1 52 xxxiv. paeon rciiiACEyE. \_U lecebrum. 
clothed with minute decurved hairs woody at the base in age, 
leaves oval a little tapering at the base nearly glabrous or 
ciliate and more or less hairy, clusters of sessile flowers axillary, 
calyx glabrous or with small hairs. — a. leaves quite glabrous. 
E. B. t. 206. — fi. leaves ciliate and sometimes with hairs on 
the surface. H. glabra S. Bab. H. ciliata Bab. : E. B. S. t. 
2857. 
Suffolk, Cambridge, Hants, Cornwall, and in some other of the 
southern counties of England. Jersey and Guernsey. Western part 
of Kerry, Ireland. I/.. 7, 8. — The Lizard affords both the gla- 
brous and hairy states of this variable plant ; and there is every gra- 
dation in the inflorescence between it and the H. ciliata. In general 
even the most glabrous states more resemble Mr. Babington’s figure 
of H. ciliata, than Smith’s figure of H. glabra, which represents an 
undeveloped form of the plant. 
2. II. *hirsuta L. ( hairy R .); stems herbaceous prostrate 
clothed with patent hairs, leaves oval oblong, clusters of sessile 
flowers axillary, calyx hairy. E. B. t. 1379 ? 
Sandy ground near Barnet; Hudson. If.. 7, 8. — Messrs. Milne 
and Gordon, in their Indigen. Hot. i. 455, say, “ We found it in a 
field at Finchley and Colney Hatch, near Barnet, where Hudson 
found it;” but as Mr. Babington has ascertained the Finchley plant to 
be H. glabra, it is also probable that Hudson’s one was the hairy state 
of that species which is often cultivated under the name of H. hirsuta, 
and to which Smith’s Cornish specimens belong. What was intended 
by the figure in E. But. it is difficult to say. 
3. Ijllecebkum Linn. Knot-grass. 
Sep. 5, permanent, cartilaginous, cucullate, with an awl- 
shaped point at the back below the apex. Pet. 0, or reduced 
to 5 subulate scales. Slam. 5. Stigmas 2, nearly sessile. Caps. 
1-seeded, irregularly 5- or 10-valved. Leaves opposite. — 
Name : illecebra, an enticement or attraction ; anciently given to 
a showy tribe of plants, now confined to a genus possessing few 
charms. 
1. I. verticillatum L. ( whorled K.) : E. B. t. 895. 
Marshy or boggy ground in Devonshire and Cornwall. If. 7. 
— A small plant with spreading procumbent filiform glabrous stems ; 
broadly ovate leaves, white scariose stipules jagged at the margin ; and 
numerous flowers in axillary whorls, the calyx of which is white, very 
cartilaginous, and rounded at the base. 
4. Polycarfon Linn. All-seed. 
Sep. 5, keeled at the back, subcucullate at the apex. Pet. 5, 
shorter than the calyx, emarginate. Stam. 3 — 5. Styles 3, 
