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FRANKENIACE^. I. FRANKENIA. 



well as calyx glabrous. fj . Tf. . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Frankenia, Burch. cat. no. 513. Flowers pale-red 

 in axillary corymbs. 



Knot-flowering Sea-heath. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. pros- 

 trate. 



3 F. NOTHRIA (Thunb, prod. 58. fl. cap. ed. Schult. 1. p. 

 295.) leaves clustered, linear, glabrous, with revolute margins, 

 ciliated at the base ; branchlets pubescent ; stems prostrate, and 

 are as well as calyxes glabrous. Jj . If.. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Nothria repens, Berg. cap. 171. 1. 1. f. 2. 

 Flowers pale red, terminal, aggregate. Petals toothed. 



Nothria Sea-heath. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Prostrate 

 creeping plant. 



4 F. L* vis (Lin. spec. 473.) leaves clustered, linear, gla- 

 brous, with revolute margins, ciliated at the base ; stems pros- 

 trate, rooting, and are as well as calyxes glabrous ; flowers ter- 

 minal, or axillary, solitary. Jj . ! . H. Native in muddy salt 

 marshes by the sea-side in many parts of Europe and the Canary 

 Islands. In England chiefly on the eastern coast. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 205. Mich. gen. t. 22. f. 1. Flowers rising from the 

 forks of the stem in the same manner as in most of the species, 

 flesh-coloured, but sometimes white with yellow claws. 



Smooth Sea-heath. Fl. July, Aug. England. PI. creeping. 



5 F. INTERMEDIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 349.) leaves in whorls, 

 linear, with revolute margins, glabrous, ciliated at the base ; 

 stems prostrate, velvety ; calyxes hispid ; flowers aggregate, 

 fj . 11 . 1 1 . Native on the sea-shore in the south of Europe, par- 

 ticularly along the shores of the Mediterranean and Algiers. 

 F. hirsuta, var. Calabrica, Lin. F. hirsuta, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 

 766. Mich. gen. t. 22. f. 2. Flowers pale red or white. 



Intermediate Sea-heath. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. trailing. 



6 F. GRANDIFLORA (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 35.) 

 leaves obovately-cuneated, mucronulate, with revolute margins, 

 rather coriaceous, ciliated at the base. Tj . F. Native of New 

 California in the sand by the sea-side. Stem trailing, woody at 

 the base. Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary, sessile ; scales of 

 throat bifid. Stamens 6-7. Capsule lanceolate, obsoletely trique- 

 trous. Petals reddish ? 



Great-flowered Sea-heath. Shrub trailing. 



7 F. HISPIDA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 349.) leaves in whorls, linear, 

 with revolute margins, glabrous, somewhat ciliated at the base ; 

 stems diffuse, and are as well as calyxes hispid ; flowers termi- 

 nal, solitary. Jj . 1. H. Native in salt marshes and on rocks 

 from the island of Cyprus to Siberia. F. hirsuta, var. Cretica, 

 Lin. F. hirsuta, Sibth. fl. graec. t. 313. Flowers white. 



Hispid Sea-heath. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. prostrate. 



FIG. 74. 



8 F. CORYMBOSA (Desf. atl. 3. p. 

 315. t. 93.) leaves clustered, linear, 

 with revolute margins, glabrous, 

 somewhat ciliated at the base ; 

 stems velvety, erect ; calyxes gla- 

 brous ; flowers in terminal corymbs. 



Jj . F. Native of Barbary near 

 Arzeau by the sea-shore. Flowers 

 rose-coloured (f. 74.). 



Corymbose-fiowered Sea-heath. 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. | ft. 



9 F. ERic.EF6LiA (C. Smith, 

 in Buch. can. p. 30.) leaves in 

 whorls, linear, stalked, with re- 

 volute margins, somewhat ciliated 

 at the base, upper surface glabrous, 

 under surface as well as stems and 



calyxes pruinosely-velvety ; flowers aggregate, terminal. Jj .G. 

 Native of the Canary Islands on the sea-shore. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. 



Heath-leaved Sea-heath. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 

 prostrate. 



