TETRANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA. Radiola. 263 
Upright Moenchia. Welsh: Corwlyddyn syth. M. erecta. Sm. 
M. glauca. Pers. Hook. M. quaternella . Ehrh. Sagina erecta . Linn. 
Huds. With. Curt. Dicks. Willd. E. Bot. Gravelly soil, on pastures 
and heathy ground. A. May. E.) 
(RADTOLA.*' Petals four: Caps . eight-celled, eight-valved : 
Calyx many-cleft. E.) 
(R. MILLE GRa/nA. 
Dicks . H. S. — E. Bot. 893— FI. Dan. 178— Kniph. 8— Vaill. 4. 6—Ray 
15. 3. atp. 348— Pet. 59. 12—Mich. 31 —Ger. Em. 569. 2. 
Plant minute, only one to two inches high. Stem repeatedly dichotomous, 
leafy, cylindrical, smooth. Leaves opposite, sessile, distant, ovate, very 
entire, three-ribbed, smooth. Flowers axillary, and from the extreme 
branches, on fruit-stalks, solitary, upright, small. Petals four, white, 
alternate with the principal segments of the calyx. 
Thyme-leaved All-seed or Flax-seed. R. millegrana. Sm. Hook. 
R. linoides. Gmel. Linum radiola. Linn. With. Dicks. Willd. Moist 
sandy heaths. A. Aug. E.) 
f * (So named by Dillenius, because the cells of the ripe capsule diverge like the rays of 
a little wheel. E.) 
