64 14. CAKTOPHXLLACEiE. 



with a'ttiokened border. L. neglectum (Kindb.) is glandular. — 

 Near the sea. A. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



4. L. marinum (WaM.) ; st. compressed, 1. fleshy hluntish, 

 stip. broadly triangular usually entire, caps, very large often 

 twice as long as the cal. but scarcely | ds long as the fr. -stalk, 

 seeds compressed roundish nearly surrounded by a thickened bor- 

 der within a broad scarious wing. — E. B. 958. — L. long, |-terete; 

 pan.-l. very short, inconspicuous. Gaps, larger than in the other 

 species. Seeds reddish. Pet. pale pink, with a white base. 

 Stam. 10.— Muddy salt marshes. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



19. Spee'&tjla Linn. Spurry. 



1. S. aven'sis (L.) ; 1. linear convex above furrowed beneath, 

 fl. in forked panicles, fr.-stalks deflexed, seeds slightly compressed 

 with a narrow margin tubercled or papillose. — St. 6 — 12 in. 

 high. L. long, slender. Seeds black. — a. S. sativa (Boen.) ; 

 seeds margined and covered with minute elevated points, 1. 

 grey-green very viscid. E. B. 1535. — /3. 8. vulgaris (Boen.); 

 seeds obscurely margined not winged covered with clubshaped 

 papillae, 1. grass-green scarcely viscid. — Cultivated land. A. VI. 

 —VIII. E. S. I. 



Suborder IV. Scleranthece. 



20. Scleean'thits Linn. Knapwell. 



1. S. an'nuus (L.); subdecandrous, segm. of fr.-eal. patent 

 ■ acute with a very narrow membranous margin, as long as their 



tube. — E. B. 351. — Styles exceeding the stamens. St. re-, 

 peatedly dichotomous, green. El. green, often solitary in the 

 forks of the stem, or densely corymbose. — A biennial state (S. 

 biennis Rent.) is often taken for Sp. 2. — Sandy fields. A. VI. 

 -VIII. E. 8. 1. 



2. S. peren'nis (L.) ; decandrous, segm. offr.-cal. conniveni 

 blunt rounded with a broad blunt membranous margin. — E. B. 

 352. — Styles usually falling short of the stamens. St. nearly 

 simple or irregularly branched, procumbent, glaucous, at length 

 reddish, Fl. variegated with green and white. L. erect, di- 

 rected to one side.— Sandy fields in Norfolk and Sufiblk. 

 Stanner rocks, Radnorshire. P. VI. — VUI. E. 



