496 CARYOPHYLLACE.\E 



{)etioled. 2 to 6 lines long; t-yme leafless, many-flowered, dense, the flowers 1 

 line long, short pediceled; sepals green or purplish, strongly keeled, apiculate- 

 hooded; style slender, % as long as the ovary; stigma 3-lohed ; eapsiile nearly 

 eiiualing the calyx. 



Beaten gravelly places. Naturalized from Europe. Jul.v-Aug. 



Logs. — Vallejo, iliclieiicr 4' Biohtti in 1892; St. Helena, Jepson in 1897; Berkeley, Tracy 

 in 190.3. 



Refs. — PoLYCARPOX TETRAPHYLLUM L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 881 (1759) ; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 171 (1901). Mollugo tetraphylla L. Sp. Pi. 89 (1753), type European. 



2. P. depressum Nutt. Plants j^rostrate, 1 to 3 inches broad with slender 

 stems; leaves spatulate. varying to obovate, obtuse or acute, I/2 to 2 lines 

 long; flowers Vi; '^^ large as in the preceding; sepals not keeled or scarcely so, 

 about Vi; line long; petals white, membi'anous, linear, V-i as long as the sepals; 

 st.vle very short, 3-cleft. 



Southern California, from the coast east to the base of the San Bernardino 

 j\rts. ; Monterey Co. 



Loes. — Pajaro Hills, Cluindhr 426; San Bernardino, Pari.'.h 3643; Claremont, Los Angeles 

 Co.. C. F. Baler; Avalon, F. M. Seed in 1909; San Diego, T. Branclrijee. 



Eefs. — PoLYCARPO.x DEPRESSUM Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. 1: 174 (1838), type loc. San Diego, 

 NjittaU; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 171 (1901). 



8. LOEFLINGIA L. 

 Low rigid annuals, dicliotomously branched from the base, with subulate 

 leaves and setaceous stipules. Flowers small, sessile in the axils. Sepals 

 acuminate or awn-tipped, the outer with a tooth on each side. Petals 3 to 

 "). minute or none. Stamens 3 to 5. St.vle 1, very short or none ; stigmas 3. 

 Capsule 3-valved, several-seeded. — Species 5. North America, Mediterranean 

 region, Asia. (Peter Loefling, Swedish traveler of the 18th century.) 



Sepals recurved; style very short but present 1. L. squarro.ia. 



Sepals straight ; style none 2. L. pusUla. 



1. L. squarrosa Nutt. Stems diffusel.v branched from base, 2 to 5 inches 

 high; herbage glandular-pubescent; leaves cuspidate, s((uarrose-spreading. 2 

 to 3 lines long; petals very minute; sepals rather strongly recurved and squar- 

 rosa ; capsule shorter than the sepals. 



San Diego north to the Sacramento and San Joaquin vallevs ; Sierra Co. 

 (ace. Syn. Fl. 1': 255). 



Locs. — San Diego, T. VraiKlffiee ; Pasailena, Grant; San Bernardino, Parish 7104; Oakdale, 

 Jepson. 



Refs. — LoEFLiNGiA squARKOSA Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 174 (1838), type loc. San Diego, 

 Nuttall; Jepson. Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 171 (1901). 



2. L. pusilla ( 'urran. Much like the preceding but more delicate ; stems 

 spreading. 2 to 3 inches long; sepals narrowly lanceolate, abruptly acute, en- 

 tire, neither rigid nor squarrose; petals none; stamens 3; capsule as long as 

 the sepals. 



Tehachapi. 4(100 feet. 



Ref.— LoEPLiNGiA PUSILLA Curran, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1: 1.52 (188.5), type loc. Tehachapi. 

 Mary K. Curran. 



!). HERNIARIA L. 

 Ours a very small annual, with minute scarious .stipules. Flowers minute, 

 green, in clusters, crowded, sessile. Sepals 5 or 4, united at base. Petals 

 setaceous and minute, or none. Stamens 2 to 5, inserted on the calyx base. 

 Style very short, 2-cleft or -parted. Fruit a 1-seeded indehiscent achene, 

 with a thin pericarp, enclosed in the calyx. — Species about 20, Europe, Asia, 

 Africa. (Latin hernia, a rupture, which one species was thought to cure.) 



JEPSON, Fl. Cal. vol. 1, pp. 4G5-496, Dec. 21, 1914. 



