62 14. CAETOPHrLIACE^. 15. MAITACE^. 



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

 seeds compressed roundisb nearly surrounded hy a thickened bor- 

 der witMn a broad scarious wing. — K B. 958. — L. long, J-terete; 

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

 species. Seeds reddish. Pet. pale pink. Stam. 10. — Muddy 

 salt marshes. P. VI.— IX. ' E. S. I. 



19. Spek'gtjla Linn. Spurry. 



1. S. arven'sis (L.) ; I. linear convex above furrowed beneath, fl. 

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

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

 high. L. long, slender. Seeds black. — a. 8. arvemis (E.J ; 

 seeds covered with minute elevated points. E. B. 1585. — 0. 

 S. vulgaris (Boeningh.) ; seeds covered with white or brown 

 clubshaped papiUffi. — Cultivated land. A. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



[& fentandra (L.). Said to have been found in Ireland by 

 Sherard, It was probably Lep. neglectum.^ 



Suborder IV. Scleranthea. 



20. ScLERAif'THiTS Linn. KJaapwell. 



1. S. an'niius (L.) ; suhdeoandrous, segm. of fr.-cal. patent 

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

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

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

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

 oftentakenforSp. 2.— Sandy fields. A. VI.— VHI. E.S.I. 



2. S. peren'nis (L.) ; decandrous, segm. of fr.-cal. connivent 

 blunt rounded with a broad blunt membranous margin. — U. 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 wHte. L. erect, di- 

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

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



Order XV. MALVACE^. 



Sep. 5 or 3 or 4, more or less connected below, often double, 

 valvate in the hud. Pet. as many as the sepals, adnate to base 

 of stam., twisted in the bud. Stam. many, connected at the 

 base into a tube ; anth. 1-celled, reniform, bursting transversely. 

 Ovary formed by the union of several cai-pels round a common 

 axis. Cai-p. 1- or many-seeded. Embryo curved with twisted 



