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pear with the first fall or winter showers **Perennial. 



abundantly on mesas near SD; Baja; C D XiYTHRUM ALBUM HBK. 



(Parish). Lythrum alatum Pursh, et var Iln- 



Genna 9EDUM LJnneu. earifolium Gray. 



Fleshy mostly glabrous erect or de- - ,K thr t um , lineare H & A, bot Beech 



cumbent herbs with mostly alt entire or 6 *$ \J? ; ^*n *,! a -*. 



dentate Ivs and perfect fls in terminal Lythrum Californicum S. Watson. 



nftpn 1 <siri*ri f-vrnov r-v i K ir>Ho/> not Common loose-strif e: sts erect, pan- 



4-5 distinct- sta 8 io nPr"iivSm,s' the iculately branching above. 2-8 hi; Ivs 



alt ones usually attached to the net broadly or narrowly linear, rarely lan- 



n 7 ate ' flsdistlnctly Ped- 



alt ones usually attached to the net 

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} cle 

 ly a 



Genus AMMAIVNIA Linnaeus 



, . 



the receptacle entire or emarginate: car- cled c , x 2 %" iw i 



i,els distinct or united at base: sty ly acute = P fi t 2-3" longr, bright p. 



G nSa y ,y, from a .p 



,->-* i l ? -- < A -I E ^ .* v. i BW5| 1 V b OJJJJ, t-Sall<3 OF IldrZ U W t?Q LO Et 



&Yr kn , tl? *' short-petioled base: fls p'ish, 2 or more 



..,-- mm' ?one cvmes P of in eac " axil: cx ^mpanulate (in fr 



II .t L, JD-i( mm long, Cymes OI hn<5* or n^flflv io rhp 



rather nu:n scattered branches; pedicels ^ffothed Inc^ usSa'lly 



-' P v nS ft ^ n at i e / s ry teeth in the sinuses: pet 4, pur- 



& !~*d m ff v . OI % P h . sm and d ecid. or 0; sta 4-3: cap 



L ^ ^i y 'i c ? globular. Named for Johann Ammann, 



Vu P J!;i 7&J2W: a German botanist of the 18th century! 



Yosmite (Parish); AM MAUNXA COCCINEA Rottb. 



Ahram<a m T A ISA itft Tkfco nn ^t n f Erect, simple or branching below, 



At mlV^rmS Disappoint- 4 . 14 / hi; lvg horizontally spreading, 



Hall TJ 83 broadly linear or somewhat narrowed 



roi i -ortQ toward the apex, 1-2' long, sessile by a 

 broad auricled base; fls in whorls of 



-rorman nht RHttnr, 2 ' 5 1 cx in fl narrowly campanulate, 



-Gormania obtusata Britton. strongly 8-ribbed. in fr distended and 



Genna TIL1.AEA Llnntteu*. the ribs less obvious; cap 2" long. 



Minute somewhat succulent and gla- Abrams, Fl LA 261. Soldiers Home 



brous herbs with opp entire Ivs and (Hasse). 



minute axillary mostly w fls: sep and fif>nn* TirPPTTRls: T innapn* 



pet 3-5, distinct or united at the base- * A U'J'lJmb Linnaeus. 



sta as many: Carpels as many, distinct; Aquatic herbs with simple erect sts 



sty short-subulate; ovules 1-many: sds and verticillate entire Ivs: fls sm axy, 



striate longitudinally. perfect or sometimes neutral or pistil- 



TILLAEA MINIMA Miers. lat . e: ex-limb minute, entire; pet 0; sta 



Diffusely branched, 2-6 cm hi, erect or } lnsert + ^ ?PM??*FtK5 f CX \^ l ~ 



ascending; Ivs about 2 mm long ovate ? orm ' sti smatic its whole length, lying 



acute, connate at base; fls in short Ify in a Pyoove of the anth: fr a sm I- 



axy panicles; sep 4, scarcely 1 mm celled ' l seeded drupe. Mares Tail. 



long, oblong-ovate, acute, slightly ex- HIPPTJSI3 VUIiGAJtlS L, 



ceeding the linear-lanceolate acuminate Brev/er & Watson, bot Cal 1:215. 



pet; carpels of about the same length Abrams, PI LA 273. SBer mts. 



acute; sds usually solitary. Mesas SD! 8 Bermts-Par^h MS^). 

 Guad; Chili; Sonoma Co, 



Torrey & Gray, Fl 1:557. Genus MYRJOPHYLL/UM Linnaeus, 



Abrams, Fl LA 188. Aquatic herbs with verticillate or alt 



Brewer & Watson, bot Cal 1:208. i vs , the emersed ones entire, dentate 



Masas, San Diego, California. or pectinate, the submerged ones pin- 



Variety SUBSIMPLEX Watson. natifid into capillary seg: fls axy, often 



'Branchlets more elongated, mostly interrupted-spicate, commonly monoec- 



from the base: pedicels usually shorter, ious, 2-bracted: upper fls generally stam 



T. leptopetala, Benth. PI Hartw 310." with very short ex-tube, limb of this 



Watson, bot Cal 1:208. 2-4-lobed or 0; pet 2-4; sta 4-8: inter- 



Genus LYTHRUM Linnaeus. mediate fls often perfect: lower pistil- 



Loose-strife: slender herbs: Ivs ses- late, cx more or less deeply 4-grooved, 



sile: fls solitary in the axils, p or w'ish: with or without minute lobes: ova 2-4- 



cx cylindrical, 8-12-ribbed, with 4-6 celled; ovules 1 in each cell, pendu- 



teeth and an equal number of accessory Ious: sty 4, short, often plumose: fr 



ones in the sinuses: pet 5 or 6, sta as splitting at maturity Into 4 bony, 1- 



many or twice as many: sty filiform; seeded, mdehiscent carpels. 



stig capitate: cap oblong or cylindrical, MYBIOPHYLI.UM SPICATTTM L. 



2-celled. Submerged Ivs in Whorls of 4's and 



Annual. 5's, dissected into capillary divisions; 



XiYTHBTTM HYSSOPirOLIA L. floral Ivs ovate, entire or serrate, usu- 



Sts slender and simple or with sev- ally shorter than the fls or sometimes 



eral branches from below the middle, 0; spike 2.5-7.5 cm long; pet 4, decid; 



4-9' hi, herbage pale, glabrous; Ivs lin- sta 8; fr about 2 mm long and 3 mm 



ear or oblong, 3-7" long; fls subsessile thick; carpels rounded on the back, 



in the axils; cx 2" long; pet 1" long or with deep groove- between them, smooth 



less, pale p or w'ish. or rarely slighuy rugose. Cal (Kellogg): 



