( 19^5 ) 



1. P. RAMOSissiMA Hook. & Arn. Prostrate; 

 pungent; everlasting. — 2^. Presidio. Cemetery. 

 Spring. 



Family 4. PORTULACACE^. 



Flowers regular, but parts not correspond- 

 ing in numbers. 



1. Portulaca Tourn. PgRSLAXE. 



Calyx tube connate with ovary. Limb 2- 

 parted, free and cirCumscissile. Petals 4-6. 

 Stamens 8 to go. Capsule circumscissile. 



1. P. OLERACEA L. Fleshy herb ; petals ycl- 

 low. — 0. San Francisco. Spring. Summer. 

 Escaped from cultivation. 



2. Calandrinia HBK. 



Sepals 2, persistent. Petals 5 to go, equal. 

 Stamens opposite to the petals, variable in 

 number. Ovary co-ovulate; style 3-cleft. Cap- 

 sule 3-valved, Gc-seeded. 



1. C. Menziesii Hook. Petals red. — 0. 

 Common. Spring. 



3. Claytonia L Mixer's Lettuce. 



Sepals 2, persistent. Eietals 5, equal. Sta- 

 mens 5, opposite to the petals. Ovary 3 or 6- 

 ovulate; style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, 3- 

 seeded. 



1. C. SiBiEiCA L. Inflorescence in loose, 

 simple racemes. Herbaceous bracts with most 



