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/ Portulaca Le fPurslane, 
Ours low glabrous fleshy amnual)herbs, with chiefly alternate leaves; 
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stipules scarious or wanting. Calyx lobes 2, forming a short tube at the 
base, partially adnate to the ovary. Stanens variable, 7-20, Capsule 
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globose, circumscissile, a 
1. P. oleracea Le. Leaves obovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, .5-2 cm, 
long, obtuse or lightly notched, cuneate; calyxelobes ovate, about 5 ma, 
long, petals pale yellow, opening only when sunny ,notcheds; stamens 7-12; 
capsule 4-5 ima. long, sceds black, glistening, rotund-flattened, pitted, 
im occasional weed in cry situations. Introd, from Trop. Am, 
ce, Claytonia Gronove Spring Beautye 
Low, glabrous, rather succulent herbs from globose deep-seated corits, 
Leaves chiefly basal (wanting in ours), stems bearing a single opposite 
cauline pair near the invlorescence,. ‘lovers in a loose terminal raceme, 
reflexed in fruit, commonly white or veined with pink, Sepals 2, versistent, 
enclosing the caysule. Petals 5, Stamens 5, seated on the bases of the 
petals, capsule s-valved, 5-6 seeded, 
le %. lanccolata Purshe Leaves 2-5 cm, long, oblong-lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, subsessile, subtending the inflorescence; raceme 5-8 en, Long, 
pedicels 1,582.5 cm, long, only the lowermost bracted, deflexed in fruit; 
calyx ou, -4 mi, iong; corolla 10-12 mm, long, wiite or pink, veined with a 
deeper rose-color, tne .etais entire or lightly notched; anthers pink; 
cansule shorter than the calyx; sceds ovoid, flactened, 1.5 iu, long, 
black snd very shinye 
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rthrougiousc our region at all elevations, avpesring in very early svring, 
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