140 33. PAEONTCHIACE^ 



3. Illbcbbbum, Sep. 5, thickened, homed at the back. Pet. 

 or 5, subulate, inserted with the 5 stam. on a perigynous 

 ring. Stigmas 2. J4'. l-seeieA, furrowed, bursting along 

 the 5 furrows. 



1. CoBKi0i'oLA Linn. Strapwort. 



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

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

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

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

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



2. Hbbnia'eia Linn. Eupturewort. 



1. XT. ffldbra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed all round 

 with minute decurved hairs, 1. narrowed below, clusters of sessile 

 fl. axillary collected on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy 

 spike. — i!. B. 206. — Pale yellowish green. St. procumbent or 

 subterranean ; autumnal shoots ascending, irregularly branched 

 with spreading not imbricate leaves. Lateral branches resem- 

 bling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of the clusters. 

 Cal. glabrous or with a very few hairs. L. glabrous. — /3. sub- 

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

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

 Finohley Common. A. or B. VII. E. 



2. H. cilidta (Bab.) ; st. sufirutescent prostrate clothed on its 

 upperside alone with minute decurved hairs, I. orbicular-ovate 

 ciliate, clusters of sessile fl. axillary upon the lateral branches 

 and distinct. — E. B. S. 2857. — Dark green. Root strong, 

 woody. St. spreading extensively from the crown of the root 

 but scarcely rooting until the autumn, when they are prostrate* 

 and regularly alternately branched and the leaves are imbricate 

 in two rows. Clusters 1 — 3 together in smaU distinct bunches. 

 Fl. larger than in Sp. 1. Sep. tipped with a strong bristle. — ■ 

 Very rare. Lizard Point. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 



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

 straight spreading Jiairs, 1. oblong narrowed at both ends, cal. 

 hairy resembling a minute bur. E. B. 1379. — Sandy ground 

 at Christohurch, Hants. Mr. Townsend. The Finch'ley-Com- 

 mon plant was IT. glabra !] 



3. IiLE'cEBEtTM Linn. 



1. /. verticilldtum (L.). — E. B. 895. — St. procumbent, filiform, 

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



