144 Caryophyllaceae 



L-celled or incompletely 2-4-celled. Capsule dehiscenl 

 by 6 or rarely 3 apical teeth. Seeds usually spiny or 

 tubercled. 



* Calyx 18-SO-ribbed. 



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

 cent throughout and somewhat viscid-glandular above; leaves 

 narrowly oblong or linear, acute ; inflorescence cymose with un- 

 equal 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, 1/asxf. 



** Calyx W-nerved. 

 ■*- Annuals. 



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

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

 obovate, 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. Gal- 

 lica 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. 



+■ +■ Perennials. 



■}. S. laciniataCav. Finely pubescent, glandular above ; stems 

 usually much branched and widely spreading, erect or decum- 

 bent, 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, 1-eleft, much exceeding the 



calyx: capsule oblong, usually exserted at maturity. 

 Common in the chaparral belt. May August. 



