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34. paronychiacejE. 
Order XXXIV. rARONYCIIIACEiE. 
Cal. 5-partcd, rarely 4 or 3, aestivation imbricate. Pet. mi- 
nute and resembling abortive stam. orO. Stain, indefinite, oppo- 
site the sep. (when the same number), filaments distinct or rarely 
united below. Ovary free. Styles 2 or .'3. Fr. ihy, 3-valved or 
indehiscent, jilacenta central. Embryo more or less curved. 
Albumen farinaceous. 
1. CoRRiGiOLA. Sep. 5, slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
equalling the sepals. Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 
1 -seeded, indehiscent. Seed suspended by its cord which 
arises from the base of the capsule. — Pet. as long as the 
sej). inserted upon an obscurely perigynous ring at the bot- 
tom of the calyx. 
2. IIerniaria. Sep. 5, slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
filiform, inserted with the 5 stam. on a perigynous ring. 
Stigmas 2, nearly sessile. Fr. 1 -seeded, indehiscent, mem- 
branaceous. 
3. Illecebrum. Sep. 5, slightly cobering 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. Vr. 
l-celled, l-seeded,/<<rroM)ed, bursting along the. 5 furrows. 
4. PoLYCARPON. Sep. slightly cohering at the base. Pet. 5, 
emarginate. Stam. 3 — 5. Styles 3, short. Fr. 1 -celled, 
3-valved, many-seeded. 
5. ScLERANTHUS. Tube ofi the c«Z. 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. — G. F. G. Monochl. 77- 
1. CoRRIGIOLA 
1. C. littoralis (h.) ; st. leafy on the part that bears the flowers. 
— E. B. 068. — FI. stalked, white, small, in small clusters from the 
axils of the ujiper leaves. Stem 1. oblong, narrow below. St. 
numerous from the crown of the root, jirostrate, slender. — Sandy 
shores. Slapton Sands and near the Start Point, Devon. Hel- 
ston, Cornwall. A. VII. VIII. E. 
2. IIerniaria Linn. 
1. H. glabra (L.); st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with mi- 
nute deeun ed hairs, 1. oval-oblong, clusters ofi sessile Jl. axillaiy 
coalescing on the lateral brandies into a slightly leafy spike.—- 
E. B. 20b. — St. jirocumbent or subterranean, rooting extensively. 
Lateral branches resembling leafy spikes from the dense aggre- 
