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late, not at all ciliate except a few hairs at the base of the clasping petiole, 
the lower ones often subcordate at base: lobes of the calyx lanceolate, 
acuminate, about 4lines long: lobes of the corolla obovate, but little longer 
than the calyx. In marshes along the Rogue river near Grant’s Pass Or. 
7 NAUMBURGIA Meench Meth. Supp. 32. 
Erect perennial herbs with opposite entire leaves, the lower re- 
. duced to scales, and small yellow flowers in short axillary spikes. 
Calyx 5-7-divided, the sepals linear, slightly imbrieated. Corolla 
deeply 5-7-parted, with very short tube and narrow segments. 
Stamens 5-7, 2xserted; filaments slender. glabrous, slightly unit- 
ed at base, alternating withas many small tooth-like staminoidea 
at each sinus of the corolla. .Style slender, equalling the stamens: 
stigma capitate. Capsule 5-7-valved,: few-seeded. 
N. thyrsiflora Duby in DC. Prodr. viii, 60. Lysimachia thyrsiflora 
L. Glabrous or becoming so: stem 1-2 feet high, from a slender rootstock : 
leaves lanceolate, sessile, 1-2 ‘inches long, the lower smaller and the lowest 
reduced to ovate scales: peduncles from only 2 or 3 pairs of leaves near the 
middle of the stem, axillary, shorter than the subtending leaf, bearing sev- 
eral or numeous small flowers in a dense head or oblong spike: lobes of the 
calyx linear-lanceolate, acute, half as long as the narrow purple-dotted 
lobes of the corolla: capsule globose, glandular dotted, few-seeded. In wet 
bogs, Oregon to Alaska and the eastern States. Europe, Asia and Japan. 
8 GLAUX Tourn. L. Gen. n. 291. 
Small leafy-stemmed herbs with opposite entire leaves and 
small axillary white or pink apetalous flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 
the lobes petaloid, imbricated in the bud, about as long as the 
campanulate tube. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the calyx 
and alternate with its lobes: filaments subulate-filiform: anthers 
cordate, attached by their backs to the filaments. Capsule 5- 
valved at the top, few-seeded. | 
G. maritima L. Sp. 207. Glabrous and glaucous or pale: stems slen- 
_ der, 6-12 inches high from slender perennial rootstocks, very leafy: leaves 
from oval to oblong-linear, 3-6 lines long, entire, sessile: flowers usually 
in the middle axils only; solitary and very nearly sessile, white or pink: 
calyx-lobes oval, 1-2 lines long: seeds oblong, brown. In salt marshes, 
California to Alaska and across the Continent. Europe and Asia. 
* * Glabrous, capsule circumscissile; the top falling like a lid. 
Seeds numerous. 
9 ANAGALLIS Tourn. L. Gen. n. 206. 
Low annual or perennial herbs with usually opposite leaves 
and small red, white or blue axillary flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 
persistent. Corolla completely rotate, 5-parted, the rounded lobes 
conyolute in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the 
corolla: filaments bearded or pubescent: anthers broadly oblong. | 
Style filiform. Capsule globose, many-seeded. Seeds minute, 
A. arRveENsis L. Sp. 148. Glabrous throughout: stems diffuse, usually 
much branched, 4-sided, 4-12 inches long from an aunual root: leaves 
opposite or in threes or sometimes the upper ones alternate, ovate, sessile, 
6-12 lines long: flowers scarlet, 2-3 lines broad, solitary, on long filiform 
