rARONYCniACE^. 17!> 



(lill'i'i-.s ill ]>v\n<x nearly f]jlnbrous, in liavin;^ the Howli-s :i littli' bihuIKm-, 

 anil tlio sepals nioro obtuse. 



Glahvoun Ruptnmcort. 



Frcncli, llninuvi- jluclle. German, Icahlcs Tauteiidlorm,. 

 Ciil popper tolls us that this herb " hath not his namo in vaine; for it is fonnd liy 

 oxiH-i-iiMifo to euro the ru])turo, not only in chiUlrcn, but in chlor persons, if tlio 

 (liscoso 1)0 not too inveterate, by taking a ilram of the powder of the drycd herb every 

 day iu wiuo for certain days togetlier." 



SrECIi:S II.-HERNIARIA CI LI AT A. Bab. 

 Plate ilCLXXII. 



Root stout. Stems numerous from the crown of the root, spreadinp:, 

 sudViitoscont, rooting at the base, flexuous, irregularly branehed; 

 branches often in tults from the apex of the portion of stem which has 

 survived the winter, and alternate on the shoots of the year, ascending, 

 distichous, diminishing in size irregularly towards the apex of the 

 stems. Leaves oblong-oval or roundish oval, rather abruptly contracted 

 towards the base. Stipules large, silvery Avhite. Flowers subsessilc in 

 axillary clusters. Calyx segments obtuse, glabrous or ciliated. Stigmas 

 divergent. Plant glabrous, with the branches clothed with minute 

 dellexed hairs on the uj)per side only ; leaves generally ciliated on the 

 margins. 



On dry baidis and commons. Very rare. The Lizard Point, Corn- 

 wall, L'Ancresse Common and Port de fer, Guernsey. Tlicre are 

 specimens in Mr. Watson's herbarium from I)r. W. Andrews, which 

 on the ticket are localised from Kerr}', but as no notice is taken of this 

 station iu the Cybele Hibernica, it is probable some mistake has been 

 made; these specimens have the straggling growth and elongated 

 internodes of cultivated examples, and have probably been inadvert- 

 ently mi.xed with plants collected in Kerry. 



England, [Ireland. ] Perennial. Spring to Autumn. 



A stouter i)lant th;ui II. glabra, with the stems branched and inter- 

 lacing, so as to I'orm large circular tufts; in cultivation these tufts are 

 often 11 yard across, remaining green and growing diu'ing the winter 

 even iu the neighbourhood of London; so that it is not merely the 

 milder atmosphere of Cornwall or Guernsey that allows the plant to be 

 an evergreen undershrub. Leaves -,',, to | inch long, usuallv nmch 

 broader than in II. glabra, and narrowed from about the miildle or 

 more often from the basal ipiarter. Stipules triangular and ciliated as 

 ii; 11. glabra, but of a nmch purer white, showing very conspicuously 

 in the }oung branches. Lateral branches towards the apex of the 



