PINK FAMILY 



499 



mens 10, 5 fertile, tlie 5 lanceolate staininodes petaloid. eac-h beariiio- at base 

 a circular red scale. Style long but not exserted. 3-eleft. Fruit unfaiown — 

 (Herbae perennes caulibus ere.-tis et foliis linearis. Folia caulinia e paribus 

 aequahbus Caudex brevis lignosus, squamis membranaceis et stipulis mem- 

 branacei.s ftnibriatis dense confertis. Flores sessiles cymis parvis axillaribu.s 1 

 ad d-floribus. (alycis lobi niembranacei macula media virida lanceolata tube 

 herbaeeo ter vel quater longiores. Stamina 10, altera 5 filamentis antheriferis 

 altera o filamenti.s infertilibus petaloideis laneeolatis quibusque ad basin squa- 

 mis rotundis rubris instruetis. Stylus longus. apice breviter trifidus non 

 exsertus. Fructus ignotus.)— Species 1. (Greek eremos, desert, and litlios 'rock 

 the plants growing in rocky places in the desert.) 



1. E. rixfordli Jepson n. 

 '■onib. (Figs. 99b and 100.) 

 Stems several, branching, 

 strict, 3 to 5 inches high; 

 leaves 2 to 4 lines long ; calyx 

 IY2 lines long, the stami- 

 nodes as long as the calyx- 

 lobes. 



Eoeky places. 4.500 to 6000 

 feet, Inyo Co., eastward into 

 southern Nevada. 



Loes. — O wens Vallpy ; Ash 

 Mdws., Nev., Purpus ()032; Pal- 

 metto Range, Nev., Purpus 584.'?. 



Refs. — Eremouthi,\ rixpordii 

 .Tepson. Achijronychia ri.vforcUi 

 Brandegee, Zoe, 1: 230 (1890), 

 type loc. Owens Valley, G. P. Mx- 

 forih 



14. SCLERANTHUS L. 



Kx.VWKI,. 



Indifferent annuals with 

 Nul)ulate leaves and no stip- 

 ules. Flowers small, green- 

 ish, clustered. Petals none. 

 Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the 

 cup-like tube indurated and 

 enclosing the utricle. Sta- 

 mens 10 or 5. Ovary 1- 

 ovuled. Styles 2, distinct. — 

 Species 10, in all Old World 

 lands. (Greek scleros, hard, 

 and anthos, flower, referring 

 to the hardened ealyx-tube.) 



1. S. annuus L. German 

 Knotgrass. Stems much 

 branched, spreading, 2 to 3 

 inches long; flowers 1 to IV^ 

 lines long, sessile in the forks; 

 margined. 



Neighliorhood of Placerville, K. Brandegre. Introduced from Eurojie. 



Ref.— ScLEBANTiius ANNUUS L. Sp. PI. 406 (1753), type European. 



Fig. 100. Kremolithia rixfordu Jepson; plant, x 1. 

 calyx 11 o lines long, its lobes narrow! v scarious- 



