120 33. PARONYCHIACE. 
sile fl. awillary upon the lateral branches and distinct —E. B.S. 
2857.—Root, strong, woody. St. spreading extensively from the 
crown of the root but scarcely rooting. Clusters 1—3 together 
in small distinct bunches. Sep. tipped with a strong bristle. 
Very different in habit from H. glabra.—Very rare. Lizard Point. 
Cornwall. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 
(8. H. hirsuta (L.); st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 
straight spreading hairs, |. oval-oblong, clusters of sessile fl. axil- 
lary distinct.—E. B. 1379.— Cal. hairy, resembling a minute bur. 
—A very doubtful native. The Finchley Common plant was 
H. glabra. P. VIL] 
3. ILLEcEBRUM Linn. 
1. I. verticillatum (L.).—E. B. 895.—St. procumbent. FA. 
whorled, axillary, minute, white. L. roundish, variable in size, 
shorter or longer than the flowers.—Boggy ground in Devon and 
Cornwall. P. VII. 
Tribe II. Spergulee. 
4. Potycarpon Linn. 
1. P. tetraphyllum (L.); triandrous, pet. emarginate, stem-l. 
in fours, 1. on the branches opposite.—E. B. 1031.—In young 
lants the 1. are often all opposite.—Coasts of the south-west of 
England, A. VI. VIL E. 
5. Lericonum Wahlb. 
1. L. rubrum (Wahlb.); st. round, 1. flat linear pointed, caps. 
about equalling cal. rather shorter than slightly declining fr.-stalks, 
seed triangular obovate with a thickened rough border.—St. pro- 
cumbent. Short ped. and cal. glandular hairy. L. bristle-pointed. 
Sep. obtuse, obscurely 3-nerved.—a. Aren. rubra (L.); seeds all 
wingless, ]. flat on both sides. Arenaria Sm. E. B.852.—8. A. 
media (L.?); seeds mostly wingless a few winged, 1. fleshy flat 
above.—Sandy fields. 8. near the sea. A. VI.—IX. 
2. L. marinum (Wahlb.); st. compressed, 1. fleshy blunt apicu- 
late, caps. exceeding cal. much shorter than declining fr. stalks, 
seeds roundish usually surrounded by membranous striated wing. 
—Root almost woody. St. glabrous or glandular hairy. L. 
sometimes pointed. Sep. obtuse, obscurely 3-nerved.—a. Aren. 
marina (Sm.); seeds nearly all winged, caps. large exceeding cal. 
by2. E.B.958.—8. salinum ; seeds nearly all wingless, caps. small 
slightly exceeding calyx.—Sea coast. P. VI.—VIIT. 
6. Spercuta Linn. 
1. S. arvensis (L.); J, lmear convex above furrowed beneath. fi. 
