ILLECEBRACE^ 1 1 1 



Order LXVIII.— ILLECEBRACE.E {Paronychiacea). 



Flowers very small, usually bisexual; sepals 4-5, 

 petals very minute or o; ovary superior, i -celled, with 

 one ovule ; leaves entire. A very small order of incon- 

 spicuous caespitose herbs. 



1. CORRIGIOLA, L. 



Leaves alternate, with scarious stipules; petals 5, 

 small, white ; stigmas 3 ; stamens 5. Not alpine. 



C. littoralis, L. ; stem prostrate, spreading, leaves 

 linear-oblong; sandy places, very rare; Bile, Geneva, 

 Pyrenees. 



2. Herniaria, L. 



Leaves opposite or alternate ; flowers axillary, minute ; 

 sepals 4-5, green; petals 4-5, green, setaceous, minute, 

 or o ; stamens 3-5 ; stigmas 2. 



H. alpina, L. ; leaves obovate, ciliate, flowers 1-3 in 

 axillary clusters, calyx hairy; high pastures, frequent. 

 H. glabra, L. ; leaves oblong, glabrous or ciliate, calyx 

 glabrous, flowers more numerous; sandy places. H. 

 hirsuta, L. ; calyx and leaves very hairy, flowers some- 

 what larger ; sandy places. 



3. Illecebrum, L. 



Leaves opposite ; flowers in crowded axillary clusters ; 

 sepals S, white ; petals 5, very minute, setaceous ; stamens 

 5, hypogynous ; stigmas 2. Not alpine. 



/. vertidllatum, L. ; stem prostrate, branched, leaves 



