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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  Fruit 
  a 
  dark 
  purple 
  berry. 
  A 
  weed 
  on 
  waste 
  ground. 
  The 
  young 
  

   branches 
  are 
  often 
  eaten 
  like 
  asparagus, 
  and 
  the 
  root, 
  known 
  as 
  

   "garget 
  root," 
  is 
  used 
  iu 
  medicine.* 
  

  

  29. 
  AIZOACEJE. 
  ICE 
  PLANT 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Mostly 
  fleshy 
  plants, 
  mainly 
  natives 
  of 
  Africa. 
  Flowers 
  

   often 
  large 
  and 
  showy. 
  Stamens 
  often 
  doubled 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  petal-like. 
  Ovary 
  2-many-celled. 
  

  

  [Our 
  only 
  very 
  common 
  genus 
  belongs 
  to 
  a 
  subfamily 
  which 
  

   has 
  little 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  fleshy 
  " 
  ice 
  plants," 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  

   gardens, 
  which 
  best 
  represent 
  the 
  family 
  as 
  a 
  whole.] 
  

  

  MOLLUGO 
  L. 
  

  

  Low 
  branching 
  annuals. 
  Sepals 
  5, 
  greenish 
  outside, 
  white 
  

   inside. 
  Corolla 
  wanting. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  

   sepals, 
  or 
  3, 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  ovary. 
  Capsule 
  

   3-celled, 
  many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  verticillata 
  L. 
  CARPET 
  WEED. 
  Stems 
  branching 
  and 
  form- 
  

   ing 
  radiating 
  patches. 
  Leaves 
  clustered 
  in 
  apparent 
  whorls 
  at 
  the 
  

   joints 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  spatulate. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  little 
  sessile 
  umbels 
  at 
  the 
  

   joints. 
  Stamens 
  commonly 
  3. 
  A 
  troublesome 
  weed 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil 
  and 
  

   common 
  on 
  sandy 
  beaches 
  and 
  river 
  banks. 
  

  

  30. 
  PORTULACACE-ffi. 
  PURSLANE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Generally 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  opposite 
  or 
  alternate, 
  entire 
  ; 
  

   stipules 
  dry 
  and 
  membranaceous. 
  Sepals 
  2. 
  Petals 
  4 
  or 
  more, 
  

   distinct 
  or 
  united 
  below. 
  Stamens 
  4 
  or 
  more, 
  hypogynous 
  or 
  

   perigynous. 
  Ovary 
  usually 
  superior, 
  1-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  simple 
  or 
  

   3-cleft 
  ; 
  ovules 
  2-many. 
  Capsule 
  opening 
  transversely 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  lid, 
  or 
  2-3-valved. 
  

  

  I. 
  CLAYTONIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  smooth, 
  erect, 
  4-10 
  in. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  2, 
  opposite, 
  smooth, 
  succulent. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  terminal 
  

   raceme. 
  Sepals 
  2, 
  ovate, 
  persistent. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  sometimes 
  

   joined 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  somewhat 
  perigynous. 
  Style 
  

   3-cleft 
  ; 
  ovary 
  1-celled, 
  3-6-seeded. 
  

  

  