11. PEAJTKENIACEJB. 12. POlTeAlACEiE. 45 



of rosette of lea-yea, seeds with a close rough not chaffy coat. — 

 R. iii. 24. D. longifolia iSm.— Stig. pink, bifid. Anth. yellow. 

 Eachis not closely recurved. A variety with shorter leaves and 

 the flower-stalks shorter than the leaves is sometimes found. — 

 Common in boggy places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. D. ang'lica (Huds.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate blunt erect, pe- 

 tioles glabrous, _/?.-sfc[Z^s erect from centre of rosette of leaves, 

 seeds with a loose chaffy coat. — E. B. 868. , D. longifolia R. iii. 

 24, Koch, Fries. — Much larger and taller than the last. — /3. D. 

 olorata (M. and K.) ; has broader leaves and the styles often, 

 though not always, emarginate. D. longifolia Sm. E. B. 867. 

 — ^In bogs, rather rare, common in Ireland. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



Order XI. FEANKENIACE^. 



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

 with appedages at the base of the limb. Stam. 4 or 5 or more, 

 free, 2-celled, opening by 2 terminal pores or longitudinally. 

 Caps. 1-celled, 2 — 4-valved ; placentas 3, parietal. Style slen- 

 der, simple or trifid. Seeds many, minute. Embryo in the 

 albumen. — Stip. 0. 



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

 on their inner side. Caps. l-ceUed, 3 — 4-valved. 



1. Peutke'nia Linn. Sea-heath. 



1. F. Im'ms (L.); 1. linear (or rather oblong with reflexed 

 edges) glabrous ciliate at the base. — E. B. 206. — St. slightly 

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

 nent 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. pulverulen'ta (L.) ; 1. obovate retuse glabrous above pul- 

 verulent beneath, petiole ciliate.— S. B. 2222.— Formerly on 

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



Order XII. POLTGALACE^. 



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. 



