CENT. IV. J)*' 



352. Streptima R. (twisted st.) Cal. tubul. 

 5ang. 5 dent. Pet. 5. unguic. eq. Stam. 6. ineq. 

 3 major hypogynis. Stylo filif. apice trifido con- 

 torto flexuoso. Caps, uniloc. 3valvis, valvis se- 

 miniferis polysp. — Frntex fot. ojrp. vertic. vel 



fascic.fl.axllL sess, veL ad dlchot. — Str. pauci- 

 flora Raf. Frankenia paucijl, DC. Hook. b. 

 m. *289(j. fol. lin. obt. marg. revol. canescens, 

 petalis cuneatis apice crenatis roseis. — Another 

 plant evidently united to Franketiia by mere 

 habit, altho' akin ; both belong to POLYME- 

 Sl A also, and are akin to Omonoia, Reseda and 

 Portulaca, differing by Stam. definite ; but they 

 are neither equal nor isarine as in Alsinides and 

 Phorandres, the Caryophyles of authors : they 

 belong therefore to Hypericea near Sarotkra 

 and Triadenum with Men^tho, Nothria and 

 some others, having few stamens. The Frank, 

 revoluta of Forskal with ovate revolute leaves, 

 dichotome stem, belongs here perhaps, it is an 

 Egyptian shrub. Str. paucijfora altho' sup- 

 posed to be Australian is perhaps African also. 

 Hooker doubts if his own plant is really that of 

 Decandole, because scabrous. All the shrubby 

 Sp. of Frankenia are also African, such as 

 corymbosa and thyrnifolia Desf. except F. 

 fnicrophyla of Patagonia. But all the sp. must 

 be examined again, since Adanson gives a dif- 

 ferent character to some species, and the next 

 real Australian Genus is very distinct from both. 



353. Menetiio R. (nom mythol) Cal. 4fidus, 

 petalis 4 unguic. integr. Stam, 6 ineq. stigma 

 2, Caps, uniloc. bivalv. — Type M, sedifolhis 

 Raf. frutex prostratus, fol. subul. crassis calcar- 

 atis, fl. term, sessilib. In Australia, the Fran^^ 

 keria quadri/petala of Labil. t. 114. 



354. Frankenia, L. Franca Mich. Cal. teres 



