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2. P. calearea (Schultz); 1. chiefly in an irregular terminal 
tuft large obovate obtuse, l. of flowerig shoot smaller lanceolate, 
fl. erested, wings of the calyx oblong, the lateral nerves distinct 
from the central nerve at the apex all branched, caps. obcordate- 
orbicular sessile, lateral bracts shorter than the pedicels.—P. 
amara (Don) E. B. 8. 2746. R. exsic. 749. P. amarella Coss.. et 
Germ. Atl. Fl, Par. t.7. On the wings the branches are some- 
times slightly confluent but the lateral nerves never rejoin the 
central one, rarely they anastomose with an oblique branch of 
it. Fl. blue.—Chalk hills of the south-east of England. P. V. 
E. 
Order XII. FRANKENIACEA. 
Sep. 4—5, in uw 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 longitudimally. Caps. 1- 
celled, 2—4-valved ; placentas 3, parietal. Style slender, simple 
or trifid. Seeds numerous, minute. Embryo in the albumen. 
1. Franxenta. Style 3-fid.: lobes oblong with the stigma 
on their inner side. Caps. 1-celled, 3—4 valved. 
1. Franxenta Linn. 
1. F. levis (L.); UL. 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. FI. 
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. i. 
2. F. pulverulenta (L.); 1. obovate retuse glabrous above pul- 
verulent beneath, petiole ciliated. —H. B. 2222.—St. similar to 
;the last.—Formerly on the Sussex coast, now lost. A.V. E. 
Order XIII. ELATINACEA. 
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, 
3—5-valved, loculicidal, with central placentas. Styles 3—5, 
stigmas capitate. Seeds numerous, albumen 0, embryo curved 
with the seed.—L. without stipules, opposite. 
1. Evatine. Cal. 3—4-parted. Pet.3—4. Stam.3—4 or 
6—8. Styles 3—4. Caps 3—4-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
cylindrical, straight or bent. 
1, Evatine Linn. 
1. E. herandra (DC.); 1. opposite longer than their petioles, 
