312 DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Cherleria. 



A. marina. With. 422. AUion. Pedem. v. 2. 114. 



A. rubra y. Huds. 193. 



Alsine spergulse facie media. Bauh. Pin. 25 1 . Raii Syn. 35 1 . 



A. Spergula major maritima &c. Moris, v. 2. bb\. sect. 5. t. 23. f. 15. 



Spergula marina. Dalech. Hist. 1385./. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 



719. 2./. 720. Ger. Em. 1125.11 4. 

 Sea Spurry. Pet. H. Brit. t. 59. f. 7. 



On the sandy sea coastj and in pastures adjacent. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root spindle-shaped. Herb like the preceding, but stouter and more 

 succulent. Leaves convex beneath, smooth, destitute of a ter- 

 minal bristle. Fl. and capsule much larger, especially the latter, 

 which is twice the length of the calyx. Seeds round, flat, smooth, 

 encircled with a membranous border, variable in breadth and 

 colour, even in seeds of the same capsule, as Dr. Stokes first ob- 

 served. In |8 this border is more uniformly dilated, white and 

 striated. But the species of Spergula hereafter to be described 

 invalidate even this, as a specific distinction, and justify Pro- 

 fessor Hooker's doubt, whether both these plants ought not to 

 be considered as varieties of .^. rubra. 1 think nevertheless the 

 leaves, and the different size of the capsules, indicate a spe- 

 cific distinction ; and the seeds, though various in their border, 

 never have the shape and roughness of A. rubra. 



237. CHERLERIA. Cyphel. 



Linn. Gen. 227. Juss. 301. Fl. Br. 483. Hall. It. Helv. t. 1. 

 Lam. t.379. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 232. 



Cal. inferior, of 5 lanceolate, concave, equal, permanent 

 leaves. Pet. none. Ned. 5 minute cloven glands, at the 

 inside of 5 of the stamens, opposite to the calyx. Filam. 

 awl-shaped, the 5 alternate ones attached to the backs of 

 the nectaries. Anth. roundish. Germ, oval, superior. 

 Styles 3, short. Stigmas obtuse. Caps, ovate, of 1 cell, 

 and 3 valves. Seeds several, angular. 



A smooth, dwarf, tufted, perennial herb, closely allied to 

 Arenaria, but distinguished by the situation of its necta- 

 ries, and the want of petals. Seguier however describes 

 5 undivided greenish petals, alternate with the calyx, 

 which nobody else has seen. 



1. C. sedoides. Mossy Cyphel. Dwarf Cherleria. 



C. sedoides. Linn. Sp.- PI. 608. fVilld. v. 2. 730. Fl. Br. 483. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 17. t. 1212. Hook. Scot. 139. Dicks. H. Sice, 

 fasc. 1. 9. Jacq. Austr. t. 284. 



