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REAUMURIACEjE.Nat, syst. ed.2.p.91.REAUMURIA.Calyx 5-parted, involucrated. Petals 5, permanent, furnishedat the base on each side with a ciliated appendage. Stamensnumerous, pentadelphous. Stigmas 5-6. Capsule 5-celled,5-valved, with valves easily separating from the septa. Seedsshaggy.268. R. vermiculata Linn. sp. pi. 754. Desf. atl. i. 4-31.DC. prodr.iii. 456. Desert barren places in Sicily, Barbary,Egypt.A shrub resembling Salsola fruticosa, erect, branched and smooth.Leaves like those of a Sedum, numerous, scattered, glaucous, fleshy,terete, linear-subulate. Flowers stalked, solitary, white. Petals ratherlonger than the calyx. Used at Alexandria as a cure for the itch ;when bruised applied externally: in the form of a decoction takeninternally.133 K 3

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