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PARONYCHIE^E. I. TELEPHIUM. II. CORRIGIOLA. III. HEBNIARIA. 



Shaw, spec. p. 572. with a figure. Flowers white. Perhaps 

 only a variety of the preceding. 



Opposite-leaved Orpine. PI. tr. 



3 T. LAXIFLORUM (D. C. prod. 8. p. 366.) leaves alternate ; 

 peduncles opposite the leaves, trifid at the apex ; middle pedicel 

 1-flowered, lateral ones elongated, and usually 3-flowered. 2. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb glaucous. Leaves 

 alternate, distant, obovate, mucronate ; petiole short, margined, 

 with a membrane. Capsule subglobose, 3-celled nearly to the 

 apex. Perhaps a proper genus, but the habit is truly that of 

 Telephium. 



Loose-Jlorvered Orpine. PI. tr. 



Cult. All the hardy species of Orpine grow well in any light 

 soil ; and may either be increased by cuttings or parting at the 

 root ; they are well adapted for ornamenting rock-work. The 

 last species being a native of the Cape of Good Hope, requires 

 the protection of a green-house in winter. 



II. CORRIGI'OLA (a diminutive ofcorrigia, a shoe string; 

 trailing flexible plants). Lin. gen. no. 378. Juss. mem. mus. 1. 

 p. 389. Lam. ill. t. 213. D. C. prod. 3. p. 366. Polygonifolia, 

 Vaill. Adans. Dill. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted (f. 21. a.), 

 permanent. Petals 5 (f. 21. 6.), equal to the calyx and inserted 

 in it, and alternating with its lobes. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 sepals. Style short; stigmas 3 (f. 21. e.~). Capsule 1 -seeded, 

 indehiscent, covered by the calyx. Seed suspended by a funicle, 

 which rises from the bottom of the capsule. Procumbent glau- 

 cous herbs, with alternate stipulaceous leaves, and terminal race- 

 mose corymbs of small flowers. Habit of Telephium. 



1 C. TELEPHIIFOLIA (Pourr. chl. narb. 20. act. tol. 3. p. 316.) 

 stems naked in the floriferous part. %. H. Native about Per- 

 pignon and about Madrid, in sandy places ; also of Chili about 

 Valparaiso. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 527. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, imbricata (Lapeyr. abr. p. 169.) stems short; lower 

 leaves rather imbricated. %. H. Native about Vinca and 

 Nyer. 



Orpine-leaved Strap-wort. Fl. July, Aug. 

 procumbent. 



2 C. LITTORA'LIS (Lin. spec. p. 

 388.) stems leafy in the florifer- 

 ous part. OH. Native through- 

 out Europe, on sandy shores. 

 Found by Hudson in England on 

 the Slapham Sands beyond Dart- 

 mouth, and near Star-point. QEed. 

 fl. dan. t. 334. Smith, engl. bot. 

 668. fl. grsec. t. 292. Polygoni- 

 folia, Dill. giss. append, t. 3. 

 Lind. als. t. 2. Flowers white. 



Shore Strap-wort. Fl. June, 

 Aug. Britain. PI. tr. 



3 C. DELTO1DEA (Hook. 6t 



Arnott, in Beech, bot. p. 24.) 



stems prostrate ; leaves deltoid, 



long, spatulate ; racemes lateral, furnished at the base by a spa- 



tulate bractea. !{..? G. Native of Chili, about Conception 



and Valparaiso. This plant bears a strong resemblance to C. 



littoralis. Flowers white. 



Deltoid-leaved Corryiola. PI. prostrate. 



4 C. SQUAMOSA (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 247.) cau- 

 dex perennial, a little branched, very scaly at the apex, from 

 which many stems issue ; stems prostrate ; leaves linear, oblong ; 

 racemes corymbose, leafless. I/. G. Native of Chili, about 

 Valparaiso, Vina de la Mar, and Playa Ancha. The lower part 

 of the stem, which is here called a caudex, from its resemblance 



Clt. 1822. PI. 



FIG. 21. 



to that part of ferns, is to be seen in no other species of the 

 genus ; the scaly appearance at its summit is obviously caused 

 by a congeries of stipulas. Flowers white. 



