Pt. ex. cal. 49. PARONYCHIDEiE. 326. Corrig. 547 
Root slender; stems many, mostly simple; leaves linear, 
lanceolate, fleshy, glaucous ; thyrse lateral and terminal, 
bracteated ; Jlowers white. 
V. 327. HERNIARIA. Gesner. Rupturewort. 
Calyx 5-parted, coloured on the inside ; petals 5, thread- 
shape; stamens 5, alternating; styles and stigmata 2; cap- 
sule 1 -seeded, not opening, closed in the calyx. — Herb 
small, prostrate ; stem branchy ; Jlowers glomerate, axillary. 
1. Herniaria glabra. Bald rupturewort. 
Stem much branched, prostrate, creeping, bald ; glome- 
rules many-flowered, axillary, bald. 
Herniaria, Rail Syn. 160, 1 ; Ger. era. 569, 1. 
Millegrana major seu Herniaria major, Park. 446. 
Herniaria glabra, Lin. S. P. 31 1. 
Sandy heaths; perennial; July and August. 
Root fusiform; branches alternate; leaves ovate; lower 
leaves opposite ; upper alternate ; jlowers sessile, yellowish 
green. — Herb diuretic, .astringent, tastes rather saltish ; 
juice removes specks on the eyes. 
2. Herniaria hirsute. Hairy strapwort . 
Stem rather hard, very much branched, prostrate, creep- 
ing, hirsute ; glomerules few-flowered, axillary, hirsute. 
Herniaria hirsuta, Dillen in Raii Syn. 161, 2; Lin. S. P. 317. 
Sandy fields ; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem and lower surface of the leaves hirsute ; hairs 
spreading ; calyx densely bristled. 
VI. 328. POLYCARPON. Dalechamp. All-seed. 
Calyx pitchershape at the bottom, 5-cut ; petals 5, very 
short, scalelike, nicked, persisting; stamens 3; ovary sub- 
stipitate; styles and stigmata 3; capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 
many-seeded. — Stem herbaceous; leaves opposite or whirled; 
flowers forked, corymbose, terminal. 
Polycarpon tetraphyllon. Four-leaved all-seed. 
Stem much branched, prostrate ; leaves 4 in a whirl. 
Anthvllis marina incana alsinefolia, Ger. em. 622,2. 
Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Lin. S.P. 131. 
Sands and old walls near the sea; annual; July, August. 
Stem very much branched, diffuse; leaves rather fleshy, 
upper leaves opposite; flowers numerous. 
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