150 33. PARONYCHIACE^J. 



1. CORRIGIOLA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, oblong, equalling the sepals. 

 Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 1-seeded, indehiscent. 

 Seed suspended by its seedstalk, which arises from the base 

 of the capsule. L. alternate. 



2. HERNIARIA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, filiform, inserted with the 

 5 stam. on a perigynous ring. Stiff mas 2, nearly sessile. 

 Fr. 1-seeded, indehiscent, membranous. L. opposite. 



3. ILLECEBRUM. Sep. 5, thickened, horned at the back. Pet. 

 or 5, subulate, inserted with the 5 stam. on a perigynous 

 ring. Stigmas 2. Fr. l-seeded, furrowed, bursting along 

 the 5 furrows. 



1. CORRIGI'OLA Linn. Strap wort. 



1. C. littordlis (L.) ; st. leafy amongst the flowers. E. B. 

 668. Fl. stalked, white, small, in small clusters. Stem-1. ob- 

 long, narrow below. St. many from the crown of the root, 

 prostrate, slender. Sandy shores. Slapton Sands and near the 

 Start Point. Devon. Helston, Cornwall. A. VII. VIII. E. 



2. HEBKIA'RIA Linn. Bupturewort. 



1. H. gldbra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed all round 

 with minute decurved hairs, L narrowed below, clusters of sessile 

 fl. axillary collected on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy 

 spike. E. B. 206. Pale yellowish green. St. procumbent or 

 subterranean ; autumnal shoots ascending, irregularly branched 

 with spreading not imbricate leaves. Lateral branches resem- 

 bling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of the clusters. 

 Cal. glabrous or with a very few hairs. L. glabrous. Rare. 

 Suffolk. Wilsford, Lincoln. Six-mile Bottom, Camb. Finch- 

 ley Common. A. or B. VII. E. 



2. H. cilidta (Bab.) ; st. sufirutescent prostrate clothed on its 

 upperside alone with minute decurved hairs, /. orbicular-orate 

 ciliate, clusters of sessile fl. axillary upon the lateral branches 

 and distinct. E. B. S. 2857. -Dark green. Root strong, 

 woody. St. spreading extensively from the crown of the root 

 but scarcely rooting until the autumn, when they are prostrate, 

 and regularly alternately branched and the leaves are imbricate 

 in two rows. Clusters 1 3 together in small distinct bunches. 

 Fl. larger than in Sp. 1. Sep. tipped with a strong bristle. 

 Very rare. Lizard Point. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 



3. H. hirsuta (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 

 ttraight spreading hairs, 1. oblong narrowed at both ends, cal. 



