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the calyx ; mericarps semi-ovate or oblong, indehiscent. Herbs, 

 sometimes suffrutescent at the base, but usually annual. Leaves 

 truly opposite, furnished with from 1 to 3 stipulas on each side. 

 Flowers furnished with 3 bracteas each, the exterior bractea 

 representing a cauline leaf, and the 2 lateral ones opposite, all 

 longer than the ovarium, and appearing like a calyx. Spikes 

 sometimes elongated and continuous, sometimes capitate, and 

 sometimes interrupted from being formed of pedunculate fasci- 

 cles of flowers. 



1 . Flowers disposed in continuous spikes. 



1 C. LATirbuA (Lin. spec. 157.) plant erect, with ascending 

 branches ; leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic-lanceolate, acute : lower 

 ones usually ovate, and mucronated, with scabrous margins ; 

 spikes filiform, tetragonal ; flowers quadrifid, solitary, imbricated 

 in 4 rows. 0. H. Native in the region of the Mediterranean, 

 in sandy places from Spain and Mauritania to Tauria. Guss. 

 prod. fl. sic. 181. Smith, fl. graec. t. 139. C. spicata, ft, Lam. fl. 

 fr. 3. p. 372. Schmied. icon. t. 83. f. 84. Barrel, icon. t. 520. 

 and 549. Corollas slender, pale yellow : lobes awned. 



Var. ft, erectiuscula, (D. C. prod. 4. p. 586.) stem erectish. 

 C. latifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 106. 



ft Var. y, Monspellaca,(D. C. 1. c.) lower leaves ovate : upper 

 ones 5-6 in a whorl, linear. Q. H. Native of France, Me- 

 diterranean, Dalmatia, Greece, Palestine. Benth. cat. no. 73. 

 C. Monspeliaca, Lin. spec. 158. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3347. Smith, 

 fl. graec. t. 140. C. spicata, y, Lam. fl. fr. S. p. 372. C. vul- 

 gikris, Gat. fl. mont. 44. Rubeola heterophylla, Moench. meth. 

 p. 526. Lobes of corolla 5, ending in a twisted awn each. 



Broad-leaved Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1633. PI. 

 1 foot, ascending. 



2 C. ANGUSTJFOUA (Lin. spec. p. 157.) erect; leaves 6 in a 

 whorl, linear, acute, scabrous on the margins, and on the angles 

 of the stem ; spikes linear, imbricated in 4 rows, somewhat inter- 

 rupted at the base ; flowers tetramerous, twin : one of them 

 bibracteolate. O- H. Native of arid, stony places from Spain 

 and Mauritania to Tauria and Caucasus. Smith, exot. bot. t. 

 109. Guss. prod. fl. sic. p. 181. C. spicata, a, Lam. fl. fr. 3. 

 p. 372. Rubeola linearifolia, Mcench, meth. p. 525. 'Barrel, 

 icon. t. 550. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 12. Corolla slender, yel- 

 lowish-green. 



Var. ft, monostachya (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3345.) stem simple, 

 bearing only one spike at the apex. 



Var. y, mucronata, (Roth, cat. 1. p. 27.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 mucronate. 



Narrow-leaved Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1658. PI. 

 1 foot. 



3 C. GLAU'CA (A. Rich, in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 131.) 

 plant suffruticose at the base, erect, glaucous ; leaves 6 in a 

 whorl, linear, with revolute edges ; spikes slender, pedunculate, 

 somewhat interrupted at the base ; bracteas ciliated ; flowers 

 pentamerous. I/ . H. Native of Persia. 



Var. a, Bruguieri (D. C. prod. 4. p. 587.) leaves rough; 

 branchlets and bracteoles rather velvety from fine down. Tf.. H. 

 Native of Persia, between Kermancha and Amadan, where it 

 was collected by Olivier and Bruguiere. 



Var. ft, Michauxii (D. C. 1. c.) stem glabrous ; leaves smooth- 

 ish ; bracteas a little smaller. l/.H. Native of Persia, where 

 it was collected by Michaux. 



Glaucous Crosswort. PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. CILIA'TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 217.) plant diffuse; leaves 4 

 in a whorl, or opposite ; spikes hardly interrupted at the base ; 

 bracteas ciliated, unequal, rather loose ; flowers tetramerous ; 

 fruit beset with blunt tubercles. Q. H. Native of the Levant, 

 about Aleppo, where it was collected by Michaux. C. diffusa, 

 Roth, in Ust. neu. ann. 4. p. 40. cat. 1. p. 26. C. tuberculosa, 



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Cav. descript. p. 349. Flowers yellowish. Nearly allied to C. 

 patula. 



