544 322. Montia. 48. PORTULACEiE, PI. ex. cal . 
Alsine parva palustris tricoccos portulaca* aquatic* similis, Raii Syn. 
352, 1. 
Catneraria arvensis et minor, Dillen Cat. Gies. 46. 
Montia aquatica minor, Micheli Gen. FI. 18. 
Montia fontana, Lin.S. P. 129. 
Small water chickweed. IVater purslane. 
Watery lanes and damp fields; annual; April and May. 
Stem much branched, rooting ; leaves spatulate; flowers 
white, very small ; fruit upright. 
£. major. Stem 4 inches high, upright. 
Montia aquatica major, Micheli Gen. PL 18. 
Fam. XIV. 49. PARONYCHIDEiE. Paronychiece. 
St. Hilaire and Jussieu. 
Calyx 1-leaf, 5-cut or parted; petals .inserted on the 
calyx, alternating with the lobes, often like scales or barren 
filaments, sometimes 0 ; stamens definite, 5, rarely more, or 
fewer inserted with the corolla ; filaments distinct ; anthers 
roundish; ovary free; style 1 and stigma simple, or many, 
with as many stigmata ; fruit capsular, 1 -seeded, valveless, 
opening at the top; or 1-celled, many-seeded, many-valved 
at the tip; seeds in the 1-seeded fruit often inserted on the 
side towards the top by an umbilical cord from the bottom 
of the capsule, in the many-seeded attached to a slightly 
elevated central receptacle ; embryo peripherical, mostly 
incurved; perisperm farinaceous, central; radicle ascending. 
Calyx tubular, neck contracted; Siam. 8, 10; 
petals O', utricles 1-seeded Scleranthus. 323. 
Cal . 5-parted, lobes appendiculate ; stam. 2.; 
petals 5, filiform; utricle 1-seeded. . . . Illecebrum. 325. 
Cal . 5-parted ; stam. 5 ; 
pet. 5; equal to the calyx; utricle i -seeded Corrigiola. 326. 
Cal. 5-parted, inside coloured ; stam. 5 ; 
pet. 5, threadshape; utricle 1-seeded . . . Herniaria. 327. 
Cal. pitchershape at bottom; stam. 3; 
pet. 5, scalelike, nicked; caps. 3-valved, 
many-seeded Polycarpon. 328. 
Cal. pitchershape at bottom ; stam. 5 ; 
pet . 5, equal to the calyx; cap. 6-valved . . Larbrea. 329. 
Cal. pitchershape at bottom; stam. 10; 
pet. 5, equal to the calyx; cap . 3-valved Adenarium. 324. 
