492 TETRAGONIACEAE 
als ga e to ved e 4—5 mm. long, a d within: capsule 3.5-5 
mm. long. [T. monog mocks 
.]— Ha 
and aes eda "S pen. a and the Keys; 
—( , Mex., C. A., S. A., 
We ae sim 
SESUVIUM L. Annual or peren- 
nial Eu unt herbs 
Stamens 1-many, sometimes grouped.— 
About 4 species oe of saline regions.— 
Spr.-fall.—SEA-PURSLANES. 
Stamens numerous: sepals over 5 mm. long at maturit 
Upper leaves with spatulate or rarely elliptic todas: 
sepals becoming ovate: plants green. 1. S. Portulacastrum. 
Upper leaves d linear blades: sepals becoming hastate: 
plants glauco 2. S. crithmoides. 
. Stamens 5: sepals ies than 5 mm. long at maturity. 3. S. pi uimun: 
ulacastrum L. usually sparingly branched, the branches 
cm. long: flowers short pedicelled 
, Plants 
ir E -2 m. long: leaf-blades spatulate to oblanceolate or rarely elliptie, 1.5—4 
sepals 
a 
ng. 
Plain, Fla. t W. 
S e elw m 
Portulacastrum in dus leaf-blades nar- 
] —6 em. long: flowers deca 
sepals 9-11 mm. long : capsule 9-11 
long.—Waste places E wharves, Brine: 
wick, Ga. Nat. of Angol 
itimum (Walt.) B. S. P. Pla 
copiously bien 0. 5- 4 eae leaf- blades petiit to obovate, 1-2.5 cm. 
long: flos rs sessile: sepal mm. long: capsule about 5 mm. long. [S. pent- 
andrum EIL ]—Sandy Sur pem waste grounds, on Plain, Fla. to Tex. and 
N. Y.—(W. I. 
4. GALENIA L. Herbs or shrubs, with spreading or prostrate branches. 
Leaves opposite or alternate, pps very variable in size. Flowers perfect, in- 
conspicuous, axillary. Sepals r 5. Sta- 
mens 8 or 10, in pairs at WE sinuses of the 
perianth. Capsule 3-5 angled, leathery.— 
About 17 species, natives of Africa 
unda Sond. Stem branehed at 
ie long, h-branched: leaves numer- 
a rhombie, neate-obovat 
a a Rares 1-2 em. long: 
calyx abou m. long; lobes oblong or 
lanceolate- oblong, ciliate near the tip and 
pubescent filaments shorter than 
the CUN ooa Waste laces, W Fila. 
Nat. of S Africa.—Spr.—fall. 
