136 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. fcL. Y. 



1 . F. minor. Lesser Periwinkle. Stems procumbent ; leaves be- 

 tween lance- shaped and elliptical, smooth on the margin ; flowers 

 stalked; segments of the calyx lance-shaped. Flowering branches 

 erect : flowers solitary, bright-blue. Perennial : flowers in May : 

 grows on banks and in hedges: rare. Eng. Hot. vol. xiii. pi. 917. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 339. 381. 



2. F. major. Greater Periivinkle. Stems ascending ; leaves egg- 

 shaped, fringed ; flowers stalked ; segments of the calyx linear, 



elongated. Flowers pale-blue, nearly twice the size of those of 



the former species. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in woods : 

 rare, and not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 514. Eng. FL vol. i. 

 p. 340. 382. 



DIGYNIA. 



42. HERNIA'RIA. RUPTURE-WORT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, internally coloured, deeply divided 

 into five acute, spreading, permanent segments. Corolla none. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than the calyx, with five inter- 

 mediate imperfect ones ; anthers five, two-lobed. Germen egg- 

 shaped. Styles very short; stigmas pointed. Capsule mem- 

 branous, one-celled. Seed solitary, roundish, pointed, filling 

 the capsule. Named from hernia, rupture. 127. 



1. H. gldbra. Smooth Rupture-wort. Herbaceous ; leaves and 



calyx smooth. Root tapering : stems prostrate, much branched : 



leaves inversely egg-shaped, on short stalks, glabrous : flowers 

 small, green, in dense clusters. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows in sandy ground, in the south of England. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. iii. pi. 206. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 8. When the leaves are 

 ciliated, it is the H. ciliata, Ciliated Rupture-wort, of some botanists. 



383. 



43. CHENOPO'DIUM. GOOSE-FOOT. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five egg- 

 shaped, concave, permanent segments, membranous at the edges. 

 Corolla none. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the calyx ; 

 anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen round, depressed. Styles 

 short ; stigmas obtuse. Seed solitary, round, flattened, enve- 

 loped by the permanent, five-cornered calyx. Name from 

 c/ien, a goose, smdpous, a foot. 128. 



* Leaves angular. 



1. Ch. Bonus Henricus. Mercury Goose-foot. Good Henry. Leaves 

 triangular, arrow-shaped, entire ; spikes terminal and axillar, com- 

 pound, leafless. Root fleshy, branched: stems a foot high, fur- 

 rowed, leafy. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in waste 

 ground, and by roads, near houses : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. 

 pi. 1033. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 10. 384. 



2. Ch. intermedium. Upright Goose-foot. Leaves triangular, 

 toothed; clusters very long, straight, approaching the stem, nearly 

 leafless. Root fibrous : stem erect, two feet high, angular, fur- 

 rowed : leaves stalked : clusters axillar and terminal, erect, shorter 

 than the leaves : seed five times as large as that of the following 



