134 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



In sandy pLaccs. Rare. Confined to the South- West of 

 England, Avhcre it occurs in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, and 

 Dorset. It has also been reported from Glamorganshire; hut this 

 extension of its northern limit requires confirmation. It is very 

 common in the Channel Islands. 



England. Annual. Summer. 



Stem dividing into several at the crown of the root, these again 

 sparingly dichotomously branched, 3 to 7 inches long. Leaves ^ inch 

 long (or less), obovate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, 

 rounded at the apex. Lower pairs of leaves with a second pair at 

 right angles to them so as to aj^pear whorled. Stipules ti'iangular- 

 lanceolate, white. Cymes very much branched, and with very 

 numerous flowers, which are about ^ inch across, on short pedicels. 

 Sepals green or purplish, with broad white scarious margins. Petals 

 scarious, shorter than the sepals. Stamens 3 to 5. Capsule about 

 as long as the calyx, with the valves straight, their edges rolled 

 inwards. Seeds yellowish brown, semicircular, compressed, with 

 elongated raised points disposed in irregular stria). Plant green, 

 often tinged with purple, slightly succulent, without hairs, but with 

 the stem and pedicels having very small papillae resembling those 

 of the ice-plant in miniature. 



Four-leaved All-Seed. 



French, Polycarpe d, Qvxitre Feuilles. German, VierMiiUriijes Nagdkraui. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 

 SILENE ALPESTRIS. Jacg. 



Said to have been found by Mr. G. Don on a rock on a moun- 

 tain to the East of Clova. 



BUPPONIA ANNUA. B.C. 

 B. tenuifolia, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1313. 



Said to have occurred about Boston in Lincolnshire, and on 

 Houuslow Heath, in the time of Plunkenet and Dillenius ; but 

 there is little doubt that a mistake as to the species had been made 

 in both instances. 



SPERGULA PENTANDRA. Linn. 



Said to have been gathered in Ireland by Sherrard ; but the 

 Eev. W. W. Newbould is inclined to think (from the references in 

 the old Herbarium) that the plant under that name was really one 

 of the pentandrous Spergularioe. 



