194 BRITISH LEPIGONA. [July, 



Stipules triangular-ovate, approaching to lanceolate, and tapering 

 into a long point, often torn or cleft, of a silvery whiteness. 

 Peduncles supported by leaves, before flowering about equalling 

 the calyx, but after fruiting sometimes three times as long. 

 Sepals sublanceolate, bluntish, with a membranous border. Pe- 

 tals obovate, obtuse, about as long as the calyx, red or lilac. 

 Capsule small, equalling or slightly exceeding the calyx, ovate 

 and somewhat pointed. Seeds triquetrous-obovate, not winged, 

 furnished with a raised border. 



In sandy places, at all elevations, throughout Europe. 



2. Lepigonum neglectum (Kindberg). Closely allied to L. ru- 

 brum, but with its stipules shorter, broadly ovate, entire, little 

 shining. Panicle almost devoid of leaves. Peduncles usually 

 shorter than in L. rubrum. Capsule larger, exserted, and half as 

 long again as the calyx. Seeds more rounded, sometimes winged, 

 furnished with a raised border. 



In grassy places near the sea, in the vicinity of saltworks. 

 Cherbourg and Calvados, France. Selsea, in Sussex, etc. 



3. Lepigonum diandrum (Gussone) . Stems roundish, jointed, 

 the internodes swollen at the base, heaves fleshy or semi-round, 

 scarcely at all curved, linear-filiform, bluntish, green. Stipules 

 very short, broadly triangular, with a short point, usually entire, 

 dirty-white. Peduncles supported by leaves, always exceeding 

 the calyx, ultimately often four times as long in the seeded plant, 

 very slight. Sepals linear-lanceolate, bluntish, narrowly bordered, 

 with membrane at their edges and at their inflected summit. 

 Petals ovate, obtuse, usually shorter than the calyx, of a red or 

 rose colour. Capsule small, somewhat shorter than the calyx, 

 either somewhat pointed or subglobose. Seeds pyriform, wing- 

 less, furnished with a slightly raised border. 



Distinguished from L. rubrum by its slight peduncles, its 

 much-branched stems, and the smaller size of its stipules and 

 flowers. The name is ill chosen, as it is not unusual to find ten 

 stamens. 



In clayey salt marshes near the sea : in Sicily, Algeria, and in 

 the Pyrenean peninsula. 



Sect. B. Perennials, like L. rupestre. 



^-d^ 4. Lepigonum rupestre, Labil. Stems round, jointed, their 

 joints thickened. Leaves somewhat fleshy, sometimes curved. 



