12 cv. iLLECEBRACE.E (baker AND wRKiiiT). [Paronychia. 



pubescent, green with a white margin. Stamens 5, half as long as the 

 perianth. Ovary small, ovoid, compressed. 



Nile Iiand. Soiualilund : near Wardic, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort 

 Philhp.s ! 



?K HERNIARIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 10. 



Perianth herbaceous, deeply 4-5-lobed ; tube short ; lobes oblong, 

 not awned at the tip. Stamens 4-5, perigynous, shorter than the 

 perianth ; staminodes usually present. Ovary globose ; style or very 

 short ; stigmas 2 ; ovule solitary, erect. Fruit a membranous utricle 

 enclosed in the persistent perianth. Seed erect, lenticular ; embryo 

 annular. — Densely tufted much-branched annual or perennial herbs. 

 Leaves opposite, stipulate. Flowers minute, clustered in the axils of 

 the upper leaves ; bracts minute. 



Spec-u's about 10, cliieHy KuroptMU aiul Oriental. 



1. H. hirsuta, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 218. Perennial, densely 

 matted. Stems densely hairy, 'A-{'> in. long. Leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, sessile, 2 lin. long, hairy and conspicuously ciliate ; stipules short, 

 broad, scarious. Flowers sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 

 J^erianth very hairy, h lin. long ; lobes oblong, green with a narrow 

 white edge. Stigmas sessile. — DO. Prodr. iii. 'Mu ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. ;)02 ; Schweinf. Peitr, Fl. Aethiop. 51J ; Fngl. Hocbgebirgsti. 

 Trop. Afr. 215. 



10*116 Xiand. Aliyssinia : Samen ; south side of ^Ioullt Silke near Cosso-lJoni, 

 Srliiwi>fr, 2<t2, Mount Hacliit, Schimper, ]418, Mount Kubbi, Svhiinjit^r, 7^:4 ! 

 Al^^o ill Europe, North Afric-a, tlie Orient, Nortli India and Si^utli Africa. 



4. CORRIGIOLA, Linn. ; Henth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 17. 



Perianth 5-partite, herbaceous; segments oblong, obtuse, not 

 mucronate. Stamens .'», perigynous, alternating with 5 scale-like 

 st.jminodes. Ovary ovoid ; style very short ; st)gmas o ; ovule soli- 

 tary, amphitropous, suspended from a basal funicle. Fruit an inde- 

 hiscent crustaceous nutlet enclosed in the persistent perianth. Seed 

 subglobose, pendulous ; embryo annular. — Small diffuse glabrous 

 herbs. Leaves stipulate, usually alternate. Flowers minute, forming 

 congested cymes in the axils of the upper leaves ; bracts and bracteoles 

 minute. 



Sjjecies -l-G, cosmo]iolitaii. 



1. C. litoralis, Linn. Sp. PL cd. i. 271. An annual diffuse herb. 

 Stems slender, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed to the base or to a short petiole, the lower about 1 in. 

 long. Flowers in congested cymes in the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Perianth globose, green, glabrous, ^ lin. long. Stamens shorter than 

 the perianth. Nutlet nearly 1 lin. long, verrucose, ovoid-trigonous. — 



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