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14. ELATINE.-E. 1.5. CARYOPHYLLE.E. 
on their inner side. Caj)s. 1 -celled, 3 — 4-valved, many- 
seeded. 
1. Frankenia 
1. F. Icpvis (L.) ; L. linear revoliite at the margin glabrous 
ciliated at the base. — E. B. 205. — St. slightly downy. Cal. 
slightly hispid between its ))rominent angles. FI. terminal or 
from the forks of the stem, sessile, rose-coloured. St. prostrate, 
branched, wiry. L. sometimes pulverulent. — Salt marshes on 
the east coast. P. VIII. E. 
2. F. pulverulent a (L.); 1. obovate retuse glabrous above pid- 
verulent beneath, j)etiole ciliated. — E. B. 2222. — St. similar to 
the last. — Found by Dillenius and Iludson on the Sussex coast, 
ijjpai-ently now lost. A. VII. E. 
Order XIV. ELATINEiE. 
Sep. 3 — 5, distinct or slightly connate. Pet. 3 — 5. Stam. 
equalling or twice as many as the pet., free. Caps. 3 — 5-celled, 
3 — 5-valved, loculicidal, with central ])lacentas. Styles 3 — 5, 
stigmas capitate. Seeds numerous, albumen 0, embryo cuiwed 
with the seed. — L. without stipules, opposite. 
1. Elatine. Cal. 3 — 4-parted. Pet. 3 — 4. Stam. 3 — 4 or 
6 — 8. Styles 3 — 4. Caps. 3 — 4-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
cylimfrical, terete, straight or bent. 
1 . Elatine Linn. 
1. E. hexandra (DC.); 1. opposite longer than their petioles, 
fl. slightly stalked with 6 stam. and 3 obovate pet., caps, tiwhi- 
nate concave at the summit 3-celled, seeds nearly straight as- 
cending 8 — 12 in each cell. — R. I. f. 599. E. Hycfropiper E. B. 
955. E. trijietala Sm. — Plant minute, procumbent. Fl. alter- 
nate, axillary. Cal. 3-fid. — Forming small matted tufts under 
water, rare. A. VIII. 
2. E. Hydrop>iper (L.) ; 1. opposite shoiier than their petioles, 
fl. stalked or nearly sessile with 8 stam. and 4 ovate pet., caps, 
roundish dejiressed 4-celled, seeds bent almost double pendulous 
4 in each cell. — E. B. S. 2670. E. Schkuhriana (Hayne) Reich. 
— Fl. quite sessile in our plant. Cal. 4-fid. — Very rare, growing 
under water. Fransham Ponds, Surrey. Mr. W. W. Reeves, 
Llyn Coron, Anglesea. Newry and at the Lough Neagh outlet 
of the Lagan Canal, Ireland. A. VIII. E. I. 
Order XV. CARYOPHYLLE^. 
Sep. 5 or 4, distinct or connected in a tube. Pet. 5 or 4, 
clawed. Stam. usually twice as many as, sometimes equalling. 
