452 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Peplis. 
FRANK E'NIA.* Calyx five-cleft, funnel-shaped: Petals five : 
Summit with three divisions : Caps . one-celled, three- 
valved. 
F. Lje'vis. Leaves strap-shaped, crowded, fringed at the base. 
{E. Bot. 205. E.)— Mich. 22. 1 —Lob. Adv. 180. 3 —Ger. Em. 566. 3— 
Park. 1680. 6-Barr. 714—<7. B. iii. 703. 2—Pet. 10. 11. 
A shrub with numerous branched, trailing stems. Leaves (somewhat glau¬ 
cous, about a quarter of an inch long, E.) fleshy, egg-shaped, but the 
edges being rolled in they appear almost cylindrical with a groove under¬ 
neath, flatted at the base. Calyx with five to seven ribs and as many 
teeth. Petals wedge-shaped, a little scolloped at the end. Nectary a 
fleshy, yellow scale, fixed to the base of each petal. Style cloven half 
way down into three segments. Blossom pinky red. 
(Smooth Sea-heath. E.) Salt marshes in a muddy soil. Loving-land, 
near Yarmouth. Isles of Sheppey and Thanet; Essex, Sussex, and 
Kent, common. Near Yarmouth. Mr. Crowe. (At South wick. Mr. 
Borrer. On Sunderland Ballast Hills. Mr. Weighell. Winch Guide. E.) 
P. July—Aug. 
F. pulverulen'ta. Leaves inversely egg-shaped, abrupt at the end, 
mealy beneath. 
(. E. Bot. 2222. E.)— Clus. ii. 186. 2 — Dod. 376— Ger. Em. 566. 2 — Zanon. 
79—Lob. Adv. 196.2. 
Stems lying flat, slender, branching; knots about a finger’s breadth from 
each other. Leaves four at a joint, hoary underneath. Flowers (pale 
red, E.) in the bosom of the leaves. Mont, in Zanon. ( Leaves single 
ribbed, with very short hairs underneath, edges scarcely rolled in, on 
short fringed leaf-stalks. E.) 
Dusty Frankenia. Powdery Sea-heath. (Very rare in Britain. E.) 
Sea coast of Sussex between Bognor and Brighthelmstone. Dillenius. 
Hudson. A. July. 
PE'PLIS.f Calyx bell-shaped, twelve-cleft, segments alter¬ 
nately smaller: Petals six, sometimes absent: Caps. 
superior, two-celled, many-seeded. 
P. por'tula. Flowers often without petals: (leaves opposite, in¬ 
versely heart-shaped, on stalks. E.) 
Dicks. H. S.—Curt. 288— Vaill. 15. 5— (E. Bot. 1211. E.)— FI. Dan. 64— 
Mich. 18. 1— Ger. Em. 614. 11 —Park. 1260. 4 — J. B. iii. 372. 3. 
( Stems numerous, creeping, six to nine inches long, square, often strik- 
ing. root at the joints, branched, slender. Leaves glabrous, hardly 
an inch long, sometimes tapering into leaf-stalks. Petals inserted on the 
calyx, deciduous, very minute ; both blossom and filaments reddish. E.) 
Water Purslane. (Welsh: Porpin Troed y gywen. E.) Marshy and 
watery places, especially such as become dry in summer. 
A. July—Sept. 
(In Galpine’s Compend. Lilium Martagon , Turk’s-cap Lily; Leaves 
whorled, egg-spear-shaped: flowers reflexed, petals turned back: is 
said to have been found on the chalk hills near Dorking and Godstone; 
but we apprehend it can scarcely be considered indigenous. E.) 
* (Named after John Frankenius, Professor at Upsal, 1659. E.) 
j* (From 7re7rAof, a purple garment, which this flower resembles in colour. E.) 
