HonckenyaS] xiY. caryophyllace^ : alsine^e. 



GS 



f. 



straight parallel, capsules scarcely so long as the cal., leaves 

 subulate spreading at the base. B. tenuifolia Sm, : E. B. 1. 1313. 



Said to have been found in Plukenet's and Dillenius' time, about 

 Boston in Lincolnshire, and on Hounslovv Heath. ©. 6.. — Lin- 

 naeus' B^ tenuifolia is made up of several species; hence it is better to 

 adopt the name given by De Candolle. 



8. Cherleria Linn. Cyphel. 



Flowers polygamous. CaL of 5 sepals united at the base 

 and urceolate. Pet. none (or '^5 perigynous,. very minute, 

 entire and obliquely notched"). Stam. 10, alternating with 

 glands ; anthers abortive in the fertile flowers. Styles 3. Caps. 

 1-celled, opening with 3 valves, abortive when the anthers are 

 perfect. Seeds 5 — 6, minute. — Named in honour of John 

 Henry Cherler^ a friend and coadjutor of John Bauhin* 



1. C. sedoides L. (mossy C). E. B. t. 1212. 



Summits of the Highland mountains, especially those of the Brea- 



%. 6 — 8. — Roots exceedingly long, running deep 

 into the earth, bearing, upwards, innumerable short forked stems, 

 and forming a dense mass which scarcely rises above the surface of 

 the soil. Leaver crowded, linear-subulate, channelled above, slightly 



Flowers solitary, imbedded 



among the dense mass of leaves, yellow-green. CaL membranous at 



In the fertile flowers the stamens are three times shorter 

 than the calyx ; when perfect they are as long as the sepals. We 

 ourselves have never seen any petals. 



dalbane range. 



ciliated and glandular at the edge. 



the edge. 



9. HoNCKENYA Ehrh. Sea-Purslane. 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals 5. Petals 5, conspicuous, un- 

 divided. Stamens 10, alternating with glands : anthers abortive 

 in the fertile flowers : ovarz/ with 3 — 5 styles, abortive when the 



anthers are perfect. Caps, opening with 3 

 with 5 alternate with the sepals. Seeds 8 



4 entire valves, or 

 10, large. — Named 



i 



after Gerh. Aug. Ilonckeny^ a German botanist. 



1. K.peploides Ehrh. (ovate-leaved S.). ArenariaZ.; E.B. 

 t. 189. Alsine Wahl. 



On sandy sea-shores^ frequent. H- . 5—7. — Root long and creeping, 

 slender. Stems decumbent at the base; branches erect, leafy upwards. 

 Leaves large, decussate, connate, fleshy, shining, a little recurved. 

 Flowers solitary or 2 — 3 together, in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 nearly sessile, closing in the shade. Calyx ribless. Petals white, 

 small, scarcely longer than the calyx^, distant, broadly ovate, shortly 

 clawed. Surrounding the germen are 10 glands, alternating with the 

 stamens. '« Styles 3 in the lower, mostly 5 in the upper flowers," 

 Torr. and Gr. Capsule large, roundish, with few large, and black 

 seeds. The American iJ. oblongifolia is no longer considered a distinct 

 species ; so that this is the only one belonging to the genus. 



