C 2896 ) 
FRANKENIA PAUCIFLORA. FEW-FLOWERED 
FRANKENIA. 
KKK KKEEKE KEE KERR RK 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Franxentacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Stylus 3-fidus, lobis oblongis, intus stigmatosis. Cap- 
sula 3—4 valvis, polysperma. D. C. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Frankenta* pauciflora; foliis linearibus obtusis margine 
revolutis ramulisque et calycibus acutis canescentibus, 
petiolis ciliatis, caulibus erectiusculis, floribus termi- 
nalibus solitariis. Graham. 
-Prankenia pauciflora. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 350? 
Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
a 
. Descr. Stem shrubby (one foot high), suberect, branch- 
ing. Branches diffuse, opposite, twigs slender, round, sca- 
brous, dichotomous. eaves (half an inch long) green, sca- 
rous, hoary or minutely tomentose, especially below, where 
ey are paler, opposite, linear, blunt, slightly channelled at 
€ base, reflected in the edges, middle rib prominent below. 
Petiole very short, adpressed, ciliated. Flowers (seven and 
@ half lines long) solitary, terminal or in the cleft of the 
twigs, sessile. Calyx adpressed, scabrous, having also a 
Minute tomentum as on the leaves, and in a slighter degree 
on 
=... 
: In honor of J. Francxenrus, a Swedish Botanist, and Professor of Me- 
licine in the University of Upsal, who died in 1633. 
