THE SEA'HEAlll FAMILY. (ORDER xi, FRANKENIACeZv I 
CALYA of 4 _ 6 SEPALS, united at the base into a tube A separating into 4-6 
teeth, remaining with the fruit (persistent), inserted below the seedcase. 
COROLLA of 4-6 PETALS , the same number as the sepals, not united (free ), 
clawed , inserted below the seedcase (hypogynous). 
S1AMENS 4-8, usually 6, inserted below the seedcase (hypogynous). 
PISTIL of 2 “4 CARPELS, united into a 1- celled, seedcase ( ovary), and 1 style 
which is divided at tire top into as many branches as there are carpets, the 
• stigmas being on the inside of the branches. 
1 FRUIT a small, roundish capsule, 1- celled & many-seeded, opening by as many 
1 valves as there are carpels. 
FLOWERS rose or fl esh-coloured or purple, stalkless, solitary, in the axils of 
the leaves, forming Leafy dusters terminating the stem A branches. 
STEMS jointed, woody and prostrate. 
LEAVES small & end re, ! 
opposite or arranged in a j 
circle round each joint 
(whorled). 
DISTINGUISHED BY the 
sepals.petals A stamens 
being inserted 
below the seed-, 
case.ty the pros- 
trate, woody, 
jointed branches A by the small ! 
. . . , „ .... jr-y. opposite or whorled leaves, 
sepals petal stamens pistil fruit rr 
SMOOTH 
SEA- HEATH, 
FRANKEVA 
L f.VIS. 
