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FKANKENIACE.E. Krameria. 



or somewliiit woody pereiiiiuil hurbs, silkj^tumeiitoso and often prostrate; with 

 alternate and entire nunow leaves ; llowera sulitaiy, on axillary braeted pedunclfs, 

 I)urj)lisl». 



A gomis of iiliout II dozen .species, eoiilinwl to tlio wunner iKtrlioiis df Anieric:ii, tliree oi lour 

 iiiiligoiiuuij on lliu Houtluiin bortlur of llio Unilod Slates. 



1. K. parvifolia, l>entli. A rigid dill'usely branched Khriib, 1 or 2 feet liigh, 

 with silky apiiri'ssied pubescence, the slender divaricate branchlets often spinose : 

 leaves linear, 4 to 8 lines long ; the lower obtuse (often snuiU and ovate to oblong), 

 the upper aculeately tipjied and, with the inflorescence, usually sprinkled with short 

 rigid gland-bearing hairs : llowers 2 to 4 lines long ; peilunch'S with 2 or 3 pairs of 

 leaf-like bracts : the ovale silky sepals purple within : petals with claws united 

 nearly to the top, the niitldle blade narrow : stamens nearly free : fruit with nuu)er- 

 ous very slender prickles retrorsely barbed their whole length, cordate-globose, 4 

 lines long, shortly acuniinate, obscurely ritlged on each side. — Bot. Sulph. 6, t. 2 ; 

 Gray, PI. Wright, i. 41 ; Jierg, JJot. Zeit. xiv. 7GG. 



From San Diego {Clccdund) to Fort Moluive (CVi/jcr) hmcI ^owwa. {Thurber}, and eastward to 

 New Mexieo ; southwaid on the coast to Magdalena Hay. 



2. K. canescens, (Jmy. Very similar in habit and foliage : pubescence short 

 and tomenlosi; : Kavt's lanceolate to linear : peduncles shorter, 2-bracted : sepals 

 lanceolate, the smaller one linear: capsule ovate-globose, tipped witli the stout 

 curved style, and armed with slender prickles barbed at the apex. — 1*1. Wright, i. 

 42 ; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 49, t. 13. 



"Desert west of the Colomdo " {AiUisell), and New Mexico. 



K. LANCEOi.ATA, ToiT., is a more eastern species, from Tucson, Arizona {Palmer), to Florida. 

 It is silky-villous, with 'i-hracted peduncles, tl>o fruit armed witli stout and straight retrorsely 

 scabrous spines. 



OiiDKR XIII. FRANKENIACEiE3. 



Low perennial herbs or undershrubs, with opposite entire leaves and no stipules ; 

 distinguished from the first tribe of the following ortler mainly by the parietal pla- 

 centa), and oval or oblong anatropous seeds with a straight embryo; — of a single 

 genus. 



1. FRANKENIA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular or prismatic, furrowed ; the 4 or 5 lobes valvate and induplicate 

 in the bud. Petals 4 or 5, hypogynous ; the blade tapering into a claw, which 

 bears an appendage (crown) on its inner face. Stamens 4 to 7 or rarely more, hypo- 

 gynous. Ovary 1 -celled, Avitli 2 to 4 few- to several-ovuled parietal i)lacenta3 : style 

 2 - 4-cleft into fdiform divisions : stigmas unilateral. Capsule included in the per- 

 sistent calyx, 2-4-valved; the few or several seeds attached by filiform stalks to 

 the margin of the valves. — Leaves small, mostly crowded and also fascicled in the 

 axils, sessile or nearly so, the |)air ofttm united by a membranous somewhat sheath- 

 ing base : llowers hmiuII, perfect, solitary ami se-ssile in the forks of the stem, or by 

 the reduction of the upper leaves to bracts becoming cymose-clustered on the 

 branches : corolla pink or purplish. 



A widely diffused genus, of 30 or more species, only tlu-ee of them North American, and these 

 all soutliwestern. 



1. F. grandifolia, Cham. & Schlecht. Smooth or somewhat pubescent with 

 short spreading hairs, rather woody at ba.se, erect or prostrate, 6 inches high, leafy : 



