92 CARYOPHYLLACKJSw 



1. POLYGALA, Tournefort 



1. P. cucullata, Benth. Flowers rose-color: broad beak obtuse. Cal. 



2. P. Californica, Nutt. Flowers greenish, purplish: sepals toraentose. CaL-Or 



2. "K"R.A7VP?RTA ? Linnaeus. 

 1. EL parvifolia, Benth. Low rigid shrub: upper petals united. San Diego. 



FRANKENIAOEJ). 



1. FRANKENIA, Linnaeus. 

 L F. grandifolia, C. & S. Gray-green: calyx-tube furrowed; petals pink. 



CARYOPHYLLACEJ;. 



* Sepals united : petals long-clawed. 



Petals with erect bifid appendages at the base of the blade. 

 Styles 2 (1 sp. in No. 3). Styles 3. . ............................................. 1 



Styles 5, rarely 3 or 4: alpine. . .............................. . ................... 2 



Petals not appendaged. Styles 2 ...................... . ....................... 3 



Styles 3: petals bifid, white ................ Sp. No. 6 of 1 



* * Sepals distinct or nearly so: petals without claws or appendages. 



Stipules none: petals white (or pink in No. 9): rarely wanting. 

 Petals bifid: pod cylindrical ................. ................. . .................. 4 



Petals bifid or wanting pod globular to oblong .............. .' ...................... 5 



Petals entire or wanting: styles opposite sepals .................................... 6 



Styles not opposite sepals ....................................................... 7 



Stipules scarious: pedicel long, reflexed in fruit: leaves not rigid, fascicled, rather 

 fleshy, filiform to linear: petals entire ............................................ 8 



Styles 3, rarely 5 (petals wanting in 3d species) .................................... 9 



Stipules scarious: pedicels bracteate or none: stamens 3 to 5: style 3-cleft, or sessile 

 stigmas 3: petals minute or wanting. 

 Leaves not rigid: capsu'le globose ............................................... 10 



Leaves and sepals rigid: capsule 3-sided ............................... . ......... 11 



1. SELENE, Linnaeus. 



* Blade of the petal* entire or only emarginate.. 

 Hairy: pinkish flowers in a 1-sided leafy, spike ........................ ........... 4 



Glabrous: glutinous rings on the stem : pedicels long ...................... ........ 5 



Viscid-pubescent; leafy: pedicels short: petals with 4 appendages ................... 21 



* * Blade of the petals bifid or 2-lobed. 



