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ring. Stigmas 2. Fr. l-8eeded,/M/T0M!erf, bursting along 

 the 5 furrows. 



1. CoKEiGi'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, naiTow 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. Heenia'eia Lhin. Eupturewort. 



1. H. glabra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed all round 

 with minute decui-ved hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. 

 axillary collected on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy 

 spike. — E. B. 206. — Pale yellovrish green. St. procumljent 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. snh- 

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

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

 Finchley Common. A. or B. VII. E. 



2. H. cilidta (Bab.) ; st. sufii'utescent prosti'ate clothed on its 

 upperside alone with minute decurved hairs, 1. 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 small distinct bunches. 

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

 Very rare. Lizard Point, Cornwall. Guernsey. P. VII. VUI. 



E. 



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

 straight spreading hairs, cal. hairy resembling a minute bur. Is 

 not a native. A B. 1.379. The Finchley-Common plant was 

 II. glabra .'] 



3. Illece'betjm Linn. 



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

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

 variable in size, shorter or longer than the flowers. — Boggy 

 places in Devon and Cornwall. P. VII. E. 



