TRIANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Polycarpon. 189 



Herbaceous, branched, annual. Leaves opposite, in double 

 pairs, undivided, entire. Fl. small, in terminal, forked 

 panicles. Only 1 certain species. 



1. P. tetraphyllum. Four-leaved All- seed. 



P. tetraphyllum. Linn. Sp. PL 131. Willd. v. 1. 490. Fl. Br. 162. 



Engl. Bot. V. 15. t. 1031 . FL Gnec. v. 2. 4. t. 102. Dicks. H. 



Sicc.fasc. 17. 6. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 416. 

 Paronychia altera. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 389./. Dalech. Hist. 1213. 



/•2. 



Anthyllis marina incana alsinefolia. Ger. Em. 622./. 

 A. alsinefolia polygonoides major. Barrel. Ic. t. 534. 



In waste ground on the south coast. 



On various parts of the coasts of Devonshire. Huds. Dorsetshire, 

 and Portland island. Bishop of Carlisle. 



Annual. May — Aug. or later. 



Root tapering. Stem very much branched, spreading flat on the 

 ground, beset with numerous, obovate, entire, dark green, 

 smooth, slightly succulent, stalked leaves, 2 pair together, 

 crossing each other, so as to resemble a whorl. Stipulas oppo- 

 site, membranous, pointed, jagged. Panicles terminal, several 

 times forked, smooth, with a pair of acute membranous bracteas 

 at each division. FL greenish white, small. 



