so CARYOPHYLLACEiEL 



6. AKENARIA, Linnseua. 



* 2%« S valve* of the capsule 2-cltft or parted-, cespitose perennials iffUh linear-sufnUate leave* 



and mostly scarious bracts. 



Petals exceeding the sepals; the capsule about equaling them. 1, 3 



Petals about equaling the sepals: leaves pungent 3, 4, 5 



* * The S valves ejitire: annuals: bracts leaf -like. 



Much branched: leaves filiform, 3-12 lines long 6, 8 



Smooth: leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 1 or 2 lines long 9, 10 



Leaves linear to lanceolate 6-12 lines long 7, 11 



* * * Parts of thefiower sometimes in 4'«: capsular valves bifd: leaves bright green^ 1 or S 



inches long 12, 13 



1. A. congesta, Nutt. Glaucous: flowers in dense fascicles: bracts broad. 



2. A. capillaris, Poir. Pubescent: flowers few: bracts small, lanceolate. 



3. A. pung^ens, Nutt. Stems 2 or 3 inches high, leafy, pubescent. Subalpine. 



4. A. Franklinii, Dougl. Stouter: sepals shining, margin scarious. Or. 

 6. A. vema, Linn. Leaves erect, 2-3 lines long: sepals exceeding petals. 



6. A. Doxiglasii, T. & G. Capsule globose: seeds flat, smooth. 



7. A Howellii, Watson. Glandular-hispid, a foot high. Or. 



8. A, tenella, Nutt. Capsule oblong: seeds rough: sepals 3-nerved. Or. N. 



9. A. Calif omica, Brewer. Sepals 3-nerved: Seeds rough. Cent. Cal. 



10. A- pusilla, Watson, Sepals 1 -nerved: petals minute or none: seeds smooth. 



11. A. palustris, Watson. Stems simple: leaves flaccid: few pedicels long. 



12. A. xnacrophylla. Hooker. Leaves acute, 3 or 4 pairs: petals obtuse. 



13. A. lateriflora, Linn. Leaves broader, obtuse: petals exserted. Or. 



7. SAGINA, Linnaeus. 



1. S. occidentalis, Watson. Slender: 2-6 inches high: pedicels straight. 



2. S. Linnasi, Presl. Densely matted: 1-2 in. high: fruiting pedicels curved, 



3. S. crassicaulis, Watson. Stout, branched: leaves fleshy, scarious at baae. 



8. SPEB.GTTLA, Linnaeus. 

 1. 8' arvensis, L. Leaves filiform, smooth: sepals and petals eqnaL 



9. liEPIGONTTM, Fries, 



1. L. xnacrotlieciizii, F. & M. Pubescent: sepals and petals 3 lines long or 



2. L. medium, Fries. More slender: flowers smaller, white. 



3. Lu gxacile, Watson. Annual, smooth, slender: sepals ^-1 line long. 



10. POLYCARPON, Linnaeus. 

 V. F. depressuixi. Nutt. An inch high: petals included, entire. 



