B45 



SQUAWCARPET 



Ceano'thus prostra'tus 



Flowers small, . blue or purplish, not very 

 numerous, borne in small clusters at ends of 

 twigs 



Branches spreading; matte.d, rooting along 

 underside, reddish or dark, somewhat hairy 

 when young, becoming hairless, twigs mostly 

 in pairs 



Petals 5, long-clawed, hooded, with 5 protrud- 

 ing stamens opposite them 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, whitish, bent 

 inward so that tips meet, united below to form 

 acuplike base (calyx disk) to which the base of 

 the seed-producing organ (ovary) and petals 

 and stamens are attached 



Seed pod (capsule) large (up to % in. across), 

 rather fleshy, tipped by slender, threadlike, 3- 

 cleft appendage (style), 3-celled but not defi- 

 nitely 3-lobed, with 3 large, wrinkled, spreading 

 horns from near the top and 3 intermediate 

 crests 



Leaves opposite, with prominent midrib and 

 more or less parallel veins, evergreen, thick, 

 leathery.short-stalked, wedge-shaped orspatula- 

 shaped, flat or somewhat cupped, with 3 spiny 

 teeth at blunt tip and often additional teeth, 

 along sides, hairy on underside especially when 

 young 



