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Tribe I. Paronychiea. 



1 . CORRIGIOLA Linn. 



\. C. littoralis (L.); st. leafy amongst the flowers. E. E. 

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

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

 g rostrate, slender. Sandy shores. Slapton Sands and near the 

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



2. HERNIARIA Linn. 



1. H. gldbra (L.); st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with mi- 

 nute decurved hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axillary 

 coalescing on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy spike. 

 E. B. 206. Pale yellowish-green. St. procumbent or subterra- 

 nean, rooting extensively; autumnal shoots ascending, irregularly 

 branched with spreading not imbricate leaves. Lateral branches 

 resembling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of the 

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

 /3. subciliata (Bab.); 1. more or less ciliated. Rare. Suffolk. 

 Ruan Minor, Cornwall. Wilsford, Lincoln. Six-mile Bottom, 

 Camb. Finchley Common. West of Kerry. P. VII. E. I. 



2. H. ciliata (Bab.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 

 minute decurved hairs, 1. orbicular-ovate ciliated, clusters of ses- 

 sile/, axillary upon the lateral branches and distinct. E. B. S. 

 2857. Dark green. Root strong, woody. St. spreading exten- 

 sively from the crown of the root but scarcely rooting until the 

 autumn when they are prostrate and regularly alternately branched 

 and the leaves are imbricated in two rows. Clusters 1 3 

 together in small distinct bunches. Sep. tipped with a strong 

 bristle. Very different in habit from H. glabra. Very rare. 

 Lizard Point, Cornwall. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 



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

 straight spreading hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axil- 

 lary distinct. E. B. 1379. Cal. hairy, resembling a minute bur. 

 A very doubtful native. The Finchley Common plant was 

 H. glabra. P. VII.] 



3. ILLECEBRUM Linn. 



1. 1. verticillatum (L.).K B. 895. St. procumbent, filiform, 

 glabrous. Fl. whorled, axillary, minute, white. L. roundish, 

 variable in size, shorter or longer than the flowers. Boggy 

 ground in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



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