Ciliatcd-'bractead Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1805. PI. 

 diffuse ^ foot. 



5 C. PA'TULA (Lin. spec. p. 602.) erect ; branches spreading ; 

 leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, rather scabrous; flowers 1-2 in the 

 axils of the bracteas, on short pedicels, pentamerous ; fruit 

 smoothish. O- H. Native of Spain, on rocks at Aranjuez, 

 Tudela, and Navarre, and in the kingdom ofValentia. Loefl. 

 itin. p. 68. C. pentandra, Dufour, in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 

 3. p. 532. Corolla yellowish. 



Spreading Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PI. | to 

 | foot. 



6 C. SUAVE'OLENS (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 406.) plant perennial, 

 glabrous ; stem herbaceous, erect, branched ; leaves linear, mu- 

 cronate, with prickly, revolute edges, 8 in a whorl, but the 

 upper ones are 6 in a whorl ; flowers opposite, disposed in dense 

 spikes : floral leaves and bracteas lanceolate, ciliated, a little 

 shorter than the corollas, which are glabrous, and 5-cleft ; sta- 

 mens inclosed ; mericarps glabrous, smooth, y. . H. Native of 

 Caucasus, in dry, stony places on the Taluseh mountains. 



Sweet-scented Crosswort. PI. 1 foot. 



7 C. /EGYPTI'ACA (Lin. mant. p. 38.) plant diffuse ; leaves 

 4 in a whorl, linear, with revolute edges, glabrous above, and on 

 the margins : lower ones ovate ; spikes terminal ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, with the keel and margins rather scabrous. 0. H. 

 Native about Alexandria, in Egypt. C. herbacea, Forsk. fl. 

 egyp. p. 30. Flowers pentamerous, pale yellow, awned. 



Egyptian Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. | foot. 



8 C. GILA'NICA (Trin. in mem. act. petersb. 1818. p. 493. 

 t. 12.) stems erectish, branched ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, 

 mucronate, with prickly revolute edges ; flowers remotely spi- 

 cate ; bracteas and floral leaves ovate, ciliated, 4 times shorter 

 than the corolla, which is glabrous. % . H. Native of Persia, 

 in the province of Ghilan, on the mountains ; and of Caucasus, 

 in dry, stony places on the Taluseh mountains. Root slender, 

 creeping. Flowers pentamerous. Lobes of the corolla mucro- 

 nate. Fruit and stamens glabrous. Style inclosed. 



Ghilan Crosswort. PI. procumbent. 



2. Flowers capitate. 



9 G. MARITIMA (Lin. spec. 158.) plant suffruticose, procum- 

 bent, much branched, glaucous, glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 lanceolate, stiff, marginated, mucronate ; flowers axillary, dis- 

 posed in interrupted spikes, pentamerous. fj . F. Native along 

 the Mediterranean, in the sand by the sea side. Desf. fl. ad. 1. 

 p. 132. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3348. Rubeola maritima, Moench. 

 meth. p. 526. Barrel, icon. t. 355. Flowers cream-coloured. 

 Styles sometimes 3, but usually 2. Rubia maritima, Bauh. pin. 

 334. Rubia marina, Clus. hist. 2. p. 176. 



Sea-side Crosswort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. proc. 



10 C. CAPITA'TA (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 1. p. 12. t. 3.) plant suf- 

 fruticose, procumbent, branched, glaucous, glabrous ; leaves (! 

 in a whorl, almost linear; spikes capitate, ovate ; bracteas mem- 

 branous, lanceolate, longer than the leaves, trifid, girding 2 

 flowers each ; corollas 5-parted. Jj . F. Native on the top of 

 Mount Lebanon. Corolla blackish in the dried state. Bracteas 

 trifid. Bracteoles linear. 



Capitate-flowered Crosswort. Shrub procumbent. 



11C. STYLOSA (Trin. mem. act. petersb. 1818. p. 485. no. 3. 

 t. 11. ex Spreng. neu. entd. 1. p. 99.) plant procumbent; leaves 

 8-9 in a whorl, and are, as well as the stems, hispid ; heads ter- 

 minal, pedunculate ; flowers pentamerous ; style clavate, much 

 exserted, bifid at the apex. Native of Persia, in the province of 

 Ghilan, among rocks ; and of Caucasus, among bushes in the 

 province of Lenkeran, from the Caspian Sea even to the Taluseh 

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