710 HYDROPHYLLACEAE 



fucnelform or salver-shaped, blue; lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens 5, included; fila- 

 ments irregularly inserted in the corolla-tube. Ovary 1-celled, or sometimes 

 imperfectly 2-celled* styles distinct; ovules numerous on each placenta. Cap- 

 sule subglobose or oblong, 2-valved. Seeds rugose. [Nama L., in part.] 



Diffuse 

 Erect: < 



1. M. demissum. 



2, M. angustifolium 



1. M. demissum (A. Gray) Kuntze. Diffuse annual; stem branched at 

 the base, 5-10 cm. high, hirsutulous; leaf-blades linear-spatulate, more or less 

 tapering into a petiole; flowers subsessile in the axils; sepals narrowly linear, 5-7 

 mm. long; corolla 8-10 mm. long, purple. Nama demissum A. Gray. Desert 

 regions: Wash. — Utah — ^Ariz.— Calif. Son. Ap-Jl. 



2. M, angustifolium (A. Gray) Kuntze. Annual; stem erect, minutely 

 glandular-puberulent, 1-3 dm. high; leaves narrow, lineai or nearly so, 1-3 cm. 

 long; flowers subsessile in the forks; calyx-lobes narrowly linear or linear-spatulate, 

 4-5 mm. long, in fruit even 10 mm. long; corolla about 2 mm. long. Nama 

 dichotomum angustifolium A. Gray. Plains and prauies: Tex. — Colo. — N.M.; 

 Mex. Son. Je-0, 



12. CONANTHUS S. Wats. 



Small dichotomously branched winter annuals. Leaves alternate, linear- 

 spatulate, entire. Flowers solitary in the forks. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow, similar. 

 Corolla funnelform, deciduous, not appendagcd. Stamens unequally inserted 

 in the tube of the coroUa. Styles united to near the apex; stigmas capiteUate; 

 ovules about 10 on each placenta. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds smooth. 



1. C. aretioides (Hook.) S. Wats. Depressed winter annual; stem 5-10 

 cm. long, repeatedly forked, hirsute-hispid; leaves spatulate-Unear; flowers 

 sessile in the forks: calyx-lobes filiform-linear, hispid with long wliite hairs; corolla 

 10-15 mm. long, purple, funnelform. Sandy or dry plains; Ore.— Wyo.— N.M. 

 — Calif. Son. My-Je. 



13. TRICARDIA Torr. 



Perennial caulescent herbs, branched from the base. Leaves alternate, 

 entire.^ Flowers perfect, regular, racemose. Sejmls only shghtly united, very 

 dissimilar; the three outer much larger, and cordate, becoming scarious and finely 

 retimlate-veiny, the inner two linear. Corolla broadly campanulate, deciduous, 

 the'lO internal appendages free and rather distant from the filaments. Stazuens 

 equally inserted on the base of the corolla. Ovary 2-celled by the intrusion of 

 the placentae. Style 2-cleft; ovules 4 on each placenta. Capsule loculicidal. 

 Seeds roughened. 



1. T. Watsoni Torr. Perennial; stem branched from the base, 1-2 dm. 

 high, villous with long hairs or more glabrate in age; leaf-blades spatulate or 

 oblanceolate, 3-5 cm. long; larger sepals cordate in fruit, becoming 1.5 cm. or 

 more broad and long; corolla purplish, about 6 mm. wide, moderately 5-lobed; 

 stamens included. Arid regions: Nev.— s Utah— CaUf. A]>-Je. 



Family 111. EHRETIACEAE. Ehuetia Family, 



Undershrubs, shrubs, or trees, rarely herbs. Leaves mainly alternate, 



without Stioules: blades simnlp mul ^nfirp 



cjTTies. Calyx 



Flowers perfect, regular, in 

 ly united sepals. Corolla of 



irinr\iiG with ^nrpmlinff lobeS. 



au wic uittoe, Hiiuaers inirorse. uynoecium oi z~^ unitea carpeis; ovux.y -^ * 

 celled, or l-celled, some of the partitions being imperfect; styles 2, distinct 

 or partially united, or 4, united in pairs; ovules 1 or 2 in each cavity. Fruit 

 drupaceous, wdth a 4-celled, but 1-seeded stone, or 2 two-seeded or 4 one- 



seeded stones. 



