SjntJujris. SCROPHULAPJACE^. 571 



1 I eratioloides, Beuih. Diffusc-ly brandung, about a span high : leaves 

 ovate or !bkn° sparingly toothed or entire : peduncles mostly twice the length of 

 the Lves, dWergent in iLt: corolla violet or purple, 3 or 4 lines long. -Ca^^raruc 

 gratioloides, Linn. 



13. LIMOSELLA, Linn. MiiD\vor.T. 



Calvx camnaiKilate, B-toothod. Corolla between rotate and eampanulate S-eleft, 

 „earty LT. Stains 4, ..early equal : anthers coniluently 1-ceUed. Style short, 

 "I'shrp'ed : stig.ua thickish. Caps..le globose, .nany-seeded, 2-valved; the- edges 



the valves seplrating from the delicate or evanesee..t partition . the th.ck placenta 

 lef in the axis -Dhninutive and glabrous annuals, root.ng a..d en,ep...g rn uud 

 especially when saline; with narrow entire fleshy leaves, m clusters around the 

 Ih^r 1 flower-ed peduncles or scapes. a.,d at the end of the runners, or whe,. scat- 

 tered alternate. Flowers smaU : corolla white or purpLsh. 



1 T annatioa Li.m An inch to a span high : petioles longer and m water 

 n.uch b,jrttu&ear or spatnlate-olng or oval blade, and lo,.ger tha., the 



Xs'SVt»' in &: ^SS^'^^'S:^^^^^^ ^--.eshy petioles with 

 uo distinct blade. 



14. SYHTHYEIS, IViitli. 

 Calyx 4-part6d. Corolla eampanulate, with i slightly spreading more or less 

 nnenual lobes, or sometimes divided irregularly, sometimes wholly want.ng. &ta- 

 .el 2, inserted on the upper side ot the throat (rarely a lower P- '-*'-- 

 the base of the corolla on the lower side). .anthe.-s 2-celled; the cells parallel and 

 tti! Style slender : stigma small, undivided. Capsule flattened obtuse or 



emarlate, loeulicidal ; the valves cohering below by the part.t.on to the central 

 many-seed d placenta. - Perennial he.-bs (all North American, and ch.efly west- 

 Z witb altenrate a..d crenate leaves, the radical roundish or cordate, and a sp.k 

 or iceme of small purpUsh or greenish flowers, terminat.ng a leafy stem or a ..aked 



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''"vt^'oraat^a'a fL'with "ther cori,aceous a,.d smaller leaves; tbe blade a.. 



Mendocino Co., AeZ%5r. w v i p lo"^ t IT''') beloiiffs to Oregon, but 



S. KUB.A, Benth 1. c. (^^— f^ ^f/^'' i^°f ^^^^^^^^^ 



