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Hab. Valparaiso, Chili ; abundant in sand on the sea-shore. 



14. PARONYCHIA, Juss. 

 1. Paronychia illecebroides, Webb. 



Paronychia illecebroides, Webb, Spicil. G-org. in Hook. Niger Flora, p. 106, t. 7 ; 



Hook. Ic. PL t. 756. 

 Herniaria illecebroides, Chr. Smith, in Tuck. Voy. p. 250, ex. Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Hab. St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands ; on rocks near the coast. 

 2. Paronychia Chilensis, DC. 



Paronychia Chilensis, DC. Prodr. 3, p. 870; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 337; 

 Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, p. 521. 



Hab. Near Valparaiso. 



3. Paronychia communis, Camb. 



Paronychia communis, Cambess. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 2, p. 186. 



Hab. Rio Negro, North Patagonia ; in sandy soil. 



This species is nearly allied to Paronychia Chilensis (from which 

 P. Coquimbensis, Gay, FL Chil., seems hardly distinct) ; and, indeed, 

 I can only distinguish it by its shorter leaves (only three or four lines 

 long) and minuter pubescence. The suffrutescent stems spread, in 

 great numbers, from the crown of the long and thick, perpendicular 

 root. The tips of the sepals are either obscurely or manifestly mucro- 

 nate-pointed. 



4. Paronychia Bonariensis, DC 



Paronychia Bonariensis, DC. Prodr. 3, p. 370 ? Presl. Bel. Hsenk. 2, p. 6 ; Walp. 



.Rel. Meyen. p. 301. 

 P. Brasiliana, DC. in Lam. Diet. 5, p. 23 ? St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 2, p. 186? 



Hab. Banos, Andes of Peru. 



