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33. PARoirrcftlitCEiE; 
6, Spebgula. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, as lofig'Mtiie <ialyx. 
Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 5. Fr. 5-valved, many-seeded ; valves 
opposite the sepals. , 
** Withoid stiptdes, sep. tiibidar below, 
Tr. in. SCLERANTHE^. Caps, l-seeded, inclosed in the 
hardened cal.-tube. — H. and A. consider this to he a distinct 
Order, and place it near Chenopodiacees. 
7. ScLEBANTHiTS. Tube of the cal. vase-shsi'^ei, Contracted at 
the moxtth hj a glandular ring ; limb 5-fid. Pet. 0. Stam. 
10 rarely 5, itise)-ted in the throat of the calyx. Styies 2. 
Fr. membranous. — G. F, G, MonochL 77. 
1. C. littordlis (L.) ; st. leafy amongst the flowers. — E. B. 
668. — Fl. stalked, white, small, in small clusters. Stem-1. ob- 
long, narrow below. St. many from the crown of the root, 
prostrate, slender. — Sandy shores. Slapton Sands and near the 
btart Point, Devon. Helston, ComwalJ. A. VII. VIII. E. 
2. Hernia 'ei A Linn. Eupturewort. 
1. H. glabra (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate clothed with mi- 
nute decurved hairs, 1. oval -oblong, clusters of sessile Ji. axillary 
collected on the lateral branches into a slightly leafy spike. — 
E. B. 206. — Pale yellowish green. St. procumbent or subterra- 
nean, usually rooting ; autuuinal shoots ascending, irregularly 
branched with spreading not imbricate leaves. Lateral branches 
resembling leafy spikes from the dense aggregation of tho 
clusters. Cal. glabrous or with a very few hairs. L. glabrous. 
— /3. suhciliata (Sab.) ; 1. more or less ciliated. — Rare. Suffolk. 
Ruan Minor, Comwall. Wilsfoi-d, Lincoln. Six-mile Bottom, 
Camb. Finchley Common. P. P VII. E. 
2. H. cilidta (Bab.) ; St. herbaceous prostrate clothed with 
minute decurved hairs, 1. orbicular-ovate ciliate, clusters o/ ses- 
sile /I, axillary upon the lateral branches and distinct. — E. B. S. 
2857. — Dark green. Root strong, woody. St. spreading exten- 
sively from tho crown of the root but scarcely rooting until the 
autumn when they are prostrate and regularly al ternately branched 
and the leaves are imbricate in two rows. Clusters 1 — 
together in small distin(;t bunches. Fl. larger than in Sp. 1. Sep. 
tipped with a strong bristle. — Very rare. Lizard Pomt, Corn- 
[H. hirsuta (L.) ; st. herbaceous prostrate dothid ■with straight 
Tribe I. Paronychiea. 
1. CoRRiel'oLA Idnn. Strapwort. 
Guernsey. P. VH. VIII. 
E. 
