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minima Ger. (Syn., p. 207), \_Radiola millegrana, Sm.] 

 The last is placed amongst the vasculiferous plants, with 

 a pentapetalous flower, but more particularly amongst 

 the Alsines species, Anomalce jlore tetrapetalo. This note 

 seems to agree even to the Herniaria Ger., J. B., in that 

 it is vasculiferous, and has a tetrapetalous flower; the 

 other placed amongst the Polygonums, and you have 

 given it a stamineous, but tetrapetalous flower : so that 

 they seem not much to difier in flower The reason of 

 my query is, because in all those I had occasion to 

 meet with, both in Ericetis, on lee-grounds, and in corn- 

 fields, I could never observe any diflerence in the charac- 

 teristic, but only as to the growth. I shall not question 

 but there may be two distinct genuses under that name, 

 but I should be glad to know if it is of your own ob- 

 servation. 



Eruca maritima Anglica siliqud fiingosd Morisoni 

 \Cakile maritima, Willd.], plantse genus flore et calice 

 tetrapetalo, cujus pistillus mutatur in fructum oblongum 

 fungosum geniculatum et in duas capsulas divisum in 

 quibus singulis unicum continetur semen oblongum. 

 Tournefort (Inst. R. H., p. 212) makes this plant a species 

 Crambes, under the name of Crambe maritima foliis Enic. 

 latioribus frudu hastiformi ; but it does not agree to the 

 character of Crambe, and therefore I think Dr. Herman 

 was rather in the right, who says it has capsulam dys- 

 permam. 



Anthyllis maritima lentifolia, C. B. P. \_Arenaria pe- 

 ploides, Linn.], is placed in your Syn. amongst the pen- 

 tapetalous and vasculiferous plants, next the Alsines 

 species, and I think with very good reason ; for, by 

 observing the plant, I find it to have a pentapetalous 

 flower, and calix petalis ut plurimiim bifidis cujus pistillus 

 mutatur in capsulam subrotundam et acuminatum in 

 cujus cavitate semina plurima rotunda et alba continentur, 

 so that it may very well enter that tribe. I cannot find 

 where Tom-nefort has placed it, except it be under the name 



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