136 .33. ■■ PAEONTCHIACijS. 



3. Ilt-ecebbitm:. Sep. 5, thickenai., horned at the back /Pit. 

 or 5, subulate, insertedi -witli 'tke i5 stam/ on a fperigynous 

 ring. Stigmas 2. Fr, l-segded, furrowed, hursting along 

 the 5 fuTrpws; i-^' ' ;'' ' ' 



1. CoKEiei'oi.A. Linn. 'Straipwort. 



1. C. liUordlis (L.) ; st. leafy amongst the flowers. — E..B. 668. 

 — ^Fl. stalked, white, small, in small clusters. Stem-1. oblong, 

 narrow below. St. many' from the crown of the root, prostrate, 

 slender. — Sandy shores. Slapton Sands and near the'Start 

 Point, Devon. Helston, ComwaU. A. VII. VIlI. E. 



2. Hbenia'bia. Linn. Rupturewort. 



1. H. glabra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with mi- 

 nute decurved hairs, 1. oval-oblong, dusters of sessile^, axillary 

 collected on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy spike. — KB. 

 206.— Pale yellowish green. St. procumbent or subterranean, 

 usually rooting; autumnal shoots ascending, irregularly branched 

 with spreading riot imbricate leaves. Lateral branches resem- 

 bling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of the clusters. 

 Oal. glabrous or with a very few hau-s. L. glabrous. — /3. suh- 

 cUiata (Bab.) ; 1. more or less ciliated. — Rare. Suffolk. Ruan 

 Minor, Cornwall. Wilsford, Lincoln. Six-mile Bottom, Camb. 

 Finchley Common. P. ? VIL ' E. 



2. S. cilidta (Bab.); st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 

 minute deciu-ved hairs, 1. orbicular-ovate ,cjjLiate, dusters offses- 

 aile Jl. axillary upon the lateral branches and (?»sfejjc<. — JE. £. S. 

 2857. — Dark green. Root strong, woody. St. sprea'diiig ex- 

 tensively from the crown of the root but scai-cely rooting imtil 

 the autumn, when they are prostrate and regularly alternately 

 branched and the leaves are imbricate in two rows. Clusters 

 1 — 3 together in small distinct bunches. Fl. larger than in Sp. 

 1. Sep. tipped with a strong bristle.^ — Very rare. Lizard Point, 

 Cornwall. Guernsey. P. VII. VIIL E. 



l^H. hirsuta (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with straight 

 spreading- hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axillary di- 

 stinct. — Oal. hairy, resembling a minute bur. — Not a native. 

 The Finchley Common plant was H. glabra ! P. ? VIL] 



3. Illece'bkum Linn. 



1. /. verticilldtum (L.). — St. procumbent, filiform, glabrous. 

 Fl. whorled, axillary, minute, white. L. roundish, variable in 

 size, shorter or longer than the floWers.-^Boggy places in Devon 

 and Cornwall. P. VIL E. 



