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33. PARONYCHIACEiE. 
1. CoKRiGiOLA. Sep. 5. Ptt. oblong, equalling the sepals. 
Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 1 -seeded, indehiscent. 
Seed suspended by its seedstalk, which arises from the base 
of the capsule. — L. alternate. 
2. Herniakia. Sep. 5. Fet. 5, j'l^i/br-m, inserted with the 
5 stam. on a perigynous ring. Stigmas 2, nearly sessile. 
Fr. 1-seeded, indehiscent, membranous. — L. opposite. 
3. Illecebeum. Sep. 5, thickened, horned at the back. Pet. 
0 or 5, subulate, inserted with the 5 stam. on a perigynous 
ring. Stigmas 2. Fr. l-seeded, fvrrowed, bursting along 
the 5 furrows. 
1. CoKRiGi'oLA Linn. Strapwort. 
1. C. littordlis (L.) ; st. leafy amongst the flowers. — E. B. 
668. — Fl. stalked, white, small, in small clusters. Stem-1. 
oblong, narrow 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 Linn. Rupturewort. 
1. 7/. glabra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed all round 
with minute decurved hairs, 1. narrowed below, clusters of 
sessile fl. axillary collected on the lateral branches into a 
slightly leafy spike. — E. B. 206. — Pale yellowish green. St. 
procumbent or subterranean ; autumnal shoots ascending, 
irregularly branched with spreading not imbricate leaves. 
Lateral branches resembling leafy spikes from the dense 
aggregation of the clusters. Cal. glabrous or with a very few 
hairs. L. glabrous. — Rare. Suffolk. Wilsford, Lincoln. Six- 
mile Bottom, Camb. Finchley Common. A. or B. VII. E. 
2. H. cilidta (Bab.) ; st. suffrutescent prostrate clothed on its 
upperside alone with minute decurved hairs, I. 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 with a strong bristle. — 
Very rare. Lizard Point. Guernsey. P. VII. VIII. E. 
3. //. hirsiUa (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 
straight spreading hairs, 1. oblong narrowed at both ends, cal. 
