54^6 2S4. Adenar. 49. PARONYCHIDEiE. PLex.cal 



Alsine marina foliis portnlaceae. Rati Syn. 351, 12. 



Anthyllis lentifolia, sive Alsine Ciuciala marina, Ger. em. 622, 1. 



Anthyllis maritima lentifolia. Park. 262, 



Arenaria peploides, Lin. S. P, 605. 



Sea pimpernel. 



Sandy sea-shores ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Root creeping, very long ; stem prostrate ; leaves recurved, 

 keeled, ribless ; flowers small. 



B. Paronychide^ ver^. Bractecc scarious; calyx-lobes 

 with a membranous edge, often hooded at the tip ; leatres 

 stipuled. 



III. 325. ILLECEBRUM. Dioscor. Creeping-milkworl. 

 Calyx 5-parted; lobes thickened at the tip; petals 5, 



threadshapej'^barren stamens?) inserted on the bottom of 

 the calyx, alternate with the lobes ; stamens 2, fertile, peri- 

 gynous, opposite to the lobes of the calyx; style very short; 

 stigmata beaded; capsule enclosed in the connivent calyx, 

 first streaked, then opening at the streaks, 1 -seeded; seed 

 inserted on the si9e ; corculum scarcely bent, peripherical. 

 — Stem herbaceous, small, prostrate ; stipules scarious ; leaves 

 opposite ; flowers glomerate, axillary, whitish. 



Illecelrum verticillatum. Whirled creep ing-milkwort. 



Stem prostrate, threadshape, bald ; leaves roundish ; 



flowers whirled, 5-sided, awned. 



Corrigiola, Rati Syn. 160, 1. 

 Pohgala repens, Ger.. em. 563, 1. 

 Illecebrum verticillatum, Lin. S. P. 298. 

 Paronychia verticillata, De Candolk Fl. GaU.228&. 



Damp bogs and pastures ; perennial ; July. 

 Root fibrous; leaves not divided, bald, fleshy; stipules 

 torn. 



IV. S2f). CORRIGIOLA. Erick Cordus. Strapwort. 

 Calyx 5-parted, persisting; petals 5, as long as the calyx; 



stameiis 5; style short; stigmata 3; capsule 1-seeded, not 

 opening, 3-sided, covered with the calyx ; seed inserted at 

 the side; corculum peripherical. — tierh small; leaves al- 

 ternate, stipuled ; flowers coloured, small. 



Corrigiola littoralis. Shore strapwort. 



Flowers peduncled. 



Corrigiola littoralis, Lin. S. P. 380. 



Sea-shore; annual; July, August* 



