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tpreading hairs, 1. oval-oblonpr, clusters of sessile fl. axillary di- 
stinct. — KB. 1379. — Cal. hairy, resembling a minute bur. — Not 
a native. The Finchley Common plant was (/foira. P.? VII.] 
3. Ille'cebeum Linn. 
1. I. veHicUldtum (L.). — E. B. 89-5. — St. procumbent, filiform, 
glabrous. Fl. whorled, axiUarj-, minute, white. L. roundish, 
variable in size, shorter or longer than the ilowers. — BogCT^ 
ground in Devon and Cornwall. P. VH. E. 
Tribe II. Sperguleee. 
4. Poltcae'poit Linn. 
1. P. tetraphyl'lum (L.) ; triandrous, pet. emarginate, stem-l. 
in fours, 1. on the branches opposite. — E. B. 1031. — In young 
plants the 1. are often all opposite. — Coasts of the South-west of 
England, rare. A. VI. VII. E. 
5. Lepig'g^tum: Fries. 
1. L. rubrum (Fr.) ; st. nearly terete, 1. flat linear pointed, 
stip.tiiangular-ovate-prolonged mostly cut, caps, about equalling 
the cal. 2 — 3 tttnes shorts than the fr.-stalk, seeds cimeate-ob- 
ovate f surrounded by a thickened border none winged. — Arenaria 
rubra E. B. 852. — St. procumbent (as in the othtr species). Pan, 
leafy. Pet. pink, about equalling the calyx. Seeds usually 
gibbous on one side. Smaller in all respects than the other 
species. — Sandy places. A. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. L. rupes'tre (Kindb.) ; st. terete, 1. flattish fleshy pointed, 
stip. broadly ovate-prolonged mostly entire, caps, large equalling 
or slightly exceeding the cal. 2 — 3 tiines shorter than the fr.-stalk, 
seeds compressed pyrifonn nearly sun'ounded by a thickened 
border none winged. — Root thick, woody. L. fascicled, short ; 
Sm.-L verv short, inconspicuous. Pet. pale pink. Stam. 10. — 
ear the sea. P. VI.— IX. E. I. 
3. L. neglec'tum (Kindb.) ; st. compressed, 1. flattish fleshy 
bluntish or slightly pointed, stip. broadly triangular- ovate entire, 
caps, exceeding the cal. about as long as the fr.-stalk, seeds com- 
pressed roundish nearly siurounded by a thickened border some 
often with a broad scarious wing. — Includes plants resembling 
the X. medium and L. salinum of Fries. — L. long; pan.-l. some- 
times long, sometimes inconspicuous. Ped. occasionally twice 
as long as the capsule. Pet. pink with a white base. Stam. less 
than 10.— Near the sea. A. \T:.— IX. E. S. I. 
4. L. marinum (Wahl.); st. compressed, 1. fleshy bluntish, 
stip. broadly triangular usually entire, cajjs. very large often 
