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to the capsule. — Highland mountains"; rare. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



7. .S. nivalis (Snow Pearhwort). — Glabrous, densely tufted ; 

 leaves acuminate ; fiedieris alwa)-s erect ; petals smaller than in ^, 

 Linnki. — Highland mountains ; very rare. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



5. S. suhuldta (Awl-shaped Pearl-wort). — Glandular-hairy, 

 tufted ; leaves linear, awned, ciliate ; pedicels curved after flower- 

 ing. Closely allied to .?. Lintu'ei. — Dry places; frequent. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



9. S. nodosa (Knotted Spurrey). — The largest and largest- 

 flowered species, 3 — 4 in. high, glabrous or glandular-hairy ; upper 

 leaves tufted ; peduncles axillary, always erect, i — 2-flowered ; 

 flowers ^ in. across ; petals much longer than the sepals. — Wet 

 sandy places ; common. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



6, HoNKKNV'A (Sea Purslane). — A small succulent glalirous 

 perennial shore-plant, with broad leaves ; Jlozuers small, poly. 



gamous ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, relatively 

 large ; disk 'of 10 interstaminal glands; 

 stamens 10; styles 3 ; capsule large, glob- 

 ose, 3-vaIved, T — 2-seeded. (Named 

 after G. A. Honckeny, a German 

 botanist who died in 1S05.) 



I. H. peploides (Sea Purslane). — A 

 low, succulent, dark-green, glabrous, 

 marine plant ; rhizome creeping; 

 branches ascending, forked, 4 — S in. 

 high ; leaves decussate, ovate, acute, 

 sessile, recurved ; floivers small, in the 

 forks of the stem, often dicecious ; 

 sepals obtuse, with membranous mar- 

 gins ; capsule large, globose, fleshy ; 

 seeds i — 2,, large. — Forming tangled 

 masses on Sandy sea-shores. — Fl. May 

 — September. Perennial. 



H(>nK[^;NVA PF.l'L/jiDE=; 

 (Sea run/cic). 



7. MiNU.'XRTiA (Lesser Sandwort). — 

 Small annual or perennial herbs with 

 awl-shaped .(eaves : sepals and petals 4 

 — 5 : disk ring-shaped ; stamens 1 o ; 

 styles 3 — 4; capsule with 3-4 entire' valves ; seeds numerous. 

 (Named in honour of Sr. Minuart, apothecary, of Madiid.) 



T . AT. verna (Vernal Sandwort). — A small tufted plant ; leaves 

 subulate, acute, 3-veined ; /lowers nearly solitary, comparatively 



