. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP TRIBE 103 I. CORRICIOLA 1. C. littoralis (Sand Strap- wort).âA small but pretty plant, with slender, sjircading stems, which lie quite prostrate, very narrow, strap-shaped, glaucous leaves and tufts of small white flowers. It grows in two or three places on the seashore of Devon, and is very abundant on the banks of the Loe Pool, near Helston, Cornwall. Very rare.ââ Fl. August to October. Annual. (Strap-~2i!ort}. CoTiRiGiOLA Littoralis {Sayid Strap-wort) 2. Herniaria {Rupture-wort) I. H. glabra (Smooth Rupture-wort).âA small, prostrate plant, with much
. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP TRIBE 103 I. CORRICIOLA 1. C. littoralis (Sand Strap- wort).âA small but pretty plant, with slender, sjircading stems, which lie quite prostrate, very narrow, strap-shaped, glaucous leaves and tufts of small white flowers. It grows in two or three places on the seashore of Devon, and is very abundant on the banks of the Loe Pool, near Helston, Cornwall. Very rare.ââ Fl. August to October. Annual. (Strap-~2i!ort}. CoTiRiGiOLA Littoralis {Sayid Strap-wort) 2. Herniaria {Rupture-wort) I. H. glabra (Smooth Rupture-wort).âA small, prostrate plant, with much of the habit of Wild Thyme ; abundant in the neigh- bourhood of the Lizard Point, Cornwall, but very rare elsewhere. Though called smooth, the leaves are always more or less fringed at the edges. The ffowers are green, and grow in sessile tufts in the axils of the leaves, or not unfrequently crowded into leafy spikes. A form with narrow, hairy leaves (//. hirsuta) is found at Christ- church, in Hampshire.âFl. July to September. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London, G. Routledge
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