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nately with the erect teeth. Stamens from the middle or the base of 

 the calyx-tube, as many or twice as many as the petals. Style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate. 



* Petals minuie, pale. 



1. L. Hyssopifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. i. 447 (1753). Annual, simple or 

 branching, erect, 4 — 10 in. high ; herbage pale, glabrous : lowest leaves 

 opposite : fl. subsessile in the axils of the alternate leaves, very small, 

 whitish or pale-purple. — Not rare in the Coast Range, from Humboldt 

 Co. southward throughout the State ; also, in a large form, in the 

 interior, near Stockton, etc. June — Aug. 



2. L. adsurgeus, Greene, Pittonia, ii. 12 (1889). Stoloniferous per- 

 ennial, the 5-angled branches 1 — 3 ft. long, decumbent or assurgent ; 

 herbage pallid, glabrous, slightly succulent : calyx 2^^ lines long, 12-striate, 

 the striae at length widening below : petals pale purple. — Plant very near 

 the preceding in all points except its great size and perennial stolon- 

 iferous habit. Common in wet places near the Bay, at West Berkeley, etc. 



* * Petals larger, bright red-purple. 



3. L. Californicum, T. & G. Fl. i. 482 (1840). Stoloniferous perennial, 

 the roots spreading near the surface of the ground : stem erect, 2—3 ft. 

 high, simple below, paniculately branching above : lower leaves lanceo- 

 late ; upper and floral linear : stnse of the calyx not wing-margined ; 

 teeth very short. — Common in marshy land ; also along streams, and in 

 springy places, both in the mountains and around San Francisco Bay. 



4. L. Saufordi, Greene, Pittonia, ii. 12 (1889). Perennial, not stolon- 

 iferous, the stout contorted roots deep-seated and more or less hori- 

 zontally spreading like rootstocks : stem erect, 1 — 2 ft. high, branched 

 from the base, acutely 5- or 6-angled : herbage deep green, glabrous : 

 leaves all alternate, linear-oblong, sessile : petals 6, bright purple, 

 showy : calyx minutely and very acutely 12-carinate ; teeth short, tri- 

 angular, the main ones nearly equalled by the intervening processes. — In 

 dry fields along the lower San Joaquin, near Stockton, Saitford, and at 

 Fresno, Blulelti; a troublesome plant in vineyards and orchards, owing 

 to the tenacious vitality of the roots, which send up shoots and form new 

 plants when cut in pieces by the plow. 



2. AMMA.NNIA, Houston. Glabrous opposite-leaved annuals ; the 

 flowers 2 or more in each axil. Calyx subglobose, more or less distinctly 

 4-angled, 4-toothed, usually with horn-shaped appendages alternating 

 with the teeth. Petals 4, purplish, small and deciduous, sometimes 

 wanting. Stamens 4 — 8. Capsule globular. 



1. A. cocciuea, Rottb. Progr. n. 4 (1773) : A. lalifoHa, Bot. Calif, not 

 Linn. Erect, stoutish, % — 2 ft. high, with few spreading branches : 



