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4. P. Anatolica, Boiss. et Held. 2t- ■ 15 to .4, puberulent, 

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

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

 oblong obtuse ; wings obovate-lenticular, 3-5-nerved ; capsule narroicer 

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

 bushy places ; Mt. Cassius and northward. 



ObderXII. FRAl^KEXIACEiE. (Frankenia Family). 



Mttch 'branched^ ^prostrate herbs or dwarf shritbs, with 

 smally regular^ hypogynoics flowers, clustered in forlts and 

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

 ^celled anthers oj>e7iing lengthioise ; ovary 1-celled^ with 

 Z-^ jplaGentce along the middle of the valves j ovules in 2 rows^ 

 anatropoics — Calyx gamosepalous, tubular. Petals clawed. 

 Capsules septicidal. Seeds albuminous. 



FRANKEXIA, 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. piilveriilenta, L. .1 to .3, 'puberulent. Leaves o5- 

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

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



2. F. iiirsiita, L. 2|! .1 to .4, more or less hirsute^ woody at 

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

 gins — Spring — Along coast. 



Var. liispicla, Boiss. Hispid with white spreading hairs. 



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

 erect. 



Order XIII. §]IL.EME^, (Pink Family). 



Serbs or someiohat shrubby plants^ luith oj>posite^ entire^ 

 exstipidate leaves^ 5-, rarely Q-merous flowers ^ calyx gamo- 

 sejpalous ; petals clawed, generally convolute in the bud* 

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

 capsules / staviens rarely egualUng^ never exceeding double 

 the nuinber of the petals^ hypogynous or perigynous ; styles 

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

 the 1- or obsoletely 2-Gelled, stalked capsule, Mdney-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. DIANTHEiE, Seeds shield-shaped, with hilum oa face. Styles 2. 

 Embryo straight. 



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