Plumbaginaceae 301 



at the base of the anthers ; anthers purple except the midvein, 

 about twice the length of the staminal tube, the apex blunt, 

 retuse ; capsule oblong, circuniscissile at the top. 

 Frequent on dry mesas and grassy hillsides. March-April. 



Family 72. PLUMBAGINACEAE. Plumbago 

 Family. 



Perennial, mostly acaulescent erect herbs, with basal 

 tufted leaves and small perfect regular clustered flowers. 

 Calyx tubular or funnelform, 5-toothed, plaited at the 

 sinuses, the tube 5-15-ribbed. Corolla of 5 hypogynous 

 clawed segments, connate at the base or united into a 

 tube. Stamens 5, opposite the corolla-segments, hypog- 

 ynous ; filaments separate or united at the base ; anthers 

 2-celled, attached by the backs to the filaments, longi- 

 tudinally dehiscent. Ovary superior, 1-celled ; ovules 

 solitary, anatropous, pendulous ; styles 5, separate or 

 united. Fruit a utricle or achene, enclosed by the calyx, 

 rarely a dehiscent capsule. Seed solitary; endosperm 

 mealy or none. 



1. LIMONIUM Adans. Marsh Rosemary. 



Herbs, mostly with flat basal leaves, and numerous 

 very small flowers cymose-paniculate on the branches of 

 bracted scapes, in 1-3-flowered bracteolate clusters, form- 

 ing 1 -sided spikes. Calyx campanulate or tubular, the 

 limb scarious, 5-toothed, the tube usually 10-ribbed. 

 Petals 5, clawed. Styles 5, separate, stigmatic along the 

 inner side. Fruit a utricle. 



1. L. Californicum (Boiss.) Small. Leaves 15-25 cm. long, 

 obovate-oblong, entire, rieshy-coriaceous ; scape 3-6 dm. high; 

 spikes corymbose-panicled ; calyx-tube more or less hairy on the 

 angles. 



Occasional in salt marshes along the coast. 



