42 12. FBANKENIACEiE.- — 13. ELATINACILa:. 
Don, E. B. S. 2764. P. amarella Coss. et Germ. Atl. t. 7.— St. 
weak, procumbent or ascending, nearly naked below. Fl.-st. 
several from the axils of the term, rosette, simple, short ; racemes 
terminal. Fl. blue. Lobes of aril \mequal, lateral ^ as long as 
seed.— Chalk hills of the S.E. of England, rare. P. V. < K 
3. P. austriaca (Cr.) ; lower I, larger obovate bhmt in a basal 
rosette, upper 1. oblong-lanceolate, cal.-Vings oblong or obovate 
blxmt their veins si7nple or slightly branched free, caps, wedge- 
shaped below rovmdish broader than the wings, lateral bracts 
shorter than the pedicels. — P. uliginosa R. I. i. f. 40. 41. P. 
amara Sv. Bot. t. 484. — Rosette at the crown of the rootstock ; 
L much the largest, broad, roimded at the end. Fl.-st. from the 
axils of the rosette, simple, short ; upper 1. acute ; racemes ter- 
minal. Cal.-wings longer than caps, (in our plant). Lobes of 
aril nearly equal, blunt, ^ as long as seed. — Cronkley Fell, 
Yorkshire (1500 ft.). Mr. James Backhouse. P. VI. VII. E, 
Order XII. FRANKENIACE^. 
Sep. 4—5 , in a fui'rowed 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- 
ceUed, 2— 4-valved ; placentas 3, parietal. Style slender, smiple 
or trifid. Seeds many, minute. Embiyo in the albumen. 
' 1. Fbankenta, Style 3-fid ; lobes oblong with the stigma 
on their inner side. Caps. 1-celled, 3 — 4-valved. 
1. FfiANKE'iaA Linn. Sea- heath. 
1. F. ks'vis (L.) ; 1. linear (rather oblong with much revolute 
edges) glabrous ciliate at the base. — JE. B. 205. — St. slightly 
downy, prostrate, vnry. Cal. slightly hispid between its pro- 
minent 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. 
2. F. ptdveriden'ta (L.) ; 1. obovate retuse glabrous above piil- 
verulent beneath, petiole ciliate. — E. B. 2222.— St. similar to 
the last. — Formerly on the Sussex coast, now lost. A. VII. E. 
Order XIII. ELATINACE^. 
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, dissepiments adhering to central axis. 
Styles 3 — 5, stigmas capitate. Seeds many, albumen 0, embryo 
curved with the seed. — L. without stipules, opposite. 
