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4. P. Aiiatoliea, Boiss. et Held. 21^ .15 to .4, puberulent, 

 stems numerous, clustered, erect. Leaves elliptical-linear, to linear 

 acute. Racemes many-flowered, dense, at length loose ; outer sepals 

 ohlong obtuse ; wings obovate-lenticular, 3-5-nerved ; capsnle narivicer 

 than wings, obcordate, stipitate, glabrous — April to June — Dry 

 bushy places ; Mt. Cassius and northward. 



Order XII. FR ANKEIVIACE^ . (Frankenia Family). 



Muck hra7iched, prostrate herds or dwarf shruhs^ with 

 small, regular, hyjpogynoiis flowers, clustered in forlis and 

 at ends of branches ; stamens (in ours) 4-6, free, their 

 2-celled anthers opening lengthioise ; ovary 1-celled, with 

 Z-^ placentcB along the middle of the valves ', ovules in^ rows, 

 anatropous — Calyx gamosepalons, tubular. Petals clawed. 

 Capsules septicidal. Seeds albuminous. 



FRAXKEXIA, L. Frankenia. 



Calyx 4-5-fid. Petals 4-5, pink. Style filiform, parted into 3-4- 

 linear-club-shaped lobes, stigmatose along their inner face. 



1. F. pulverulent a, L. .1 to .3, imlerulent. Leaves o5- 

 oDate, retuse, pulverulent beneath — Spring — Along coast and in neigh- 

 borhood of salt water; El-Ghor ; Callirrhoe ; Merj Damascus. 



2. F. lilrsuta, L. If .1 to .4, more or less hirsute^ woody at 

 base. Leaves linear or oMong -linear, ciliate at base, with revolute mar- 

 gins — Spring — Along coast. 



Var. ]ii§pida, Boiss. Hispid with white spreading hairs. 



Var. revoiuta, Boiss. Canescent. Fruiting branches short, 

 erect. 



Order XHI. SILEMEiE, (Pink Family). 



Herhs or somewhat shrvhhy plants, with opposite, entire, 

 exstipulateleawes, ^-, rarely Q-onerous flowers ^ calyx gamo- 

 sepcdous ; petals clawed, generally convolute in the hud; 

 petals and stamens inserted on the stalk (gynophore) of the 

 capsides / stamens rarely eq^ualling, never exceeding double 

 the numher of the petals, hypogynous or perigynous ; styles 

 2-5 / seeds usually numerous, attached to central column of 

 the 1- or obsoletely ^-celled, stalked capsule, kidney -shaped 

 with embryo curved around albumen, or shield-shaped with 

 straight embrgo — Stems usually swollen at joints. Leaves 

 often united at base, the uppermost rarely alternate. Calyx 

 imbricate or valvate in bud, persistent. Styles stigmatose 

 along tlieir inner face. 



TRIBE I. DIANTHE^, Seeds shield-shaped, with hilum on face. Styles 2. 

 Embryo straight. 



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