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Family 19. FRANKENIACEAE. K (4-7), C 4-6, A6, G (3) 



Frankenia LAEVis. Sea Heath. May. E. Low heath-like shrub seldom exceed- 

 ing 3 inches in height. Ls. in whorls, I, thick, much recurved. Fls. small, 

 pinkish white, petals spreading, sohtary. Europe (including east coast of Britain). 

 (Fig. 48 o.) 



Family 20. TAMARICACEAE. K (4-5), C4-5, A4-10 or 00, G (4-5 or 2) 



Ls. alternate, minute, scale-like, giving the slender branches the appearance of 

 green plumes. 



Myricaria (Tamarix) germanica. 8. Summer. E. Branches erect, plume- 

 like. Ls. greyish glaucous. Fls. very small, pink or pinkish white in dense terminal 

 racemes. Europe. 



TAMARIX. Tamarisk. Ls. green or hairy. 



{a) Fls. in spring on lateral or previous year's 

 branchlets, ^-parted 

 T.tetrandra. 15. May. D. Branchlets arching, almost black. Fls. very small, 

 rose-coloured, A4, in straight cylindrical racemes. Mediterranean 

 region. (Fig. 49 A.) 



{h) Fls. in late summer in terminal racemes, ^-parted 



T. anglica. 10. August-October. E. Branchlets erect, reddish brown. Fls. 



pink, petals deciduous, A5. Europe (including Britain). 

 T. gallica. 12. July-September. \ E. Branchlets purplish. Fls. white 



tinged with pink, petals deciduous, A5. Mediterranean region. 

 T. hispida. 4. August-September. D. Branchlets and Is. downy. Ls. 



very glaucous. Fls. bright pink. West Asia. 

 T.pentandra. 15. July- August. D. Branchlets purple. Fls. rose-carmine, 



petals persistent. Mediterranean region. 



Family 21. HYPERICACEAE. K4-5, C4-5, Ago, G (3-5) 



Ls. opposite, entire, dotted with transparent glands, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. 

 yellow, showy. 



AscYRUM HYPERicoiDES. St. Andrew's Cross, i. July-September. D. Stems 

 2-edged. Ls. narrow obov., i. Fls. f, solitary or in threes, terminal, petals four, 

 arranged in form of St. Andrew's Cross. U.S.A. (Fig. 68 e.) 



HYPERICUM. St. John's Wort. Petals and sepals five; stamens in three to 

 five bundles. 



(a) Fls. with five styles 



H. calycinum. Rose of Sharon. i|. June-September. E. Stems angled. 



Ls. ov., 4, glaucous below. Fls. 3. South-east Europe and Asia Minor. 



(Fig. 68 A.) 

 H. Hookeriamm {H. oblongifolium). 5. August-September. E. Stems 



cylindrical. Ls. ov., lane, 4, blue-green above, glaucous below. Fls. 2, 



cup-shaped. Himalaya. 



