DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS UL 
Il. PORTULACA, Tourn. 
Annual; stems low, diffuse, and spreading, fleshy. Leaves 
entire, mostly alternate. Flowers terminal. Sepals 2, united 
at the base and coherent with the ovary. Petals usually 5, in- 
serted on the calyx, quickly withering. Stamens 8—20, inserted 
on the calyx. Style 3-8-parted. Capsule globose, opening 
by the upper portion coming off like a lid, 1-celled, many- 
seeded.* 
1. P. oleracea, L. Purs~LAne. Stems prostrate, diffuse, fleshy. 
Leaves alternate, flat, obovate, or wedge-shaped. Flowers solitary, 
sessile, opening in bright stnshine in the morning, and usually 
withering before noon. Sepals broad, acute. Petals yellow. Sta- 
mens 10-12. Capsule very-many-seeded, seeds small, wrinkled. A 
common garden weed.* 
2. P. grandiflora, Hook. GARDEN PortTuLAcA. Stems fleshy, 
erect, or ascending, densely hairy or nearly smooth, 3-6 in. long. 
Leaves alternate, cylindrical, fleshy, 3-1 in. long. Flowers 1-2 in. 
wide, white, yellow, or red, showy, opening only in sunlight. Com- 
mon in cultivation and often growing spontaneously.* 
30. CARYOPHYLLACEZ. Pink Famity. 
Herbs sometimes woody below, with thickened nodes. 
Leaves opposite, entire; stipules small and dry or none. 
Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5 (rarely 0), usually hypogynous. Sta- 
mens usually 8-10, hypogynous or perigynous. Styles 2-5 
(rarely 1). Ovules 1-many. Fruit usually a capsule. 
A. 
Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals (if any) without claws. Capsule 
several—many-seeded. 
Styles usually 3. Capsule ovoid. Stellaria, I. 
Styles 5 or 4. Capsule cylindrical. Cerastium, II. 
B. 
Sepals united into an urn-shaped tube. Petals none. Fruit 1-seeded. 
Scleranthus, ITI. 
