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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. ainarella 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 ^ 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, upjier 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 

 ai'illus nearly equal, blunt, i as long as seed.— Cronklev 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. Frankenia. 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. Icevis (L.) ; 1. hnear revolute at the margin glabrous 

 ciliated at the base.— iJ. 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. ELATINACE^. 



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, 



