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numerous. Embryo straight in the axis of the albumen. — L. 
without stipules. 
1. Frankenia. Style 3-fid, the lobes oblong bearing the 
stigma on their inner side. Caps. 3-4-valved many-seeded. 
1. Frastcenia L. 
Sea- Heath. 
1. F. PUEyERULENTA L. 
Herbaceous diffuse or prostrate; 1. oboyate retuse smooth 
above, furry-pubescent beneath, petioles ciliate at the base; 
cal. smooth. — Desf. i. 316 ; Brot. i. 556 ; EB. t. 2222 ; DC. i. 
349; Sm. E. FI. ii. 186; Presl 140; WB.!i. 130; Bab. 41.— 
Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, rrr ; PS. reg. 1, f . In Madeira only at 
Porto da Cruz on the N. coast near the sea, and “ beach at 
S. Jorge,” S r Moniz ; in PS. by roadsides, &c., not uncommon. 
April- June. — St. suffrutescent at the base, 6-12 in. long, much 
branched dichotomously, thickly leafy. L. small. FI. small very 
pale pink or almost white, axillary. 
2. F. LiEvis L. Resteira or Rasteyro. 
St. shrubby prostrate wiry thickly cespitose; 1. linear stiff 
smooth on both sides sessile connate and subciliate at the base, 
their margins reyolute ; fl. solitary or collected in little ter- 
minal heads subcymose longer than the 1. ; cal. slightly hairy- 
pubescent at the base and between its ribs or angles. 
a. hebccaulon ; st. more or less yelvety-pubescent. F. Iceris, 
hirsuta and Nothria Linn. Herb. ! F. intermedia and ?F. hispida 
DC. i. 349. F. intermedia Presl 141 P F. Nothria (Thunb.) 
DC. i. 34. F. liirsuta Desf. i. 317, 8. F. Icevis Brot. i. 556 ; 
Sm. ! E. Fl. ii. 186 ; Bab. 41 ; Bucli ! 196. no. 351. F. ccspi- 
tosa Lowe! Noyit. 28. F. capitata WB. ! i. 131. t. 16. — Suffr. 
per. Mad. reg. 1, | ; PS. reg. 1, ccc. Confined in Madeira to 
Ponta S. Louren^o ; in Porto Santo general in barren exposed 
places near the sea. April- June. — Much branched and leafy, 
trailing, forming a thick spreading turf 2 or 3 in. high, with 
tough thick woody long wiry roots and st., and heath-like 
crowded often encrusted 1. £- in. long and .} line broad, enlivened 
by the conspicuous rather large pink fi. which are either sessile 
and solitary or aggregate in leafy cymose heads of 2-4 towards 
the ends of the branches. Cal. and st. upwards reddish or 
purplish chestnut. In foliage the pi. resembles Empetrum 
nif/rum L. ; in fi., Silene acaulis L. It varies with fi. bright full 
pink or rose; and fi. pale fiesh-colour or nearly w. ; the latter 
occurring only, and that rarely, in Porto Santo. 
The var. fi. Iciocaulon with smooth st. (F. laris Desf. i. 317; 
EB. t. 205; DC. i. 34; Presl 141) has not occurred either in 
Mad. or PS. 
