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FRANKE'NIA* *. 



Linncan Class and Order. Hexa'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 



Natural Order. Framkema'cE/E, St. Hilaire. — Lindl. Syn. 

 p. 38. Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 157. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 

 p. 506. — Loud. Ilort. Brit. p. 501. — Akin to Caryophyllete, Juss. 

 Gen. PI. p. 303. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 161. — Rosales; subord. 

 Rceadosas ; sect. Cistinas ; type, Frankenia'cea: ; Burn. Outl. 

 of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 792, & 798. — Calycanthem.e, Linn. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. I.) inferior, of 1 sepal, somewhat cy- 

 lindrical, with 5 angles, permanent ; the border with 5 pointed, 

 spreading teeth. Corolla of 5 petals, their claws as long as the 

 calyx; the limb of each inversely egg-shaped, or wedge-shaped, 

 and spreading (see fig. 2). Nectary a channelled membrane, on 

 the inner side of each claw (see fig. 2). Filaments (fig. 3.) 6, the 

 length of the calyx, thread-shaped, nearly equal. Anthers roundish, 

 2-lobed. Gcrmen (fig. 4.) superior, egg-oblong, with 3 furrows. 

 Style upright, cylindrical, as long as the stamens. Stigmas (see 

 fig. 4.) 3, oblong, blunt, downy, spreading. Capsules egg-shaped, 

 of one cell, and 3 or 4 valves. Valves bearing many seeds at their 

 margins. Seeds egg-shaped, very small. 



The 1-sepaied, inferior calyx ; the 5-petaled corolla ; and the 

 1-celled, many-seeded capsule ; will distinguish this genus from 

 others in the same class and order. 



Two species British. 



FRANKE'NIA LAiVIS. Smooth Sea-heath. 



Spec. Char. Flowers solitary. Leaves strap-shaped, revolute 

 at the margin, crowded, smooth, fringed at the base. 



Enel. Bot. t. 205.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 473 — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 137. — 

 Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 387. Fngl. FI. v. ii. p. 186. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 452. — 

 Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 664. — Lindl. Syn, p. 39. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 150. — 

 Kelli. H. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 146. — Annals of Bot. v. ii. p. 29. — Rev. G. E. 

 Smith's PI. of S. Kent, p.22. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 376. — 

 Lychnis supina maritima Ericce facie. Ray’s Syn. p. 338. — Polygonum ser- 

 pillifolium, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 566. 



Localities. — In muddy salt marshes; rare. — Cambridgeshire ; TyddGole, 

 near Wisbeach : Rev. K.Relhan. — Durham ; Sunderland Ballast Hills: Mr. 

 Weigheil. — Essex; In the marshes about Ihurrington: Ray. On the shore 

 near VVakering, below South End : Mr. E. Forster, jun. — Kent ; In the Isle 

 of Shepey, abundant: Rev. Dr. GoonENoucii. Salt marshes near Sandwich: 

 Mr. J. Woods,, jun. On the coast of the Isle of l'hanet ; and by Archcliff Fort, 

 Dover: L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. Upon the Salt Marshes; Dimchurch ; New 

 Romney ; Sandwich ; and Pegwell Bay. Upon moist chalk ( lift's near Lydden 

 Spout, and East of Dover: Rev. G. E. Smith. — Norfolk ; Moist parts of Yar- 

 mouth Denes near the Ferry, on the edges of ditches: Mr. Wigg. Near (.'ley : 

 Mr. E. Forster, jun. — Suffolk; Walberswick, ike.: Mr. Davy. The edges 



Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 4. Ger- 

 men, Style, and Stigmas. — Fig. 5. The lower half of a Leaf, cut transversely to 

 show how the margins are rolled backwards. — All more or less magnified. 



* So named by Linn.t.us, in honour of John Frankenius, Professor of 

 Botany at Upsal, who first enumerated the plants of Sweden in Speculum 

 Botanicum, 1638. He died in 1661. 

 t See Galanthus nivalis, folio 33, note f. 



