265 



na multinervia S. Watson. 

 INA VERECUNDA S. Watson. 



Finely hoary pubescent, glandular- 

 . above; sts several, usually erect, 

 20-40 cm hi, Ify below; Ivs narrowly 

 lanceolate, oblanceolate or spatulate to 

 linear, acute, 3-5 cm long; fls terminal 

 on the short branches or borne in 3-fid 

 lateral cymes; ex in fr clavate or obo- 

 vate; pet rose-color, blades shorter than 

 the pubescent claws, 2-cleft, append- 

 ages oblong or lanceolate, obtuse and 

 often toothed at the apex; capsule 

 ovoid, stipitate. 



Hall, U 78. 



Abrams, Fl LA 145. Gabriel: SBer 

 mts. 



Geiins STELLARIA Linnaeus. 



Tufted ann diffuse with cymose w fls: 

 sep usually 5: pet 5, 2-cleft or 2-parted, 

 rar^iy 0: Sta 10 or less, hypogynous: 

 Ova 1 -relied, sev^ral-many-ovuled : sty 

 commonly 3, rarely 4-5, usually opp the 

 st]i: Capsule globose to oblong, dehis- 

 cent by twice as many valves as styles: 

 S'ls smooth or roughened. 



Alsine Linnaeus. 



Genus SAGIXA Linnaeus. 



Low tufted ann or per herbs, with sut>- 

 ulate Ivs and sm pedicelled whitish fls: 

 Sep 4-5: Pet of the same number, entire, 

 cmarginate or 0: Sta of same number, 

 twice as many, or fewer: Sty as many 

 ad the sep and alt with them: Capsule 

 4-5-valved, at length dehiscent to the 

 base, the valves opp the sep. 



Genus POLYCARPON Linnaeus. 



Low diffuse, dichotomously branched 

 ann with flat stipulate Ivs and minute 

 cymose fls: Sep 5, carinate-concave: 

 pet 5, minute, hyaline: Sta 3-5: Ova 

 1-celled; sty short. 3-cleft: Cap 3- 

 valve;]. several-seeded. 

 POLYCARPON DEPRESSUM Xuttall. 



Very slender, prostrate, the many 

 branches 2:5-5 cm long; Ivs opp, spatu- 

 late, glabrous: stipules small, narrow: 

 fls minute; the pedicels with small 

 bracts; pet very narrow, shorter than 

 the sep, entire; capsule globose, 6-12- 

 led. 



Jepson. Fl Mid Cal 171. Monterey Co. 



Abrams. Fl LA 149. "Not common." 

 Genus LOEFLIXGIA Linnaeus. 



Low much branched rather rigid and 

 pungent-leaved ann: Lvs with adnate 

 and connate setaceous stipules: Fls sm 

 sessile in the axils of the Ivs and 

 branches: Sep 5, rigid, carinate: Pet 

 minute or 0: Cap 2-valved, several- 

 seeded. 

 LOEFLINGIA PUSILLA Curran. 



Curran. Cal ac b 1:152. Tehachapi, 

 4000 ft alt. 



"Glandular-pubescent, low and 



spreading: sts 2-3 i long: Ivs subulate: 

 sep narrowly lanceolate, abruptly acute, 

 all entire, neither rigid nor squarrose: 

 pet 0: sta 5: sty 0: cap triangular as 

 long as the sep, many-seeded. My. A 

 much more delicate plant than L. 

 squarrosa." Curran. 



266 



LOEFLINGIA SQUARROSA Xuttall. 



Much branched, prostrate or ascend- 

 ing, 5-15 cm high; herbage glandular- 

 pubescent; Ivs and sep subulate setace- 

 ous, rigid and recurved, Ivs 4-6 mm 

 long, the sep somewhat shorter: cap 

 elongated, triquetrous, exserted, many- 

 seeded. 



McClatchle, Erythea 2:79, near Re- 

 dondo, Cal. 



Abrams. Fl LA 150. Streets of Los 

 Angeles and Pasadena, Davidson, Mc- 

 Clatchie. 



Calmalli. Baja (Br). 



Jepson, Fl Mid Cal 171. 

 Genus SPRAGTJEA Torrey. 



"Succulent herbs, with sm fls spicate- 

 ly or capitately crowded at the ends of 

 naked .or leafy-bracted peduncles: sep 

 nearly equal, emarginate at each end: 

 pet 4, unguiculate: sta 3, opp the 3 

 larger pet, exserted." Howell, Ery- 

 thea 1:39. 

 SPRAGUEA UMBELLATA Torr. 



Torrey, PI Fremont 4 t 1. 



"Bien: sts all arising from a single 

 crown: radical Ivs spatulate to oblance- 

 olate, with thick petioles 2-6 i long: fls 

 in dense unbellate hds. Siskiyou and 

 Sierra Nevada mts." Howell, Erythea 

 1:39. 



Calyptridium umbellatum Greene, 

 Torr cl b 13:144. 



Genus CARUM Linnaeus. 



Cx-teeth sm: fr ovate or oblong, gla- 

 brous: carpel with filiform or inconspic- 

 uous ribs, strengthening cell 0: oil- 

 ducts 2-6 on the commissural side: sd 

 dorsally flattened, more or less sulcate 

 beneath the oil-tubes; face plane or 

 slightly concave: smooth erect slender 

 herbs, with tuberous or fusiform fas- 

 cicled rts, pinnate Ivs with few linear 

 Ifts, inv and involucels of few-many 

 bracts, fls w. 

 CARUM GAIRDNERI Benth. & Hook. 



St 1-4 = hi. from fascicled tuberous or 

 fusiform rts: Ivs few, usually simply 

 pinnate, with 3-7 linear (sometimes al- 

 most filiform) Ifts 2-6' long (the lower 

 rarely pinnate); upper Ivs usually sim- 

 ple: umbels 6-15-rayed, with inv of sev- 

 eral bracts or 0, and involucels of lin- 

 ear acuminate bractlets; rays about 1%' 

 long: fr ovate, sm,' Vfc-1" long, with 

 long sty: sd terete. 



B & H, Gen PI 1:891. C-R 128. 



Abrams, Fl LA 286. 



Vancouver Island (Macoun). 



Ut: Wyo: Mont. 



Cuymaca! Ha U 98. 



Edosmia Gairdneri T-G, Fl 1:612. 

 CARUM LEMMONI C & R 



Resembling C. Gairdneri, but fr ob- 

 long, tapering somewhat at base and 

 apex, 3 mm long and 2 mm broad, with 

 conspicuous ribs, each of which con- 

 tains a sm group of strengthening cells; 

 ex-teeth prominent, concealing the sty- 

 lopodium; sty long and slender. 



Abrams, Fl LA 286. Occasional in 

 marshes toward the coast.' 



Genus CALCAL1S Linnaeus. 



Rough hispidulous ann with decom- 

 pound Ivs dissected into sm seg: fls w, 



