HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Peplis. 187 



A. valentina. Clus. Hist. v.2. I86.f. Ger. Em. 566./. Lob. Ic. 

 421./. 



Quadrifoglio annuo di Persia. Zannon. 1st, 164. t. 66. 



Valentia Knot-grass. Pet. H. Brit. 1. 10./. S. 



On the sea coast of Sussex, very rare. 



Found by Mr. Brewer on the Sussex coast. Dillenius. Between 

 Bognor and Brighthelmston. Huds. 



Annual. Juli/. 



Root fibrous. Stems numerous, prostrate, leafy, downy, branched 

 from the very base, forked. Leaves opposite, or 4 together, on 

 fringed stalks, single-ribbed, slightly revolute ; smooth and 

 green above ; hoary, as if powdery, beneath. Fl. pale redj chiefly 

 from the forks of the stem. 



202. PEPLIS. Purslane. 



Linn. Gen. \76. Jim.SSS. Fl.Br.ZS9. Lam. t. 262. Gcertn. t.5\. 

 Portula. DHL Gen. 133. t. 7. 

 Glaucoides. Mich. Gen. 21. 1. 18./. 1. 



Nat. Ord. Calycanthemcc. Linn. 17. SalicaricE. Juss. 91. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, bell-shaped, large, permanent, in 6, 

 rather deep, acute segments, with as many intermediate 

 plaits. Pet. 6, very minute, obovate, inserted into the 

 throat of the calyx, between its segments. Filam. thread- 

 shaped, incurved, shorter than the calyx, alternate with 

 the petals. Antli. roundish. Germ, superior, globular, 

 furr-owed. St^/le very short, cylindrical. Stigma capitate, 

 globose. Cajys. globose, membranous, pellucid, of 2 cells, 

 not bursting, with a transverse partition. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, obtuse, triangular, inserted into the central co- 

 lumn. 



Herbaceous, with opposite or alternate, simple leaves, and 

 axillary Jlowers. 



1 . P. Portula. Water Purslane. 



Petals wanting, or scarcely visible. Leaves opposite, ob- 

 ovate, stalked. 



P. Portula. Linn. Sp. PL 474. WillcL v. 2. 243. FLBr.3S9. EngL 

 BoL v.\7.t. 1211. Curt Lond.fasc. 4. t. 27. Hook. Scot 111. 

 FL Dan. t. 64. 



P. n. 856. HaU. Hist. v. 1 . 379. 



Portula. DHL Giss. 120. append. 133. t.7. Rail Syn. 368. 



Glaucoides palustre, portulacee folio^ flore purpureo. Mich. Gen. 21 . 

 t.\3.f,\. 



Glaux aquatica, folio subrotundo. Loes. Pruss. 106. t.20. 



G. altera palustris repens subrotundo folio. Bocc. Mus. 107. t. 84. 

 /. 1. f'ailLPar.SO. L 15./ 5. 



