34, CRASSULACE. 121 
panicled, fr.-stalks deflexed, seeds slightly compressed with a 
narrow margin tubercled or papillose—St. 6—12 in. high. L. 
long, slender. Seeds black.—a. S. arvensis (R.); seeds covered 
with minute elevated points. E. B. 1535.—8. S. vulgaris (Boen- 
ingh.) ; seeds covered with white or brown club-shaped papille. 
—Cultivated land. A. VIL—VIII. Corn Spurrey. 
[2. S. pentandra (L.); 1. linear subterete convex beneath, fi. 
panicled, seeds smooth with a broad membranous margin.— 
£. B. 15362—I have seen no specimens.—Ireland. Sherard. 
A. VIII. ?] 
Tribe III. Scleranthee. 
7. ScLERANTHUS Linn. 
1. S. annuus (L.); subdecandrous, segments of the calyx of 
the fr. patent acute with a very narrow membranous margin, as 
long as their tube.—E. B.351.—Styles longer than the stamens. 
St. repeatedly dichotomous, green. Fl. green, often solitary in 
the forks of the stem, or densely corymbose.—Sandy fields. A. 
VI—VIII. 
2. S. perennis (L.); decandrous, segments of the calyx of the 
fr. connivent obtuse rounded with a broad membranous margin. 
—E. B. 352.—Styles usually shorter than the stamens. St. 
nearly simple or irregularly branched, procumbent, glaucous, at 
length reddish. Fl. variegated with green and white. _L. erect, 
directed to one side.—Sandy fields in Norfolk and Suffolk. P. 
VI.—VIUI. E. 
Order XXXIV. CRASSULACEA. 
Sep. 3—20, more or less united at the base. Pet. the same 
number, regular, free or slightly connected, inserted at the base 
of the calyx. Stam. inserted with the pet. and the same or twice 
their number. Hypogynous scale ] at the base of each carpel or 
obsolete. Carpels the same number as and opposite to the pet., 
free or slightly connected, 1-celled. Fr. of several follicles open- 
ing on their face, with slightly albuminous seeds on the inner su- 
ture. 
l. Tituma. Sep., pet., and stam. 3—4. Carp. 3—4, con- 
stricted in the middle and 2-seeded. Hypogynous scales 0. 
2. Sepum. Sep. and pet. 5, rarely 4 or 6. Stam. 10 or 12. 
Hypogynous scales entire. Carp. 5 or 6, many-seeded.— 
S. Rhodiola has 4 sep., 4 pet., 8 stam., 4 carp., and is sub- 
dicecious. 
[3. Sempervivum. Sep. 6—20. Pet. the same. Stam. 
twice as many as the pet. Hypogynous scales laciniated. 
Carp. as many as the petals. ] 
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