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ambita vel cum eadem concreta; pars libera glabra, linearis, 5-nervis, 

 ca. 4 mm longa, foliis floralibus paullo longior. Corolla alba vel 

 pallide-rosea; petala 5 libera, lamina ovato-cordata margine sub- 

 dentata. Stamina 6, 3 longiora, 3 breviora, medio cohærentia. 

 Styli rami 3; ovula 1 — 2 in placentis (3) singulis fixa. 



Ab omnibus speciebus australiensibus differ! : calycis parte 

 inferiori in vagina foliorum floralium occulta. 



Hab. Austr. occ. trop.: Port Hedland in depressione inter 

 d Linas propepor- 

 tuin (No. 1138, 

 3. Nov. 1914; 

 typus !); Cos- 

 sack (L. Diels, 

 Reise in West 

 Austr., No. 2750, 

 17. Apr. 1901, in 

 Herb. Berol.); 

 Point Samson 

 prope Cossack 

 (No. 1137, 2. Nov. 

 1914; forma fo- 

 liis minoribusan- 

 gustioribus flori- 

 busque subsoli- 

 tariis prædita). 



The specie* 

 of Frankenia 

 here described 

 stands near to 

 F. pauciflora (as 

 collective spe- 

 cies), but it is 



easily distin- 

 guished by the 

 calyx being more 

 or less (some- 

 times half) im- 

 bedded in the 

 obconical sheath 

 formed by the 



four floral leaves. pig 9 Frankenia ambita nov . S p„ from Port Hedland. 

 It differs further [Vh nat. size). 



