108 BRITISH BOTANY. 



ering from the base. Leaves glabrous, shining, ovate-oblong, 

 somewhat ciliate at the apex and mucronate. Clusters of flowers 

 almost contiguous^ forming a sort of leafy spike. Sepals gla- 

 brous, green on the outside, slightly yellow internally. Petals 

 filiform, longer than the stamens. 



Sandy places, Suffolk^ etc. Annual (?) or perennial; June- 

 September. Rare. 



H. ciliata, Bab, Fringed Rupture-wort. — e.b.s. 2857. l.b.s. 

 397b. It has probably been confounded with H. glabra. 

 Range ? 



Stems prostrate, spreading, with minute, decurved (reflexed ?) 

 hairs. Leaves obovate or roundish, tapering at the base, fringed 

 the whole extent of their margin. Flowers in small clusters of 

 about 4 or 5 together. Clusters solitary or 2 or 3 together in 

 the axils of the leaves of the lateral branches. Sepals fringed. 



Lizard Point; Cornwall, on gravelly soils, walls, and banks. 

 Perennial f July-September. 



This plant, whether it be a variety or a species, approaches 

 nearer to H. hirsuta than to H. glabra, both in the shape of its 

 leaves and in the laxer clusters and fewer flowers. 



H. hirsuta, Lin. Hairy Rupture-wort. — e.b. 1379. l.b.s., ex- 

 cluded species, p. 16. — Stems as in H. glabra, but hairy, more 

 elongate, with fewer flowers and fewer leaves. Leaves oblong or 

 ovate-oblong (much longer than in H. glabra), pubescent, and 

 strongly ciliated (fringed) on the margin. Calyx hairy, with 

 long fringes. Clusters of flowers smaller and less numerous than 

 in H. glabra. 



Sandy fields; a very doubtful native of Great Britain. An- 

 nual or perennial? June-September. 



Illecebrum, Lin. — Annual or biennial plants, with prostrate, 

 often rooting stems, and very entire opposite leaves. Flowers 

 small, in axillary clusters. Sepals 5, slightly cohering at the base, 

 thickened, concave, cucullate (horned) at the back, terminating in 

 a subulate point. Petals 5, filiform, minute or absent. Stamens 

 5, with very short filaments. Stigmas 2, sessile, cohering below. 

 Capsule membranous, oblong, one-seeded, enveloped by the per- 

 sistent calyx, bursting along the 5 furrows. 



I. verticillatum, Lin. TVhor led Knot- Grass. — e.b. 895. l.b.s. 

 395. 



A. 1. C. 2. Lat. 50-51°. Alt. 0- yds. Tern. 52-50°. 



