66 | FRANKENIACEA. 
| 1, FRANKENTA. 
Frankenia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 445 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 141. 
1. Frankenia grandifolia, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, i. p. 35; Torrey, Bot. Mex. | 
Bound. Exped. p. 36, t. 5.. 
CaLiroryiA, ARIZONA, and southward into—NorrH Mexico, Sonora (Schott). 
Order XVIII. CARYOPHYLLE. 
Caryophyllee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 141. 
Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubby. Upwards of 1200 species have been 
described ; but they should probably be reduced to about 800, belonging to forty genera. 
Most abundant in the extratropical parts of the northern hemisphere, extending into 
the Arctic regions ; rarer in the south, and almost confined to the mountains within the 
tropics. 
Tribe SILENE. 
1. DIANTHUS. 
Dianthus, Linn. Gen, Plant. n. 565; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 144. | 
A genus very numerous in species, abounding in the Mediterranean region, ten in 
South Africa, and three or four in North America. 
1. Dianthus ?, sp. (floribus capitatis). — 
SoutH Mexico, without number or exact locality (Bourgeau). Hb. Paris. 
2. SILENE. 
Silene, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 567; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 147. 
Upwards of 200 well-marked species, finding their maximum concentration in the 
countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. There are twelve in South Africa, and 
about twenty in North America. | 
1. Silene antirrhina, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 600; Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 442, t. 313; 
Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. pars ii. t. 66. a 
From the Rocky Mountains and SouTH-EASTERN States to—NortH Mexico, Sonora.— 
Also in South America, from the Bouivian AnDES and Sovura Brazit, to Patagonia. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Silene laciniata, Cav. Ic. vi. p. 44, t. 564; Bot. Reg. t. 1444. 
Silene greggtt, A. Gray; Silene allamani, Otth.; Silene mexicana, Otth. (Calques des Dess. Fl. 
Mex. 56) ; Silene moginiana, Otth. (Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 57) ; Lychnis pulchra, Ch. 
et Schl. 
Texas, CALIFORNIA,—NortH MExi00, Saltillo (Gregg), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 
