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XLII. PAEONYCHIEiE. 



Calyx 5 -parted, imbricate in tlie bud, persistent. Petals 5, small, sometimes wanting. 

 Capsule superior, of 1 cell. Placenta central. Embryo cui-ved. Albumen farinaceous, small. 

 Herbs with ojiposite L. and scariose Stipules. 



248. TELEPHIUM. 



1. Imperati. Procumbent. L. alternate. 

 El. crowded, in a raceme-like corymb, p. 7. 

 Open rocks, s. Er. s. Tyr. Vail. Susa. 



249. CORRIGIOLA. 



1. telephiifolia. Corymb leafless, on long 

 stalk. El. stalked. Stem-L. obovate. p. 6, 7. 

 Sandy fields . Perpignan. Prades le Boulon. 



2. littoralis. Corymbs leafy, nearly ses- 

 sile. El. staUied. Stem-L. lineari-cuneate, 

 alternate, a. 7, 8. Gravel or sandy, s. and 

 m. Eur. 



250. HERNIARIA. 



A. Small. Stems prostrate. Flowers in 

 axillary clusters. 



1. glabra. Stem smooth, or clothed 

 with short and somewhat deflexed hairs. L. 

 elliptic, obtuse, smooth, or with a few hairs 

 towards the top, or more or less cihate. Clus- 

 ters axillaiy, coalescing on the lateral branches 

 into a somewhat leafy spike. Cal. nearly hair- 

 less. (Stem extensively rooting, Bab.) but I do 

 not usually find it so. p. 7-9- Ifry, sandy 

 or stony, m. and s. Eur. 



2. ciliata. Stem clothed with minute de- 

 curved hairs. L. elliptic, obtuse, ciUate, and 

 sometimes with a few hairs on the sm-face. 

 Clusters axiUary ; those on the lateral branches 

 distinct. Sepals tipped with a strong bristle. 

 Root woody. Stem rarely rooting, p. 7, 8. 

 Lizard Point, Cornwall. Guernsey. / adopt 

 this from Bab. It seems hardly distinct 

 from the preceding, though in some respects 

 between that and H. alpina. 



3. alpina. Stems clothed at fast with 

 somewhat deflexed hairs. L. elliptic, cUi- 

 ate, and generally with scattered hau's on 

 the surface. Clusters axillary, few-flowered, 

 crowded towards the ends of the branches. 

 Cal. everywhere covered with equal hairs, p. 

 7, 8. Very high, rocky, w. Alps. 



4. hirsuta. Stem densely covered with 

 spreading hairs. L. elliptic, everywhere hairy. 

 Clusters axillary, 5 -lO-flowered, distinct. Cal. 



very haii-y, tipped with a long bristle, p. 

 7-9. Sandy fields, m. and s. Eur. Neither 

 this nor the preceding seem to throw out 

 roots. 



5. incana. "Stem-L. obovate or oblong, 

 ciliate, attenuate. Clusters lax, about 3- 

 flowered. Hairs of the divisions of the Cal. 

 equal, p. 5, 6. adi-. G." — Koch. This ap- 

 pears to me to be annual, and to be the 

 H. cinerea of Gussone. 



B. Stems erect. Mowers hairless, in a loose 

 cyme. 



6. polygonoides. Branches dichotomous 

 at top. L. distant, ovate, cusjndate. Stip. 

 linear, acuminate, half as long as L. El. ter- 

 minal, sessile. s.S. 6, 7- Coast, s. Er. 



251. ILLECEBRUM. 



1. verticillatum. Stems prostrate. L. 

 nearly round. El. minute, in whorled clusters. 

 Stip. scariose. p. 7, 8. Featy or moist sandy. 

 Not in Italy. 



. 252. PARONYCHIA. 



A. Sepals dilated at top. Flowers in a cyme. 



1. cymosa. Stem erect. Branches diva- 

 ricate. L. in whorls, somewhat terete, awned. 

 Ultimate El. in cymes. Cal. awned. a. 5. Sandy. 

 Cevennes. Orange. Frejus. 



S. Sepals not dilated upwards. Flowers in 

 axillary clusters. * 



2. echinata. Prostrate. Points of the 

 Hood of the Sepals lengthened into awns. L. 

 elliptic, cihato-serrate. Stip. much shorter 

 than L. Bracts much shorter than flowers, a. 

 5, 6. Very dry. Prov. Sic. 



3. longiseta. " Procumbent. L. obverse- 

 ly lanceolate, mucronato-aristate, ciHolate. 

 Heads terminal and lateral. Bracts ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, equalling or exceeding 

 flowers. Segments of Cal. oblong, 1-nerved, 

 with a broad margin, arched, with a seta as 

 long as the segment below the arch. p. 5. 

 Sea-shore. Nice." — Bert. 



4. polygonifolia. Prostrate, diffuse. Seg- 

 ments of Cal. with a short point. Setse below 