10 F. KRE'BSII (Cham, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 36.) leaves 

 linear, with revolute margins, smooth, rather ciliated at the base ; 

 stems flagellseform, and are as well as the calyxes hispid ; 

 flowers disposed in branched panicles ; petals twice the length 

 of the calyx. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Like F. hispida, but the flowers are double the size. Stems 

 2 feet long. Leaves in whorls ? 



Krebs's Sea-heath. Shrub creeping. 



11 F. VELUTI'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 350.) leaves linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, not ciliated at the base, soft and velvety on both 

 surfaces, but the sterns and calyxes are not so. Tj . F. Native 

 in fields about Mogodor. Flowers red. 



Velvety-leaved Sea-heath. Fl. June, July. Shrub -| foot. 



12 F. MO'LUS (Bieb. suppl. 276.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, villous ; flower-bearing branches alternate, panicled, vil- 

 lous ; flowers on pedicels, disposed in racemose panicles. Tj . H. 

 Native of Tauria ? The whole plant is clothed with soft hoary 

 hairs. Flowers red. 



Soft Sea-heath. Fl. June. Aug. Clt. 1 824. Shrub prostrate. 



13 F. THYMIFOLIA (Desf. atl. 1. p. 316.) leaves oblong, ob- 

 tuse, small, rather stiff, glabrous, cinerous, ciliated at the base ; 

 stems erect, younger ones hardly puberulous ; calyxes glabrous ; 

 flowers axillary, sessile. T; . F. Native in the sand of the 

 desert of Barbary about Tozzer, also in Spain about Aranjuez. 

 Flowers red. 



Thyme-leaved Sea-heath. Fl. June, August. Shrub J foot. 



14 F. MICROPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 6. t. 597. f. 1.) leaves oval, 

 small, quadrifariously-imbricated, glabrous ; stems prostrate, 

 and are as well as calyxes glabrous ; flowers solitary, terminal 

 and axillary. Tj . S. Native of South America. Flowers red. 



Small-leaved Sea-heath. Shrub prostrate. 



15 F. FRUTICULOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 350.) leaves linear, 

 acutish, with revolute margins, glabrous, not ciliated at the base ; 

 stems erect, glabrous ; calyxes acute, glabrous. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland in the island of St. Francisco in the sand 

 by the sea-side. Flowers pink. 



Shrubby Sea-heath. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



16 F. PAUCIFLORA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 350.) leaves linear, al- 

 most filiform, with revolute margins, glabrous, ciliated at the 

 base ; stems erectish, canescent, and are as well as acute calyxes, 

 glabrous. Tj G. Native of New Holland on the western 

 coast. Hook, in bot. mag. 2896. Flowers pink. 



Ferv-flowered Sea-heath. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 ft. 



17 F. TETRAPE'TALA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 114.) leaves 

 linear, almost filiform, with revolute margins ; flowers solitary, 

 terminal, 4-petalled ; lobes of calyx 4, with tomentose margins. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. 

 Flowers pink ? 



Four-pelalled Sea-heath. Shrub f foot. 



18 F. REVOLV/TA (Forsk. aeg. 75.) leaves in whorls, ovate, 

 with revolute margins ; stems dichotomous ; capsules 4-valved ; 

 flowers terminal, usually solitary. ^ . F. Native in the deserts of 

 Alexandria. Habit of F. corymbosa, but the flowers are scat- 

 tered and solitary. Calyx 5-sepalled. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Revolute-]eaved Sea-heath. Shrub ^ foot. 



Cult. Frankenia is a genus of beautiful little evergreen 

 shrubs or herbs, ornamented with pretty little flesh-coloured or 

 reddish flowers. The hardy species are well adapted for orna- 

 menting rock-work, or to be grown in small pots and placed 

 among other alpine plants as well as those marked frame ; the 

 greenhouse species should be placed on the front shelf of a green- 

 house during winter. They all thrive well in a mixture of loam, 

 sand, and peat, but the pots require to be well drained with 

 potsherds. They are readily increased by cuttings, which 



