132 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



Perennials, glandular pubescent. 

 Petals 4- (or more) cleft. 



vScarlet. 4. S. laciniata. 



Yellowish white. 5. S. parishii. 



Petals 2-clcft, pinkish. 6. 5. verecunda. 



1. S. multinerva Wats. Annual, erect, 25-35 cm. high, pubes- 

 cent throughout and somewhat viscid-glandular above; leaves nar- 

 rowly oblong or linear, acute; inflorescence cymose with unequal 

 branches; calyx ovate in fruit, contracted above, 10 mm. long, 18- 

 23-ribbed; petals small, not exceeding the subulate calyx-teeth, 

 purplish, unappendaged; capsule narrowly ovate. 



Occasional about Santa Monica, Hasse. 



2. S. anglica L. Stems erect, simple or sparingly branched, 

 25-40 cm. high, hirsute with spreading hairs, leaves spatulate-obo- 

 vate, hirsute on both sides, 2-4 cm. long; racemes terminal, 1-sided; 

 flowers on pedicels 2-4 cm. long; calyx villous-hirsute, slender, 

 becoming ovoid in fruit; petals little exceeding the calyx, their 

 blades obovate, somewhat bifid, toothed or entire. (S. gallica L.) 



A common introduced plant of fields and roadsides. Native of 

 Europe. March-May. 



3. S. antirrhina L. Stems erect, slender, sparingly branched, 

 the middle of the upper internodes with a viscid belt, otherwise 

 glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, 2-3 cm. long, usually 

 acute; inflorescence paniculate; pedicels filiform, 1-3.5 cm. long; 

 calyx glabrous, bright green, ovoid in fruit, 8 mm. long; petals 

 small, pink, or white, emarginate or bifid; ovary nearly sessile. 



Frequent in the foothills. April. 



4. S. laciniata Cav. Finely pubescent, glandular above; stems 

 usually much branched and widely spreading, erect or decumbent, 

 3-10 dm. long; leaves lanceolate-linear, scabrous, ciliolate, narrowed 

 to a sessile base; calyx subcylindric or clavate, 15-20 mm. long; 

 petals bright scarlet, 4-cleft, much exceeding the calyx; capsule 

 oblong, usually exserted at maturity. 



Common in the chaparral belt. May-August. 



5. S. parishii Wats. Stems several, decumbent, 8-12 cm. long; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, 2-4 cm. long, grayish pubescent 

 and glandular; flowers aggregated at the ends of the branches; 

 calyx 25 mm. long, its teeth subulate; petals scarcely exserted, cleft 

 in 4 or more filiform lobes. 



San Antonio Mountains, Johnston, also in the San Bernardino 

 and San Jacinto Mountains. 



6. S. verecunda Wats. Finely hoary pubescent, glandular-viscid 

 above; stems several, usually erect, 20-40 cm. high, leafy below; 

 leaves narrowly lanceolate, oblanceolate or spatulate to linear, 

 acute, 3-5 cm. long; flowers terminal on the short branches or borne 

 in 3-flowered lateral cymes; calyx in fruit clavate or obovate; petals 

 rose color, blades shorter than the pubescent claws, 2-cIeft, ap- 

 pendages oblong or lanceolate, obtuse and often toothed at the 

 apex; capsule ovoid, stipitate. 



Common in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains in 

 the coniferous belt; also summit of Santiago Peak, Santa Ana 

 Mountains. 



