186 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Frankenia. 



stamens. Stigmas 3, oblong, obtuse, downy, spreading. 

 Caps, oval, of 1 cell and 3 valves. Seeds numerous, ovate, 

 minute. 

 Maritime decumbent plants, mostly shrubby, copiously 

 branched. Leaves small, opposite, simple, entire. Fl, 

 axillary or terminal, small, reddish. 



1, F. lavis. Smooth Sea-heath. 



Flowers solitary. Leaves linear, revolute, crowded; fringed 

 at the base. 



F. Isevis. Linn. Sp. PL 473. Willd. v. 2. 241 . Fl. Br. 387. Engl 



Bot.v.3.t.205. 

 Franca maritima supina saxatilis glauca ericoides sempervirens, 



flore purpureo. Mich. Gen. 23. t. 22. f. 1. 

 Lychnis supina maritima, Ericse facie. Raii Syn. 338. 

 Polygonum serpillifolium. Ger. Em. 566./. 

 P. maritimum minus, foliolis serpilli. Bauh. Pin. 281. 

 P. fruticosum supinum ericoides cinericium, thymi folio hispanicujn. 



Barrel. let. 71^. 

 P. alteram, pusillo vermiculato serpilli folio. Lob. Ic. 422. f. 

 P. alterum, serpylli folio. Dalech. Hist. 1 124./. 

 Cali, sive Vermiculari marinse, non dissimilis planta. Bauh, Hist, 



v.3.703.f. 

 Sea Heath. Pet.H. Brit. t.lO.f.W. 



In muddy salt marshes. 



Chiefly on the eastern shores of England. 



Perennial. July. 



Root woody. Stems quite prostrate, forked, round, slightly downy, 

 with leafy, partly ascending, branches. Leaves somewhat glau- 

 cous, about a quarter of an inch long, revolute 3 fringed at the 

 base ; convex and smooth above, accompanied by axillary leafy 

 tufts, or short leafy branches. Fl. from the forks of the stem^ 

 partly terminal, solitary, sessile, flesh-coloured. Nectary a yellow 

 scale, attached to the claw of each petal, 



2. F. pulverulent a. Powdery Sea-heath. 



Leaves obovate, abrupt ; downy and somewhat powdery be- 

 neath. 



F. pulverulenta. Linn. Sp. PI. 47 4. Willd. v. 2. 243. Fl. Br. 388. 



Engl.Bot. v.3l.t. 2222. Fl. Gro'c. v. 4. 37. t.344. 

 Franca maritima quadrifolia annua supina, chamsesyces folio et 



facie, flore ex albo purpurascente. Mich. Gen. 23. 

 Alsine maritima supina, foUis chamsesyces. Tourn. Inst. 244. Dill. 



in Raii Syn. 352. 

 Anthyllis maritima, chamaesyces similis. Bauh. Pin. 282. 



