204 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. QCL. X. 



by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1744. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 



p. 310. 687. 



** Stipules membranous. 



10. A. rnbra. Purple Sandwart. Leaves linear, bristle-pointed ; sti- 

 pules membranous, sheathing; seeds compressed, angular, roughish. 



Stems numerous, prostrate, branched, hairy towards the extremity : 

 leaves opposite : flowers from the forks of the stem : calyx clammy, 

 ribless, longer than the pale-purple petals. Annual : flowers in July 

 and August: grows in sandy fields and waste places: not uncommon. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 852. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 311. 688. 



11. A. marina. Sea Sandwort. Leaves semi-cylindrical, fleshy, point- 

 less ; stipules membranous, sheathing ; seeds compressed, bordered, 



siuoothish. Stems numerous, decumbent at the base: flowers rather 



large, with pale-purple petals. Annual: flowers in June and July: 



rows on the sea-shore : frequent. Probably a variety of the preceding. 

 ~ng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 958. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 312. 689. 



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13. CHERLE'RIA. CHEHLEHIA. 



Calyx inferior, of five lance-shaped, equal, permanent leaves. 

 Petals none. Nectaries five minute glands, at the base of five 

 of the stamens. Filaments awl-shaped; anthers roundish. Ger- 

 men oval, superior. Styles three, short ; stigmas obtuse. Capsule 

 egg-shaped, one-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, angular. 

 Named after John Henry Cherler, a botanist. 233. 



1. C. sedmdes. Roots crowded ; stems tufted ; leaves oblong, 



keeled, minutely fringed, pale-green ; flowers yellowish-green. Roots 



densely crowded, bearing close tufts of stems, which, with the slender 

 leaves, form a thick mass of short verdure. Perennial : flowers in July : 

 grows near the summits of the higher mountains of Scotland. Eng. Bot. 

 rol. xvii. pi. 1212. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 313. 690. 



PENTAGYNIA. 

 14. COTYLE'DON. NAVELWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, with five acute segments. Corolla of 

 one petal, bell-shaped, five-cleft. Nectaries a concave scale at the 

 base of each germen. Filaments awl-shaped, straight, nearly as 

 long as the corolla ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germens 

 five, oblong, each terminating in an awl-shaped style, which is 

 shorter than the corolla ; stigmas simple. Capsules five, oblong, 

 pointed, one-valved. Seeds numerous, small. Named from 

 cotyle, a cup. 234. 



1. C. Umbilicus. Common Navelwort. Leaves peltate, crenate ; flowers 

 clustered, drooping; bracteas entire; root tuberous. Stem about six 

 inches high, purplish : flowers pale-yellow. Perennial : flowers in June 

 and July : grows on rocks and old walls : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 325. 

 Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 314. 691. 



