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PORTUL ACEJE PARONYCHIEjE. 
3 segments smaller than the others, tube split to the base in 
front. Stam. 3, inserted in the throat and opposite to the 
smaller segments of the corolla. Ovary turbinate. Style 
very short. Stigmas 3, downy. Caps, of 1 cell with 3 
valves and 3 seeds. 
Montia Linn. 
1. M. fontanel (L.). The only species.— E. B. 1206. St. II. I. 
— L. opposite, spathulate, entire. Peduncles often forked, axil- 
lary or terminal. Seeds subreniform, dotted. Valves of the 
caps, rolled longitudinally inwards after the seeds have fallen. 
St. short, ascending, rigid, or /3. major (M. repens Gmcl.) flaccid 
and elongated from growing in water. — Watery places. A. 
IV.— VIII. 
Order XXXIV. PARONYCHlEiE. 
Cal. 5-parted, rarely 4 or 3, aestivation imbricate. Pet. mi- 
nute and resembling abortive stam. orO. Stam. indefinite, oppo- 
site the sep. (when the same number), filaments distinct or rarely 
united below. Ovary free. Styles 2 or 3. Fr. dry, 3-valved or 
indehiscent, placenta central. Embryo more or less curved. 
Albumen farinaceous. 
1. Corrigiola. Sep. 5, slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
equalling the sepals. Stam. 5. Stiymas 3, sessile. Fr. 
1 -seeded, indehiscent. Seed suspended by its cord which 
arises from the base of the capsule. — Pet. as long as the 
sep. inserted upon an obscurely perigynous ring at the bot- 
tom of the calyx. 
2. Herniaria. Sep. 5, slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
filiform, inserted with the 5 stam. on a perigynous ring. 
Stiymas 2, nearly sessile. Fr. 1 -seeded, indehiscent, mem- 
branaceous. 
3. Illecebrum. Sep. 5, slightly cohering at the base, thick- 
ened, horned at the back. Pet. 0 or 5, subulate, inserted 
with the 5 stam. on a perigynous ring. Stigmas 2. Fr. a 
1 -celled 1 -seeded furrowed capsule, bursting along the 5 
furrows. 
4. Polycarpox. Sep. slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
emarginate. Stam. 3 — 5. Styles 3, short. Fr. a 1-celled 
3-valved many-seeded capsule. 
5. Scleranthus. Tube of the cal. urceolate, contracted at 
the mouth by a glandular ring ; limb 5-fid. Pet. 0. Stam. 
10 rarely 5, inserted in the throat of the calyx. Styles 2. 
Fr. membranous, 1 -seeded, indehiscent, included in the 
hardened calyx. 
