70 CARYOPHYLLALES 



Stamens 5, seeds few. 2. Clayton ia. 



Ovary partly inferior, capsule circumscssile. 3. Portulaca! 



1. Talinum. 385. 



Petals 5, stamens 5. 1. T. parviflorum. 



Petals usually 8-10, stam_ens 30 or more. 2. T. calycinum. 



1. Talinum parviflorum Nutt. 

 Taiinum terretifolium. 



In dry soil mostly in the western part of the state. Long Pine; 

 Minden. 



2. Talinum calycinum Engelm. 



In dry soil in the western part of the state. Ft. Robinson; Kennedy; 

 Snake River; Valentine. 



2. Claytonia. 385. 



1. Claytonia virginica L. 



Frequent in shady woods along the ^Missouri. Bellevue; Omaha. 



3. Portulaca. 386. 



1. Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. 



A common weed all over the state. Cheyenne County; Hooker County; 

 Lincoln ; Wahoo ; Weeping Water. 



5. AIZOACEAE. 



Mollugo. 384. 



1. Mollugo verticilata L. 



A common weed in most of the state. Endicott; Kearney; Hastings; 



Long Pine; Minden; Mullen; O'Neil; Plainview; Red Cloud. 



6. PHYTOLACCACEAE. 

 Phytolacca. 381. 



1. Phytolacca decandra L. Poke-berry. 



In the southeastern part of the state. Richardson County. 



7. NYCTAGINACEAE. 



Flower cluster subtended by an involucre of united bracts. 



Fruit ribbed, 1. Allionia. 



Floyer cluster subtended by an involucre of distinct bracts. 



Fruit winged. 2. Abronia. 



1. Allionia. (Oxybaphus. 382. 



Leaves broad, often cordate, all distinctly petioled. 1. A. nyctaginea. 

 Leaves narrower, never cordate, all or at least the upper sessile. 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate. 2. A. hirsuta. 



Leaves linear. 3. A. linearis. 



1. Allionia nyctaginea Michx. 



Common all over the state. Crete; Fairbury; Gordon; Lincoln; 



Mullen; Newcastle; Weeping Water; Wood Lake. 



