12. FRANKENIACE^E. 13. ELATINACEJS. 41 



oblong their veins branched the lateral looping with a branch 

 from near the middle of the central vein, caps, oblong-obcordate, 

 lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels. P. amara Don, E.B.S. 

 2764. P. amarella Coss. et Germ. Atl. t. 7. St. weak, procum- 

 bent or ascending, nearly naked below. Fl.-st. from the axils of 

 the term, rosette, simple, short ; racemes terminal. Fl. blue. 

 Lobes of arillus unequal, lateral i as long as seed. Chalk hills 

 of the S.E. of England. P. V. E. 



3. P. austriaca (Cr.) ; lower I. larger obovate obtuse in a basal 

 rosette, upper 1. oblong-lanceolate, cal. -wings oblong or obovate 

 obtuse their veins simple or slightly branched free, caps, wedge- 

 shaped below roundish broader than the wings, lateral bracts 

 shorter than the pedicels. P. uliginosa R. I. i. f. 40. 41. P. 

 amara Sv. Bot. t. 484. Rosette at the crown of the rootstock ; 

 1. much the largest, broad, rounded at the end. Fl.-st. from the 

 axils of the rosette, simple, short ; upper 1. acute ; racemes ter- 

 minal. Cal. -wings longer than caps, (in our plant). Lobes of 

 arillus nearly equal, blunt, as long as seed. Cronkley Fell, 

 Yorkshire (1500 ft.). Mr. James Backhouse. P. VI. VII. 



Order XII. FRANKENIACE.E. 



Sep. 4 5, in a furrowed tube below. Pet. 5, clawed, with 

 appendages at the base of the limb. Stam. 5 or more, free, 2- 

 celled, opening by 2 terminal pores or longitudinally. Caps. 1- 

 celled, 2 4-valved ; placentas 3, parietal. Style slender, simple 

 or trifid. Seeds many, minute. Embryo in the albumen. 



1. FRA-NKENIA. Style 3-fid; lobes oblong with the stigma 

 on their inner side. Caps. 1-celled, 3 4-valved. 



1. FRANKENIA Linn. Sea-heath. 



1. F. Itevis (L,); 1. linear revolute at the margin glabrous 

 ciliated 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, truly oblong but with much revolute 

 edges. Salt marshes on the east coast. P. VIII. E. 



2. F. pulverulenta (L.) ; 1. obovate retuse glabrous above pul- 

 verulent beneath, petiole ciliated. E. B. 2222. St. similar to 

 the last. Formerly on the Sussex coast, now lost. A. VII. E. 



Order XIII. ELATINACEJE. 



Sep. 3 5, distinct, or slightly connate. Pet. 3 5. Stam. 

 equal to or twice as many as the pet., free. Caps. 3 5-celled, 