Scaly Strap-wort. PI. prostrate. 



5 C. CAPE NSIS (Willd. spec. 1. p. 507.) flowers sessile ; calyx 

 hardly with membranous margins. O- H. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 272. C. littoralis, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 55. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from C. littoralis. 



Cape Strap-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. tr. 



Cult. The seeds of the annual kinds should be sown in dry 

 light soil. The culture of the perennial kind is the same as that 

 recommended for the hardy species of Telephium. 



Tribe II. 



ILLECE'ERE^ (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 Illecebrum in some particular characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 367. 

 Calyx 5-parted (f. 22. a.). Petals 5, or wanting. Stamens 2-5, 

 inserted in the bottom of the calyx. Styles distinct, or somewhat 

 concrete at the base. Capsule indehiscent, 1 -seeded. Funicle 

 long, rising from the bottom of the capsule, bearing a somewhat 

 pendulous seed at the top. Herbs, rarely subshrubs. Leaves 

 opposite, acute, with scarious stipulas. 



ill. HERNIA 1 RIA (from hernia, a rupture ; supposed effect 

 in curing). Tourn. inst. t. 288. Lin. gen. no. 308. Lam. ill. 

 t. 180. Juss. mem. mus. 1. p. 389. D. C. prod. 3. p. 367. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Calyx nearly 5-parted, 

 somewhat coloured inside. Scales or petals 5, filiform, quite 

 entire, alternating with the sepals, sometimes wanting or very 

 small. Stamens 5, or only 2-3 from abortion, opposite the sepals. 

 Styles 2, short, distinct, or concrete at the base. Capsule 1- 

 seeded, indehiscent, covered by the calyx. Prostrate suffruti- 

 cose small herbs, with branched stems. Leaves opposite, stipu- 

 laceous : stipulas solitary between the leaves, broad at the base. 

 Flowers glomerate in the axils of the leaves. Bracteas small. 



1 . Herniarice verce (true species of Herniaria). Stems pros- 

 trate, small ; jkiwers glomerate in the axils of the leaves, puberu- 

 lous or hairy on the outside. 



1 H. CINE'REA (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 375. mem. par. t. 3.) 

 plant of many stems, herbaceous, clothed with cinereous hairs ; 

 branches ascending ; leaves oval, acute at both ends ; flowers 

 crowded, axillary. O- H. Native about Montpelier, Nar- 

 bonne, plentiful in Spain in dry gravelly or sandy places. In 

 Spain the plant is called Quebranlapiedran. H. annua, Lag. 

 gen. et spec. p. 12. and perhaps H. latifolia, Lapeyr. abr. p. 

 127. 



Cinereous Rupture-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl.tr. 



2 H. VIRE'SCENS (Salzm. pi. exsic. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 367.) 

 herb ascending, many stemmed, smoothish ; leaves oval, ciliat- 

 ed ; bundles axillary, few-flowered; calyx rather pilose. () 

 H. Native of Mauritania, about Tangiers. It differs from H. 

 cinerea in the greenish habit, nearly as H. hirsuta does from H. 

 glabra, or as H. alpina does from H. incana. 



Greenish Rupture-wort. PI. tr. 



3 H. GLA'BRA (Lin. spec. p. 317.) plant herbaceous, gla- 

 brous, prostrate ; leaves oval ; bundles many-flowered. 1. H. 

 Native of Europe and Siberia, in exposed gravelly places. In 

 England, at the Lizard-point, and near Newmarket. Oed. fl. 

 dan. t. 529. Smith, engl. bot. t. 206. Schkuhr, liandb. t. 56. 

 Blackw. herb. t. 320. H. alpestris, Aubr. H. fruticosa, Gouan, 

 This and the two following species are confounded by Spreng. in 

 his syst. 1. p. 929. under the name of H. vulgaris. 



Glabrous Rupture-wort. Fl. July, Aug. England. PL tr. 



4 H. HIRSU'TA (Lin. spec. p. 317.) plant herbaceous, pros- 

 trate, hairy ; leaves oval-oblong ; bundles sessile, few-flowered. 



