FRANKENIACEiE. 11 



Var. /9. Stem nearly simple (flowcr-slioot almost constantly 

 simple) ; flowers larger ; capsule wedge-shaped. 



Var. yS is said to be the only form as yet discovered in Britain ; 

 its locality is the back of Cronkley Fell, Yorkshire. 



FRANKENIACE.E, Bt. Hil. The Sea-heath Family. 



Maritime, partly shrubby (half herbaceous) , decumbent plants, 

 with small, simple, entire, opposite leaves. Flowers regular, soli- 

 tary, almost sessile. Calyx tubular, 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, with a 

 claw. Stamens 4-6, rarely 5, with the filaments surrounding the 

 ovary. Anthers extrorse. Ovary one-celled, with 3-4 parietal 

 placentas. Ovules in two rows. Stigmas 3-4. Capsule one- 

 celled, with 3-4 valves, which bear the placentas on their centre. 

 Seeds umbilicate, with a coriaceous integument. Embryo straight 

 in the midst of the albumen (perisperm); radicle short, ap- 

 proaching the hilum (umbilicated base) . 



Frankenia, Lin. — Stems prostrate, leafy. Calyx cylindrical- 

 angular, with a toothed, spreading border. Claws of the petals 

 as long as the calyx. Filaments six, broad, subulate. Style fili- 

 form, three-parted. Stigmas internal. Capsule one-celled and 

 three-valved (3-5-valved), many-seeded. 



P. Isevis, L. Smooth Sea-heath. — e.b. 205. l.b.s. 142. 

 A. 3. C. 7. Lat. 50-53°. Alt. 0- yds. Tein. 51-49°. 



Root woody. Stems round, branched. Leaves //"/^ear, revolute 

 at the margin, glabrous, ciliated at the base, convex above, with 

 axillary, leafy tufts. Flowers solitary, sessile, either terminal or 

 in the forks of the stem, with a scale attached to the claw of each 

 petal (Sm.). 



Salt-marshes on the eastern coast. Per. ; July- August. 



F. pulverulenta, L. Root slender, annual. Stems downy. 

 Leaves obovate, glabrous above, hoary or powdery on the under 

 side. 



Found on the Sussex coast by Mr. Brewer (Dillenius) and by 

 Mr. Hudson between Boguor and Brighton, a rather extensive 

 locality. Annual; June- August. It grows with the former on 

 the shores of the Mediterranean. 



ELATINACEtE, Camb. The Wateuwort Family. 

 Annual or perennial, herbaceous plants, with opposite or 



