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r6w it the ftalk, and broadeft at the ends^ cut into 
three round fegments. I 
Kali spinosum, Prickley Glaflwort. It is a fuc- i 
culent plants with the appearance of Houfe-leek ;■ , 
having round membranous fruit, turned like a 
fnail’s fhell. We have but one fpecies of this 
plant, viz. ! 
Kali fpinofum cochleatmn., R.159, C. 289. "Tra- 
gus feu fragum Matthioli^ P. 1034. Prickley Glafs- ■ 
Wort. Common on fandy places near the fea-fide. 
Knawel. The empalement is cut into five acute :i. 
fegments, expanding in the form of a ftar : The i 
flower confifts of five chives, which are very 1 ,1 
fhort, growing out of the bottom of the em- 1 1 
palement, and having yellow fummits. After the |t 
chives are withered, the pointal becomes a little 
oval whitifh feed : The flowers grow in little \ 
bunches in the bofoms of the leaves, and at the 3 
extremities of the branches. The fpecies are : ■, 
1. Knawel., R. 159. Polygonu 7 n Germanicum vel 
Germanorum, P. 747. German Knot-grafs, 
• or Knawel. In fandy places. The flowers are white, j 
2. Knawel mcanum fiore major e per enne., R. 160. i 
Hory Knawel, with a large flower. 
CoRRiGioLA, R. 160. Polygala repens, 1333/ i 
repens nivea, C.215. VerticilatQ||Knot-grafs, with i 
Thyme-like leaves. 
■ I. PIerniaria, R. 160, G. 454. MiUegrana 7 na- ; 
jor feu Herniaria vulgaris, P.446. Rupture- wort. , 
It has a fmall fibrous root, and a fmall ftaik, not a- 
bove the thickncfs of a common pin, when about an 
inch high or more •, when more luxurient, it fends 
forth one pair of fmall, oblong leaves, not above 
one line long, and half a line broad ^ and from the 
wings of the leaves arife two branches •, and thefe 
again are fubdivided into other two *, and fo on, al- 
ways arifing from the wings of tiie leaves, which 
t-erminate in tetrapetaigus flowers > to wlfich fuccced 
