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Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2. Nr. 8. 





thedark-brown, 

 dull and finely 

 granulary sur- 

 face of the exo- 

 carp (see figs. 

 7—8). This is 

 easily broken 

 — in fact all 

 the fruits blown 

 down by the 

 wind were bro- 

 ken — and the 

 mealy cream- 

 coloured pulp, 

 in which the 

 seeds are im- 

 bedded, drops 

 out, — at Der- 

 by to be eaten 

 by the goats. 



In Cheel's 

 paper (1. c, PI. 

 2, Figs. 1 and 3) 



two of Dr. Mjoberg's photos of the species are reproduced, showing 

 a rather tall (Fig. 1) and a very low (Fig. 3) and "gouty" stem. 



\f: 



Fruits of Aclansonia Gregorii F. v. Müll. f. typica, 

 from Derby. ( 3 I 5 nat. size). 



Frankeniaceæ. 



Frankenia ambita sp. nov. (Fig. 9). 



Fruticulus decumbens ramosissimus, 

 caulibus sparse (præcipue sub nodis) se- 

 tuloso-puberulis, internodiis foliis æqui- 

 longis vel plerumque multo longioribus. 

 Folia brevia (3 — 6 mm longa), brevissime 

 petiolata vel subsessilia, revoluta, glabra, 

 punctata, oblongo-ovata (inferiora), ob- 

 longa vel lineari-oblonga, obtusa vel sub- 

 acuta, opposita, floralia 4-verticillata 

 ovato-triangularia ; vagina brevissima, 

 ciliata. Flores in cymis aliquoties dicho- 

 tomis. Calycis pars inferior plus minus 

 (usque fere dimidio calycis) a vagina 

 communi obconiea foliorum floralium 



Fig. 8. Fruit of Adansonia 

 Gregorii F. v. Müll., f. globosa, 

 from Derby. ( 3 ls nat. size). 



