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2. P. calcarea (Scluiltz); 1. chiejUj in an irregular terminal 
tuft large obovatc obtuse, 1. of llowering shoot smaller lanceolate, 
tl. crested, 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 j)edicels. — P. 
amara (Don) E. B. S. 2746. R. exsic. 749. P. aniarella Coss. et 
Germ. Atl. FI. Par. f. 7- On the wings the branches are some- 
times slightly confluent but the lateral nerves never rejoin tlie 
eentral one although very rarely they anastomose with an oblique 
branch of it. FI. blue. — Chalk hills of the south-east of En- 
gland. P. V. E. 
Order XII. TAMAIUSCINE.E. 
Cal. 4-5-parted, persistent, aestivation imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, 
withering, regular, aistivation imbricate. Stain, equal or twice 
as many as the jietals, distinct or monadelphous. C.aps. 1 -celled, 
3-valved, many-seeded, loeulicidal; placentas often only at the 
base. Seeds ascending, comose. 
1. Tamarix. Cal. 4 — 5-parted. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. 4— 5 or 
8 — 10, inserted in a h^qiogynous ring. Styles 3, patent. 
Seeds affixed at the base of the capsule ; coma or down of 
simple pappiform hairs arising from the apex. 
1. Tamarix iiMW. Tamarisk. 
tl. T. anglica (Webb); 1. glabrous somewhat narrowed at 
the base spm-red, hyiiogynous ring 5 angled narrowed into the 
filaments of the cordate shortly apiculate anthers whose cells 
diverge below, caps, roundish trigonous at the base abruptly 
narrowed towards the apex. — T. gallica E. B. 1318. — St. 
shrubby, with slender leafy branches. L. minute with a loose 
s])ur at the base. Spikes lateral, somewhat panicled, slender. 
FI. small, pink. — In T. gallica the 1. are broader at the base, the 
ring has 10 obtuse lobes with the filaments between them, the 
anther a much longer point and the caps, gradually narrowed 
fi’om its base. Webb in Hook. Journ. of Bot. hi. 429. tab. 15. — 
South-west coasts of England. S. VII. E. 
Order XIII. 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, 3-valved, septicidal ; placentas 3, parietal. Style slender, 
simple or trifid. Seeds numerous, minute. Embryo in the 
midst of albumen. 
1. Frankenia. Style 3-fid. ; lobes oblong with the stigma 
