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than the anther : styles united, equalhng the stamens : seeds 1^/^ lines 

 long, ovate. — Woods of the Coast Range from Santa Cruz northward. 



3. A. Leiiiiiioiii, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 294 (1879). Much like 

 the last, but the leaves not cucullate, rounded at summit, thin, not 

 mottled, nearly glabrous above : li. smaller ; calyx-lobes obtuse, or only 

 acute, not caudate : seeds narrowly ovate. — In the Sierra Nevada, from 

 Pluma.s Co. southward to Fresno ; the whole plant delightfully aromatic. 



Okdek XXXVII. F I C 1 D E >E . 



A, L. de Jussieu, Genera Plantarum, 315 (1789). 



Very succulent herbs or shrubs. Leaves plane, triquetrous or terete, 

 without stipules. Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary ; the lobes usually 

 5, unequal, foliaeeous. Petals very many and linear or 0. Stamens 

 5 — 00 , with slender filaments, inserted on the calyx-tube. Styles 4 — 20. 

 Fruit 4 — 20-celled, dehiscent stellately across the summit, or circum- 

 scissile, or indehiscent. Seeds usually numerous and minute. 



1. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, Breyne. Flowers large, terminal. 

 Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary. Petals and stamens very numerous. 

 Fruit structurally capsular, but in ours juicy and baccate. 



1. M. fequilaterale, Haw. Misc. Nat. 77 (1803). Perennial, glabrous, 

 glaucescent, the stout prostrate stems several feet long, the short floTvering 

 branches ascending ; leaves opposite, very fleshy, triquetrous with linear 

 sides, 1 — 3 in. long: H. solitary, subsessile, 1^2 in- broad, bright rose- 

 purple : calyx-tube turbinate, % in. long or more ; the larger lobes as 

 long : stigmas 6 — 10 : fr. large, fragrant, edible. — Very common on 

 banks and cliffs near the sea ; also Australian and Chilian. 



2. SESUVIUM, Linnxus (Sea Purslane). Flowers small, axillary 

 and terminal. Calyx-tube free from the ovary ; lobes 5, apiculate on the 

 back near the top, scarious-margined, often purplish within. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 5 — co, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Styles 3—5. 

 Fruit ovate-oblong, 3 — 5-celled, circumscissile about at the middle, 

 GO -seeded. 



1. S. Portulacastrum, Linn. Syst. Nat. 10 ed. 1058 (1759). Stems 

 prostrate, 1 ft. long or more : leaves linear- to oblong-lanceolate, % — l^^ 

 in. long, acute or obtuse : fl. sessile or pedicellate : calyx 3—5 lines long; 

 the lobes purple : stamens oo . — Valley of the San Joaquin, near Lathrop, 

 Biol ell i, and southeastward, in moist alkaline soil. 



3. TETRAGrONIA, Linnxus. Perennial, with alternate plane fleshy 

 leaves and axillary greenish apetalous flowers. Calyx 4-cleft, adherent 



