POLYCARPOX. 
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Tribe II. Scleranthece. 
4. SCLERANTHTTS L. 
1. S. ANNUUS L. 
Ann. ; sep. ovate acute subimniarginate as long as the 
strongly 10-ribbed tube, in fr. spreading. — Brot. ii. 171; FI. Dan. 
t. 504 ; EB. t. 351 ; Sm. E. FI. ii. 282 ; DC. iii. 378 ; Koch 281; 
Bab. 124. — Herb. ann. P to S to reg. ?, rrr. Raised in 1833 by the 
Rev. M. J. Berkeley in England from seeds collected by me in 
PS., June 1-5, 1832. It has not been otherwise observed by 
myself or any other subsequent botanist, and I have no note or 
recollection of the precise locality; but doubtless it must be 
looked for in the usual cornfield region, and somewhat earlier 
than June or even May. — A small inconspicuous useless weed 
in corn. St. 3 or 4 in. long slender or even filiform jointed or 
knotted procumbent or ascending, several from the crown of the 
fibrous root, the central erect, all branched dichotomously up- 
wards. L. opposite presently fascicled, 4-6 lines long, ^-1 
mill, broad linear or subfiliform acuminate, widened sheathing 
or connate and ciliate at the base. FI. small gr. inconspicuous 
axillary or in terminal leafy heads or corymbose forked fascicles 
which are dense and compact in fh, loose and spreading in fr. 
Stam. 5-10. Sep. as long as the strongly 10-ribbed or grooved 
urceolate tube, ovate 3-ribbed, subimniarginate or very nar- 
rowly membranous-bordered ; in fr. narrower-lanceolate more 
acute erecto-patent, the mouth of the tube being nearly closed 
by a membranous ring. Seed single rather large proportion- 
ately, squarish-ovate or 4-sided, light yellowish or reddish- 
brown. — Whole pi. nearly or quite smooth, the st. only minutely 
furry or puberulous on one side. 
Tribe III. Poly car pea. 
5. POLYCARPON L. 
1. P. TF.TRAPHYLLUM L. fil. 
FI. cymose triandrous; pet. notched shorter than sep. ; 1. ob- 
ovate or spathulate in pairs, those of the st. in fours. — Desf. i. 
115; Brot. i. 123; EB. t. 1031; Sm.E. FI. i. 189; Buch 192. 
no. 151 ; DC. iii. 376 ; WB. i. 154 ; Koch 281 and 1024 ; Seub. 
FI. Azor. 45. no. 330 ; Bab. 124. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, 2, 3, 
ccc ; PS. reg. 1, 2, 3, 4, ccc; ND. r; GD. reg. 2 (highest 
peaks), £ ; SD. *. In cult, and waste ground everywhere, a 
universal weed. Throughout the year. — A useless insigni- 
ficant weed, at first cespitose, then bushy, 3 or 4 in. high some- 
times 5 or 6 in., bearing a profusion of gr. apparently apetalous 
fi. Whole pi. smooth shining. St. repeatedly dichotomous, at 
