12. FHANKENIACEJE. 13. ELAIINACILa). 45 



of aril nearly equal, blunt, i as long as seed. — Cronkley Fell, 

 Yorkshire (1500 ft.). Mr. James Baehhouse. P. YL VII. E. 



Order XII. PEANKENIACE^. 



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-Talved ; placentas 3, parietal Style slender, simple 

 or trifld. Seeds many, minute. Embiyo in the albumen. 



1. F5ANB;E^fIA. Style 3-fid ; lobes oblong with the stigma 

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



1. Pbaktie'jjia Linn. Sea-heath. 



1. F. la' vis (L.) ; 1. liuear (or rather oblong with much revolute 

 edges) glabrous cUiate at the base. — St. slightly downy, pro- 

 strate, wiry. Cal. slightly hispid between its prominent angles. 

 Fl. terminal or from the forks of the stem, sessile, rose-colom-ed. 

 L. sometimes pulTerulent. — Salt marshes on the East and South 

 coast. P. Vm. E. 



[F. ptdveruten'ta (L.) ; 1. ohovate retuse glabrous above pul- 

 verulent beneath, petiole ciliate. — F. B. 2222. — St. similar to 

 the last. — Formerly on the Sussex coast, now lost. A. VIL] 



E. 



Order XIII. ELATINACE^. 



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

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

 3 — 5-valved, locuUcidal, dissepiments adhering to central axis. 

 Styles 3 — 5 ; stigmas capitate. Seeds many, albumen 0, embryo 

 curved with the seed. — L. without stipules, opposite. 



1. EiATiNE. Cal 3— 4-parted. Pet. 3—4. Stam. 3—4 or 

 6 — 8. Styles 8 — i. Caps. 3 — 4-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 cylindrical, straight or bent. 



1. Elai'ine Linn. Water-wort. 



1. E. hexan'dra (DO.) ; 1 opposite longer than their petioles 

 il. slightly stalked with 6 stam. and 3 obovate pet, caps, turbi- 

 nate concave at the summit 3-celled, seeds nearly straight as- 

 cending 8 — 12 in each cell. — R. I. f. 599. E. Sydropiper and 

 E. tripetala. (Sia.). — Plant minute, creeping. Fl. alternate, axil- 

 lary. Cal. 3-fid. — Forming small matted tufts under water, 

 rare. A. Vm. E. S. I. 



