PI ex. cat. 49. PARONYCHIDE^. 326. Corrig. 547 



Root slender ; stems many, mostly simple ; leaveii linear, 

 lanceolate, fleshy, glaucous ; tkyrse lateral and terminal, 

 bracteated ; flowers white. 



V. 327. HERNIARIA. Gesner. Rupturewort. 

 Calyx 5-parted, coloured on the inside ; petals 5, thread- 

 shape; stamens 5 i alternating; styles and. stigmata 2 ; cap- 

 sule 1 -seeded, not opening, closed in the calyx. — Herb 

 small, prostrate ; stem, branchy ; flowers glomerate, axillary. 



1 . Herniaria glair a. Bald rupturewort. 

 Stem much branched, prostrate, creeping, bald ; ^Zowe- 



rules many-flowered, axillary, bald. 



Herniaria, Rail Syn. J 60, 1 ; Ger. em. 569, 1. 

 Millegrana major seu Herniaria major, Park. 446. 

 Herniaria glabra, Lin, S. P. 317. 



Sandy heaths; perennial; July and August. 



Root fusiform; branches alternate; leaves ovate; lower 

 leaves opposite ; upper alternate ; flowers sessile, yellowish 

 green. — Herb diuretic, astringent, tastes rather saltish ; 

 juice removes specks on the eyes. 



2. Herniaria hirsuta. Hairy strapwort. 

 Stem rather hard, very much branched, prostrate, creep- 

 ing, hirsute ; glomerules few-flowered, axillary, hirsute. 



Herniaria hirsuta, Dillen in Rati Syn. 161, 2; Lin. S. P. 317. 



Sandy fields ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Stem and lower surface of the leaves hirsute ; hairs 

 spreading ; calyx densely bristled. 



VI. 328. POLYCARPON. Dalechamp. All-seed. 

 Calyx pitchershape at the bottom, 5-cut ; petals 5, very 



short, scalelike, nicked, persisting ; stamens 3 ; ovary sub- 

 stipitate; styles and stigmata 3; capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Stem herbaceous; leaves opposite or whirled; 

 flowers forked, corymbose, terminal. 



Polycarpon tetrapfiylhn. Four-leaved all-seed. 



Stem much branched, prostrate ; leaves 4 in a whirl. 



Anthyllis marina incana alsinefoHa, Ger. em. 622,2. 

 Polycarpon (etraphyllum, Lin. S. P. 131. 



Sands and old walls near the sea; annual; July, August. 

 Stem, very much branched, diffuse; leaves rather fleshy, 

 upper leaves opposite ; flowers numerous. 



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