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PORTULACACEAE 



to 2 feet long; pedicels long (5 to 11 lines long) or sometimes short (3 to 5 

 lines long) ; petals orbienlar-obovate, retiise at apex, erimson or rose-red, 3 to 



5 lines long; stamens 7 to 14, eonunonly 

 10 to 12, rarely fewer than 7. — Orchards 

 and vineyards, often very abundant in 

 wet years; also in fields and on hilltops. 

 Mar.-Apr. Flowers opening of after- 

 noons. Called "Kisses" in Solano Co. 



Locs. — Egg Lake, Modoc Co., Baker; Crane 

 Creek, Tehama Co., Jepson; Elk Grove, Drew; 

 Vacaville, Jepson 520; Napa Valley, Jepson; 

 CoUinsville, Jepson ; Amador Co., Hansen 907 ; 

 Clements, San Joaquin Co., Jepson 1823 ; French 

 Camp, Sanford : Berkeley, Jepson; Stanford Uni- 

 versity, C. F. Baker 277; Grapevine Spr., Tulare 

 Co., Woolsey; San Bernardino, Parish. 



Refs. — Calandrinia caulescens H. B. K. 

 Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 78, t. 526 (1823), type Iocs. 

 Bolivia and Me.xico. Var. menziesii Gray, Proc. 

 .\m. Acad. 22: 277 (1887). C. menziesii T. & 

 G. Fl. 1: 197 (1838). Talinum menziesii Hook. 

 Fl, Bor. Am. 1: 223, t. 70 (1834), type from 

 ' ' N. W. America ' ' south of the Coukubia Eiver, 

 jjrobably California, Menzies. 



2. C. breweri Wats. Stems lax, trail- 

 ing or sometimes ascending, 1 to 2 feet 

 long; leaves spatulate or oblong-spatu- 

 late, 1 to 21/2 inches long; flowers sparse; 

 pedicels longer than in no. 1, typically 

 deflexed in fruit ; capsule narrower and 

 longer (5 to 6 lines long) than in no. 1, 

 at length twice or nearly twice as long 

 as the calyx ; sepals with a grooved edge, 

 the lower margin of the groove scarious. 

 Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada : Lower California. The known localities 

 few and scattered. June. 



Locs. — Coulterville, Congdon ; Mt. Tamalpais. Jepson; Painted Cave Eanch, Santa Barbara, 

 Eastwood; San Bernardino Mts., Parish 6221; Santa Cruz Isl. (Zee, 1: 133). 



Eefs. — Calandeinia breweri Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 124 (1876), type loc. Santa Inez 

 Mts., Brewer; Brandegee, Zoe, 2: 121 (1891). C. menziesii var. macrocarpa Gray, Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. 3: 102 (1864), type the same as C. breweri. 



3. C. maritima Nutt. Stems several from the base, spreading or ascending, 

 3 to 8 inches long; herbage very glaucous; leaves mostly basal or on lower part 

 of stem, spatulate-obovate, narrowed to a petiole-like base, 1 to 2V2 inches long; 

 flowers long-pediceled in a terminal raceme or loose panicle, 14 l^o II4 inches 

 long; flowers red; sepals round-ovate, dark-veined, mucronate or abruptly 

 short-acute, slightly surpassed by the ovate capsule. 



Southern California coast. Lower California. 



Locs. — Santa Monica (Grav, Syn. Fl. 1': 270); San Diego, Abrams 3461; Santa Cruz Isl. 

 (Zoe, 1: 133). 



Ref.— Calaxdrinia maritima Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. 1: 197 (1838), type loc. San Diego, 

 Nut tall 



4. C. ambigua Howell. Stems several from the base, erect or a little spread- 

 ing, 2 to 7 inches high; stems and leaves very succulent; leaves linear-spatulate, 

 1 to 11/2 inches long; flowers pediceled in rather compact umbellate panicles; 

 pedicels 1 to 3 lines long; sepals ovate with shortly acute spreading tips and 



b'ig. 92. Calandrinia caulescens var, 

 MENZIESII Gray; portion of flower- 

 ing branch, x 1. 



