204 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. [CL. X. 



Annual : flowers in June : found on rocks on the mountains of 

 Angus-shire and Fifeshire, by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 

 1741. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 310. 687. 



** Stipules membranous. 



10. A, rubra. Purple Sandicort. Leaves linear, bristle-pointed ; 

 stipules 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. mar ma. Sea Sandicort. Leaves semi- cylindrical, fleshy, 

 pointless ; stipules membranous, sheathing ; seeds compressed, 



bordered, smoothish. Stems numerous, decumbent at the base : 



flowers rather large, with pale-purple petals. Annual : flowers in 

 June and July : grows on the sea-shore : frequent. Probably a 

 variety of the preceding. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 958. Eng. FL vol. 

 ii. p. 312. 689. 



13. CHERLE'RIA. CHERLERIA. 



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. 

 Germen oval, superior. Styles three, short ; stigmas obtuse. 

 Capsule egg-shaped, one-celled, three-valved. Seeds nume- 

 rous, angular. Named after John Henry Cherler, a botanist. 



233. 



1. C. sedoides. 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. vol. xvii. pi. 1212. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 313. 



690. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



14. COTYLEDON. 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. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July : grows on rocks and old walls-, 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 325. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 314. 691. 



