PI ex. cat 49. PARONYCHIDEiE. 323. Scleran. S'^S 



A. ScLERANTHiDE^. Flowers naked ; calyx-lobes simple ; 

 leaves sessile, linear, connate at the bottom ; stipules 0. 



I. 323. SCLERANTHUS. Linnaeus. Knawel. 

 Calyx tubular, constricted in the neck, limb 5-cut ; pe- 

 tals 0; stamens 10, very small; anthers roundish; styles 

 and stigmata 2; capsule very thin, 1-seeded, valveless, sunk 

 in the contracted calyx. — Stem herbaceous, small; flowers 

 axillary and rather corymbose, terminal. 



1. Sclerantfms perennis. Perennial knavjel. 

 Stem procumbent; calyx-teeth when in fruit incurved, 



blunt. 



Kiiawcl incanum, ilore majoreperennp. Rail Syrt. 160,2. 

 Saxifraga Anjjlicana alsinefolia, Ger, em, 567,5. 



Chalky fields ; perennial ; October and November. 



Herb glaucous, rather shining, afterw^ards reddish; leaves 

 often downy. — The Polish cochineal insect is found in 

 summer on its roots. 



2. Scleranthns anmiu<!. Annual knawel. 

 Stem spieading ; calyx-teeth when in fruit spreading, 



pointed. 



Knawel, Rait Syn. 159, 1. 



Polygonum selinoides sive Knawel, Ger. em. 566,4. 



Polygonum Gerinanicum vel Knawel Germanorum, Park. 147. 



Scleranllius annuus, Lin. S. P. 580. 



Parsley piert, German Knotgrass. 



Sandy corn-fields ; annual ; July. 



Root fibrous; steins branchy above; calyx 10-ribbed; 

 lobes acute, very spreading. — Steam of tlie decoction used 

 to cure the toothach. 



II. 324.. ADENARIUM. Rafinesque. ' Sandwort. 

 Calyx 5-cut, pitchershape at bottom ; petals 5, reverse 



ovate, not divided; stamens 10; filaynents with an ovate 

 gland on each side at the base; ovary 1-celled; ovules many; 

 placentarium central, threadlike ; stigmata 3 ; capsule three- 

 valved, many-seeded. — Herb fleshy, bald; leaves opposite^ 

 sessile ; flowers from the forks of the stem, sessile, solitary. 



Adenaria 7narina. Sea sandwort. 



Leaves ovate, pointed, fleshy, 4;-rowed ; calyx-lobes blunt, 

 ribless. 



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