleva- 
tion of 500 feet to the tops of the mountains. Forbes, 
Vogel, J. D. H. 
Allied to P. polygonifolia, DC., but dissimilar in many 
respects, namely in the relative length of the leaves and — 
flowers to the stipules, and in the form of the calyx and 
mucro. From P, ar entea, Lam., which has the flowers — 
usually capitate, it differs considerably. Wedd. 
Fig. 1. Flower, included within the bractex. f. 2. Bractea. — 
f. 3. Flower. f. 4. The same laid open. f. 5. Ovary: 
f. 6. Seed. f. 7. Embryo :—all magnified. i 
