48 12. POLTGALACEJE2. 



1. FRANKE'NIA Linn. Sea-heath. 



1. f. ke'vis (L.) ; 1. linear (or rather oblon? with reflexed 

 edges) g-labrous ciliate at the base. E. B. 205. St, slightly 

 downy, prostrate, wiry. Cal. slightly hispid between its 

 prominent angles. Fl. terminal or from the forks of the stem, 

 sessile, rose-coloured. L. sometimes pulverulent. Salt marshes 

 on the East and South coast. P. VIII. E. 



[F. pulwrulen'ta (L.) ; 1. obovate retuse glabrous above 

 pulverulent beneath, petiole ciliate. E. B. 2222. Formerly 

 on the Sussex coast, now lost. A. VII.] E. 



Order XII. POLYGALACE^E. 



Sep. 5, imbricate, irregular, 2 interior much larger petal-like. 

 Pet. unequal, usually 3, 1 anterior and larger than the rest. 

 Stam. subdiadelphous, in 2 equal opposite bundles. Anth. 1- 

 celled, opening by a pore at their apex. Caps. 1 2-celled, with 

 placentas in the axis. Seeds pendulous, usually with an aril at 

 the base. Stip. 0. 



1. POLYQALA. Sep. 5, persistent; 2 inner (wings) broader 

 and often petal-like. Cor. irregular. Pet. 3 5, connected 

 together ; the lower one keelshaped. Caps, compressed. 

 Seeds solitary, with a 3-pointed basal aril. FL crested. 



1. POLY' GALA Linn. Milkwort. 



1. P. vulgdris (L.) ; I. scattered, lower L smaller oblong, upper 

 1. linear-lanceolate, cal.-wings elliptic mucronate their veins 

 branched the lateral joining a branch of the central vein, caps, ob- 

 cordate, bract equalling the pedicel. E. B, 76. St. prostrate, 

 ascending. L. scattered. Kacemes terminal. Fl. blue, pink, 

 or white. Central vein of wings nearly simple ending in a 

 mucro ; lateral only branched externally ; branches joining in 

 loops and also with the upper ones of the central vein. Lobes 

 of aril unequal, blunt, lateral ones -J as long as the seed which 

 is a little stalked within the aril. P. o.ryptera (B.) is a state 

 with smaller fl., and fr. broader than the wings. E. B. S. 

 2827. /3. grandiflora (Bab.) ; upper 1. large lanceolate, cal.- 

 wings oval apiculate, their lateral veins rejoin the mostly simple 

 central vein near its tip and have many net-like veins externally. 

 Fl. deep blue. Dry pastures and peaty fens. . Ben Bulben, I. 

 P. VI. TX. E. S. I. 



