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3 placenta\; styles 3, 2-parted, opposite the 

 cal3'X-teetli. —71. 



1. T. GLOMERATA Beiitli & Hook. — Sunuy- 

 side. Niles. Summer. 



Family 4. FRANKENIACE^. 



Flowers regular. Calyx gamophyllus free, 

 tnbular, costate, persistent. Petals alternate 

 with the lobes of calyx, unguiculate. Stamens 

 not correspondent in number to petals; an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit a cap- 

 sule 2-4-valved, included in the persistent 

 calyx-tube. 



1. Frankenia L- 



Leaves opposite. Stipules 0. — U • 

 1. F. GRANDIFLORA Cham. & Schlecht. Pe- 

 tals pink. — Seashore. Summer. 



Family 5. VIOLACE^. 



Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, unguiculate. 

 Stamens inserted into a hypogynous disc, fila- 

 ments flat; anthers short, introrse, pressed 

 against the ovary, the connective elongated 

 beyond the anthers. Ovary free, 1-celled, 

 formed by 3 carpidia; ovules oo, 2-seriate; 

 style 1, persistent; fruit a 3-valved capsule; 

 valves bearing the seeds on the middle nerve. 

 Leaves stipulate. 



