168 FRANKENIACEvE. Frankenia. 



. 2. E. petiolata (Pursh) : leaves attenuated into a petiole ; filaments unit- 

 ed above the middle— Pursh! ft. 2. p. 379; NiM. 1. c; Ell. I. c. E. tubu- 

 losa, axillaris, pauciflora, & floribunda ! Spach, I. c. Hypericum petiolatum, 

 Walt. Car. p. 191. H. axillare, Michx. ft. 2. p. 81. H. paludosum, Chois. 

 prodr. Hyper. ^ in DC. I. c. 



Swamps, New-Jersey! to Florida! west to Kentucky! and Arkansas! 

 Aug.-Sept.— Plant about 2 feet high. Leaves oblong, narrowed at the base, 

 lJ-3 inches long, with a short but usually distinct petiole. Cymules mostly 

 axillary and 3-flowered, on short peduncles or nearly sessile. Flowers rather 

 smaller than in E. Virginica, and of the same color. Sepals obtuse, scarcely 

 one-third the length of the mature capsule. Seeds cylindrical-oblong. 



X Doubtful species. 



3. E. tubiilosa (Pursh) : leaves sessile ; corolla tubular [?] ; filaments 

 united above the middle. Wall..— Pursh, ft. 2. p. 379. Hypericum tubulo- 

 sum. Walt. Car. p. 191. 



South Carolina, Walter.— Thi^ species has never been identified by any 

 of our botanists. There is doubtless some mistake about the tubular corolla. 



Order GUTTIFERtE.— The fi^^ore of Clr.sia rosea in Catcshy, C«r. f. 99, was 

 most probab!}' taken from a West Indian specimen ; it has n©t been found in Caro- 

 lina. We have received, however, the leaves of a species of Clusia (probably C. ro- 

 sea), from the extreme southern part of Florida. 



Order XXII. FRANKENIACE^, A. St. HU. 



Sepals 5, united in a furrowed tube, persistent, equal. Petals alter- 

 nate with the sepals, hypogynous, unguiculate, with appendages at the 

 base of the limb. Stamens hypogynous, either equal in number to the 

 petals and alternate with them, or having a tendency to double the 

 number : anthers roundish, versatile. [Ovary 1-celled with 2-3 pa- 

 rietal placentsB : styles 2-3, filiform, united for a considerable part of 

 their length.] Capsule l-celled, enclosed in the calyx, 2-3- or 4.valved, 

 many-seeded. Seeds attached to the margins of the valves, very mi- 

 nute [anatropous]. Embryo straight, erect in the midst of albumen. — 

 Herbaceous plants or under-shrubs. Stems very much branched. 

 Leaves opposite, exstipulate, with a membranous sheathing base, often 

 revolute at the edge. Flowers sessile in the divisions of the branches, 

 and terminal, embosomed in leaves, usually pink. Lindl. 



1. FRANKENIA. Linn. ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 3i9. 



Styles 3, united below, stigmatose along the inner surface. Capsule locu- 

 licidal, many-seeded. 



1. F. grandifolia (Cham. & Schlecht.) : leaves obovate-cuneifonn, mu- 

 cronulate, with revolute margins, rather coriaceous, very minutely hairy and 



