PRIMROSE FAMILY 89 



ANDROSACE Linne 1753 ANDROSACE 



(Gr. androsakes, a kind of plant) 



PL 16, fig. 5. 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, white, rarely yellowish or pinkish, united into 

 a salver- or funnel-form corolla, the tube not longer than the calyx, stamens 

 5, included, ovary 1-celled, style 1, stigma globose, capsule top-shaped, ovoid, 

 or globose, 5-valved from the apex; flowers in terminal umbels with basal 

 involucre ; leaves small, simple, basal ; low annual or perennial. 



1. Corolla 5-10 mm. wide, white to pinkish or yel- 



low ; perennial, the rosettes connected A. chamaejdsme 



2. Corolla 2-4 mm. wide, white 



a. Fruiting calyx top-shaped, the teeth lanceo- 



late, longer than the capsule 



(1) Bracts of the involucre ovate to oblong A. occidentdlis 



(2) Bracts of the involucre lanceolate to 



linear ; plant very variable, dwarf ros- 

 ettes or tall and diffuse A. septentriondlis 



b. Fruiting calyx globose, the teeth ovate-triang- 



ular, shorter than the capsule A.Hliformis 



DOUGLASIA Lindley 1828 



(Named from Douglas, an English botanist) 



PL 16, fig. 9. 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, red to purple, united in a tube, stamens 5, 

 ovary 1-celled, style slender, capsule top-shaped, 1-2-seeded; flowers soli- 

 tary or 2-3 in a terminal cluster; leaves small, crowded, entire, linear or 

 awl-shaped ; perennial. 

 Stems tufted; leaves 5-12 mm. long; flowers 1-3 D.montdna 



GLAUX Linne 1753 SEA WORT 



(Gr. glankos, sea-green) 



PL 16, fig. 8. 



Sepals 5, united, pink or white, petals none, stamens 5, ovary 1-celled, 

 style slender, stigma globose, capsule globose-ovoid, beaked, 5-valved, at 

 the top ; flowers minute, nearly sessile, axillary ; leaves opposite, entire, 

 obtuse, small, fleshy; succulent perennial. 

 Stems spreading or erect, 1-8 in. high; leaves linear 

 to oblong, 3-15 mm. long G.tnaritima 



