TETRANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Buffonia. 225 



In sandy or gravelly fields, especially when fallow, as well as on 

 heathy banks. 



Annual. May — October. 



Root small, fibrous. Stems numerous, about a finger's length, 

 spreading or prostrate, round, leafy, hardly subdivided. Leaves 

 alternate, variously cut, on short 'stalks, with large deeply cut 

 sfipulas. Fl. green, in axillary, hairy tufts, still shorter than the 

 footstalks. The whole plant is more or less hairy, and in fla- 

 vour and scent approaches its natural ally, Burnet. Like most 

 other plants which have obtained an empirical reputation for 

 calculous complaints, it is astringent, and perhaps slightly mu- 

 cilaginous. 



The stamens, generally 4, are often solitary. In other respects it 

 is altogether an Akhemilla ; and, like A. vulgaris, has often 2 

 pistils. 



TETRANDRIA DIGYNTA. 

 79. BUFFONIA. BufFonia. 



Linn. Gen. 65. Juss. 300. Fl. Br. 191. Lam. t. 87. Gcprtn. 1. 129. 

 Nat. Ord. Caryophylleee. Linn. 22. Juss. 82. N. 63 the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 4 upright, awl-shaped, keeled, equal leaves, 

 membranous at their edges. Car. of 4 elliptic-oblong, 

 undivided, equal, upright petals, shorter than the calyx. 

 Filam. awl-shaped, smooth, shorter than the petals. Anth, 

 roundish, of 2 cells. Germ, superior, obovate, compressed. 

 Styles 2, short and distant, erect. Stigmas capitate. Caps. 

 oval, compressed, of one cell, and 2 valves. Seeds 2, large, 

 oval, compressed, tuberculated, insei'ted into the base of 

 the capsule. 



Habit of an Arenaiia,wkh awl-shaped /^a)y^5. Nearly smooth 

 in every part. Only 1 species* 



1. B. teninfolia. Slender BufFonia. 



B. tenuifolia. With. 205. Fl. Bt.\9\. Engl. Dot. v. 19, t. I3I3. 

 Bufonia. Linn. Sp. Pl.\79. mild. v. \. 700. Huds.72. Hvll 38. 



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