FRANKENIACEZ (Harv.) 113 
bracts; sepals linear-oblong, very obtuse, strongly ribbed, the ale rather 
longest ; petals equalling the keel, linear, obtuse ; capsule pendulous, 
sharply bifid, the lobes acuminate. Zeyher, No. 1948! MM. sulcata, Hare. 
tn Herb. Hook. ! 
Has. Grootvadersbosch, Swell., Zeyher! Pappe(60). (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Very closely allied to M. striata, but more slender, with narrower and acute 
leaves, sharply furrowed down the middle ; narrower sepals, and more deeply bifid, 
almost horned capsules. 
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Appenpix.— Doubtful or insufficiently known species. 
52. M. brevicornu (DC. Prod. r. p. 337) ; “leaves linear, obtuse, gla- 
brous, tubercled at base on the outside, scattered ; branches virgate, 
glabrous ; flowers axillary, sessile ; capsule with very short horns.” 
53. M. Burmanni(DC. lc.) ; “leaves ovato-linear, appressed, straight.” 
Pol. ericoides, Burm. Fl. Cap. Prod. p. 20. 
54. M. Poiretii (DC. 1. c.) ; “leaves subulate, glabrous, as well as 
the virgate branches ; flowers axillary, sessile, crowded.” P. ericoides, 
Poir. Dict. 5. p. 497. 
55. M.? laxa (DC. 1. c.); “leaves lanceolate, solitary ; flowers race- 
mose.” Pol. laxa, Thunb. Cap. p. 559. 
56. M. fasciculata (DC. 1. c.); “leaves very slender, subciliate ; 
— fascicled ; fl. sessile, solitary or in pairs.” Pol. fasciculata, 
our. lL, ¢. 
57. M. parviflora (DC. 1. c.) ; “leaves setaceous, smoothish, minute, 
stipulate ?; branches slender; fl. axillary, solitary, sessile.” Pol. parvi-- 
Jlora, Poir. 1. ¢. 46 Lek eee 
58. M. humilis (DC. 1. c.); “leaves lanceolate-linear, erect, scattered ; 
stem short, much branched ; fl. axillary, sessile, solitary.” Pod. humilis, 
Lod. Cab. Bot. t. 420. oo ee 
59. M. micrantha (Dietr.) ; “ branches slender, glabrous ; leaves scat- 
tered, linear-subulate, pungent, glabrous; fl. axillary, sessile.” Walp. 
Repert.. 1. p. 94a Fe “ee: 
Orver XIV. FRANKENIACEA, St. Hil. 
(By W. H. Harvey.) a 
(Frankeniacex, St. Hil—DC. Prod. 1. p. 349. Endl. Gen. No. excii. ; 
Lindl. Veg. Kingd. No, exvii.) ee 
Flowers regular. Calyx tubular, 4—5 toothed, ribbed, persistent, hard- 
ening after flowering. Petals 4-5, hypogynous, with long claws, twisted- = 
imbricate in westivation, deciduous. Stamens generally 6, or 5, hypogy: 
nous, alternating with the petals ; filaments subulate —— ors 
