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1. P. RAMOSISSIMA Hook. & Arn. Prostrate; 

 pungent; everlasting. 2. Presidio. Cemetery. 

 Spring. 



Family 4, PORTULACACE^l, 



Flowers regular, but parts not correspond- 

 ing in numbers. 



1. Portulaca Tourn. PURSLANE. 



Calyx tube connate with ovary. Limb 2- 

 parted, free and circumscissile. Petals 4-6. 

 Stamens 8 to GO. Capsule circumscissile. 



1. P. OLEBACEA L. Fleshy herb; petals yel- 

 low. 0. San Francisco. Spring. Summer. 

 Escaped from cultivation. 



2, Calandrinia HBK. 



Sepals 2, persistent. Petals 5 to GO, equal. 

 Stamens opposite to the petals, variable in 

 number. Ovary oo-ovulate; style 3-cleft. Cap- 

 sule 3-valved, co-seeded. 



1. C. MENZIESII Hook. Petals red. 0. 

 Common. Spring. 



3. Claytonia L MINER'S LETTUCE. 



Sepals 2, persistent. Petals 5, equal. Sta- 

 mens 5, opposite to the petals. Ovary 3 or 6- 

 ovulate; style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, 3- 

 seeded. 



1. C. SIBIRICA L. Inflorescence in loose, 

 simple racemes. Herbaceous bracts with most 



