44 XV. FRANKENIACE^E.— XVI. CARYOPHYLLE^E. 



Comesperma, Labill. 



sphserocarpum, Steets. (Fig. 28.) 



volubile, Labill. = C.gracile, Paxt, Mag. v. 145. 



var. album, Bail. 

 secundum, Banks. 

 retusum, Labill. 

 ericinum, DC. 



var. patentifolium, Benth. 



var. oblongatum, R. Br. 

 sylvestre, Lincll. 

 prsecelsum, F. v. M. 

 defoliatum, F. v. M. 

 Xanthophyllum, Roxb. 



Macintyrii, F.v.M. — Wood useful for cigar-boxes. (Fig. 

 27.) 



Alliance IV.—CARYOPHYLLINM. 



Order XV. -FRANKENIACE.ffi. 



Frankenia, Linn. 



pauciflora, DC. — Australian Sea-heath. (Fig. 28 bis.) 

 var. serpyllifolia, Benth. (Fig. 29.) 



var. thymoides, Benth. — A Saltbush. This small shrub 

 furnishes the bushman with a plentiful supply of a nice 

 clean salt. Probably no other plant is so thickly encrusted 

 with this useful material. (Fig. 30.) 



Order XVI.— CARYOPHYLLE^, 



Tribe I. — Silene.e. 

 *Dianthus, Linn. 



prolifer, Linn. — The Proliferous Pink. Europe. 

 Gypsophila, Linn. 



tubulosa, Boiss. 

 *Saponaria, Linn. 



vaccaria, Linn. — Cowherb. Europe. 

 *Lychnis, Linn. 



githago, Lam. — Corn Cockle. Europe. 

 Silene, Linn. 



gallica, Linn. — Catchfly. Europe. 



