30 
Petals 8 or more. 
Sepals 3 only; leaves heart-shaped or angular; flowers 
bright yellow. } AB SE 
Ranun’culus Fica'ria. Lesser Celandine. 
Calyx with 8 or more segments; leaves oval, toothed ; 
flowers white. "| gw 
Dry’as octopet’ala. Mountain Avens. 
\ Petals 6 or fewer. 
Leaves opposite and entire, or in little opposite 
( tufts. 
Calyx with 3 segments, with or without 1 or 2 minute 
[ additional ones behind them. } 
Helian'themum. fockrose. 
Calyx with more than 3 segments or teeth. 
Calyx with 8-12 teeth; petals (usually) 6. 
( Petals conspicuous, longer than calyx; plant 
tall. ‘ 
Ly'thrum. /urple Loosestrife? 
. 
Petals minute; plant small, creeping in mud or 
shallow water. 
Pep'lis Por’tula. Water Purslane? 
Calyx with 5 sepals or teeth. 
Flowers yellow; stamens numerous, more or 
( less collected into bundles. ) 
| Hypericum. St. Fohn’s-wort. J 
Flowers not yellow; stamens 3-10. 
Leaves minute, heath-like, in little CUR eIieS 
f clusters, margins rolled back. 
L Franke'nia le'vis. Sea Heath? 
Leaves not of this description. 
Sepals whitish, thick, with a long, fine point; 
[ plant very small. 
L Illece’brum verticilla‘tum. 
Sepals without a thread-like point. 
eS crowded in 4 ranks, fringed with 
| hairs, not } inch long. 
Saxif'raga oppositifo'lia. 
~Leaves not crowded in 4 ranks. 
tng gee small, white, with 5 knobbed 
| styles; petals narrow, entire. J 
Linum cathar'ticum. 
~Styles not knobbed; petals often 
notched or wide at the tip } 
CARYOPHYLLACER 
Leaves not opposite and entire. 
