POUTULACACE^ 31 



11. liCEFLINGIA, Linmena. 

 1. I*, squarrosa, Nutt. Glandular-pubescent: 2-6 inchea high. 



ille€Ebkacej:. 



PENTAC-EENA, Bartling. 



1. P. ramosiflsima, H. & A. Prostrate: subulate pungent gray-green leavei crowdedi 



stipules silvery: sessile flowers clustered: sepals 6, hooded, ending in a spine. 



PORTULACACE^. 



• 8epcd» S, united hdow and adherent to the partly inferior ovary. 



Flowera yellow or rose-red: capsule opening by a lid * 



" * Sepals S, persistent, not adherent to the superior ovary. 

 Style 3-cleft (rarely 2-cleft in Calandrinia): sepals green. 



Stamens more than 6: petals 5 or more -^^ * 



Stamens 5 (3 in No. 8) : petals 5 3 



Stamens 3: petals 5, unequal, coherent: leaves or leaf and bract opposite 4 



Style 2-cleft: sepals membranous rounded-cordate exceeding the 2 or 4 petals, 5 



" • • Sepals 4 fo 8, distinct, unequal, persistent •••• 



1. POBTULACA, Toumefort 



1. P. oleracea, L. Leaves obovate to spatulate: petals yellow, 1 to 2 line*. j7aL 



2. P. pilosa, L. Leaves linear: nearly terete: petals red, 2 or 3 lines long. 



2. CALANDRINIA, HBK. 



Leafy stems, annual: flowers in racemes: petals 3 to 5, rose-red «... It " 



Leaves mostly all radical: perennial: sepals orbicular. 



Leaves linear, all radical: short scape 2-bracteate. Alpine 3t 4 



Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, all radical (except No. 5) 0» 6, 7 



1. C. Menziesii. Hooker. Sepals keeled, acute: capsule ovoid, acute. 



2. C. Breweri, Watson. Capsule longer, conical, obtuse on dcflexed pedicela. 



3. C. pygmaea, Gray. Bracts scarious: sepals dentate: petals red. 



4. C. Nevadensis, Gr. Larger: bracts green: sepals entire: petals white. 



6. C. oppoaitifolia, Watson. Stem with 2 or 3 pairs of opposite leaves: petals whit^ 



6. C. cotyledon, Wat. Scape with lanceolate ciliate bracts: petals rose- red. 



7. C. Leana. Porter. Similar: petals 6 to 8. N. Cal. Or. 



