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Tribe I. Paronychiece, 

 1 . CoRRiGiOLA lAnn. 



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

 668. — Fl. stalked, white, small, in small clusters. Stem-1. oh- 

 long, narrow below. St. many from the crown of the root, 

 prostrate, slender. — Sandy shores. Slapton Sands and near the 

 Start Point, Devon. Helston, CornwaU. A. VII. VIII. E. 



2. Herniaria Linn. 



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

 nute decurved hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axillary 

 coalescing on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy spike. — 

 E. B. 206. — Pale yellowish-green. St. procumbent or subten-a- 

 nean, rooting extensively ; autumnal shoots ascending, irregularly 

 branched with spreading not imbricate leaves. Lateral branches 

 resembling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of the 

 clusters. Cal. glabrous or with a very few hairs. L. glabrous. 

 — 13. subciliata (Bab.); 1. more or less ciliated. — Bare. Suifolk. 

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

 Camb. Finchley Common. West of Kerry. P. VII. E. I. 



2. H. ciliata (Bab.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 

 minute decurved hairs, 1. orbicular-ovate ciliated, clusters of ses- 

 sile^, axillary upon the lateral branches and distinct. — E. B. S. 

 2857. — Dark green. Root strong, woody. St. spreading exten- 

 sively from the crown of the root but scarcely rooting until the 

 autumn when they are prostrate and regularly alternately branched 

 and the leaves are imbricated in two rows. Clusters 1 — 3 

 together in small distinct bunches. Sep. tipped with a strong 

 bristle. Very different in habit from H. glabra. — Very rare. 

 Lizard Point, Cornwall. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 



[3. H. hirsuta (L.); st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 

 straight spreading hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axil- 

 lary distinct. — E. B. 1379. — Cal. hairy, resembling a minute bur. 

 — A very doubtful native. The Finchley Common plant was 

 H. glabra. P. VIL] 



3. Illecebrum Linn. 



1. I. verticillatum (L.). — E. B. 896. — St. procumbent, filiform, 

 glabrous. Fl. whorled, axillary, minute, white. L. roundish, 

 variable in size, shorter or longer than the flowers.— Boggy 

 ground in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



