128 33. PAEONYCHIACE^.— 34. CRASSTLACE-S. 
twice as long as the cal. but scarcely \ as long as the fr.-stalk, 
seeds compressed roundish nearly surrounded by. a tnickened 
border within a broad scarious wmg.—T£i. B. 958 ? — L. long, 5- 
terete ; pan.-l. veiT short, inconspicuous. Caps, larger than in 
the other species. Seeds reddish. Pet. pak pink. Stam.lO. — 
Muddy salt marshes. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 
6. Sper'gula Linn. Sptirrey. 
1. S. arven'sis (L.) ; I. ]inear convex above furrowed beneath, &. 
in forked panicles, fr.-stalks deflexed, seeds slightly compressed 
with a narrow margin tubercled or papillose. — St. 6 — 12 in. 
high. L. long, slender. Seeds black. — a. S. arvensis (R.) ; seeds 
covered with minute eleva,ted points. E. B. 1535. — /3. S. inih/aris 
(Boeningh.) ; seeds covered with white or brown clubshaped 
papillfe.— .ff. B. 1536.— Cultivated land. A. VI.— VIII. E. ^. I, 
[^S.pentandra (L.); 1. shovi suhterete c(mvexbenet{th,se&diasmoo\h. 
with a broad membranous margin. — Ireland. Sherard. A. VIII.] 
Tribe III. Scleranthece. 
7. Scleran'thus Knapwell. 
1. S. an'ntius (L.) ; subdecandrous, segments of the calp: of 
the fr. patent acute with a very naiTOW membranous margin, as 
long as theirtube. — -B. B. 351. — Styles longer than the stamens. 
St. repeatedly dichotomous, green. Fl. green, often solitary in 
the forks of the stem, or densely corymbose. — Sandy fields. A. 
VI.— VIII. K S. I. 
2. S. percn'nis (L.) ; decandrous, segments of the calyx of the 
fr. connivent blunt rounded with a broad membranous margin. 
— £. B. 352. — Styles usually shorter than the stamens. St. 
nearly simple or irregularly branched, procumbent, glaucous, at 
length reddish. Fl. variegated with gi-een and white. L. erect, 
directed to one side. — Sandy fields in Norfolk and Sufi'olk. 
Stanner rocks, Radnorshire. P. VI. — VIII. K 
Order XXXIV. CEASSULACEJ?. 
Sep. 3 — 20, more or less united at the base. I'et. the same 
number, regular, free or slightly connected, inserted at the base 
of the calyx. Stam. inserted with the pet. and the same or twice 
their nmnber. Ilypogynous scale 1 at the base of each carpel or 
inconspicuous. Carpels the same nimibcr as and opposite to the 
pet., fi-ee or slightly connected, 1 -celled. Fr. of several follicles 
opening on their face, with slightly albuminous seeds on the 
inner suture. 
