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ii. Stem huff-coloured, nearly wilhoid stripes. 

 Calyx of Fruit hard and tliiclc. 



15. arenaria {laciniata of English au- 

 thors). Stem herbaceous, prostrate. L. rounded 

 or deltoideo-elliptic, sinuate. Spikes leafy. Cal. 

 of Fr. very broad, divided almost to the base. 

 a. 7-9. Sandy shores. Eug. Dunkirk, w. 

 Ear.— J.W. 



16. rosea. Stem firm and self-supporting. 

 L. ovato-deltoid, sinuate or deeply toothed. 

 Lateral Spikes often leafy ; terminal usually 

 long and naked. Cal. of Fr. rhomboideo-semi- 

 circular. a. 8, 9. Waysides, e. G. s. Fr. 



17. laciniata. Stems diffuse. L. deltoid, 

 8-lobed, sinuate. Spikes very long and naked. 

 Cal. of Fr. square or rhomboideo-semicircular. 

 a. 7-9. s. Eur. 



18. caxupanulata. Stems diffiise. ' L. 

 ovato-deltoid or oblong, 3-lobed, on a wedge- 

 shaped base ; or oblong, entire. Spikes naked, 

 very long and slender. Cal. of Fr. campa- 

 nulate, ending in triangidar lobes, a. 8, 9. 

 s. Ft.— J. W. 



19. EZalimus. A Shrub ! L. quite entii-e, 

 or rarely somewhat toothed at the base, del- 

 toideo-ovate, obtuse, mucronulate, scaly. Cal. 

 of Fr. subrhombeo-reniform, entii'e. S. 8, 9. 

 Sandy shores, s. Fr. hardly wild. 



The following I do not know hoio to arrange. 



20. Bocconi. " Shi'ubby at base, tufted. 

 L. rather blunt, oblongo-deltoid, entire at base, 

 repando- or sinuato-dentate, hoary with scales 

 imderneath, or on both sides. A few clusters in 

 the axils of L., the rest in dense, leafless spikes. 

 Cal. of Fr. deltoideo - hastate : middle lobe 

 lengthened ; lateral somewhat dentate, p. or 

 w. Clayey maritime hills" — Guss. 



21. platysepala. " Smooth, green. Stem 

 much branched. L. entire. Lower and middle 

 L. somewhat hastate ; upper oblongo-lanceo- 

 late. A few axillary clusters of Fl. below the 

 leafless spikes. Cal. of Fr. triangular. Lobes 

 entire, or acutely dentate below the middle. 

 a. 8-10. Open fields. Sic." — Guss. 



22. macrodira. "Mealy when young. 

 Stem fii-m, erect. Middle and lower L. ovato- 

 lanceolate, cuneate at base, dentate in the 



middle ; upper lanceolate, entire. Clusters of 

 Fl. loosely distributed in terminal splices. Cal. 

 of Fr. somewhat deltoideo -hastate, many times 

 longer than the seed : the seeds and the auri- 

 cles acutely and unequally toothed ; the middle 

 prolonged and entire, a. 8-10. Grassy fields. 

 Sic. Resembles A. angustifolia." — Guss. 



23. elongata. " Covered with glaucous 

 scales. Stem long, diffuse, much branched. 

 L. deltoideo-obloug ; a few of the lower hastate, 

 opposite ; margin entire. Clusters disposed in 

 dense, leafless, panicled, tenninal spikes. Cal. 

 of Fr. rhombeo-deltoid, nervoso - reticulate, 

 without tubercles, a. p. 9, 10. Salt marshes. 

 Habit of Beta Cycla." — Guss. 



24. Tornabeni. " Covered with silvery 

 scales. Stem nearly erect, much branched. L. 

 on the younger branches obtuse, rhombeo- 

 ovate, angulato-dentato-crenate; the others 

 deltoid, somewhat acute, nearly entire. Some 

 of the fertile Fl. axillary, nearly solitary ; fertile 

 and barren in leafless spikes. Cal. of Fr. 

 rhomboid, with 1 or 2 obtuse teeth, a. 7-9- 

 Sandy shores. Sic." — Guss. I suspect this 

 to be A. laciniata, to which Tenore referred it; 

 and the following to be A. rosea. 



25. polysperma. " Somewhat glaucous, 

 scaly or powdery. Stem erect. L. deltoideo- 

 ovate, unequally sinuato-dentate, entire at base. 

 Clusters of Fl. numerous, axillary, and some- 

 what approximate in terminal spikes. Cal. of 

 Fr. rhomboid and ovate, with a narrow, irregu- 

 larly toothed mai'gin, tubercled on the back. 

 a. 9, 10. Uncultivated shores." — Guss. 



A.farinosa and A. flavescens of Dum., said 

 to grow on the sandy shores of Belgium, A. 

 veneta of WUld., A. sicula of Ucria, are not so 

 described as to render it possible to identify 

 them. The latter is joined by Guss. to A. tri- 

 angularis. 



TRIBE r. 

 697. THELYGONUM. 



1. Cynocrambe. Stems prostrate. L. 

 oval, stalked, a. 6. Rocks and walls, radt. 

 Fr. Italy. 



