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* Sepals distinct. 

 >- Stipules none. 



Petalsentire or only emarginate { ">.!<" 8JJ 



H H Stipules present, scarious or setaceous. 

 Petals conspicnons -I*-* "I 



n j leaves flat, not pungent . . ................. POLYCARPUM 10 



Petals minute or | rigid, pungent ......... . .................. IXEFLINGIA 11 



1. YACCARIA, Dodoens. A glabrous glaucous annual. Calyx syn- 

 sepalous, pyramidal, with 5 prominent angles. Petals 5, unguiculate, not 

 appendaged. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule ovate, 1-celled, but with 

 rudimentary partitions at base, 4-toothed at apex. 



1. V. VULGARIS, Host, Erect, 1 2 ft. high, simple below, cymose- 

 paniculate above: leaves cordate-ovate, acute, entire, sessile: petals red; 

 blade obcordate; claw linear: styles short: seeds dark-colored. An Old 

 World weed of grain-fields. 



2. AGROSTEMMA, L. ( CORN-COCKLE ). Tall annual, sparingly 

 branched above; pubescent, not viscous. Calyx synsepalous, tubular, 

 coriaceous, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Capsule coria- 

 ceous, 1-celled, 5-toothed. 



1. A. GITHAGO, L. Erect, 2 4 ft. high, soft-hirsute: leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, connate at base: fi. solitary on long upright peduncles: calyx 

 1^ in. long, the linear teeth as long as the tube, deciduous from the 

 mature fruit: petals purple, not equalling the calyx-teeth; limb broad, 

 obtuse, entire; claw un appendaged. A weed of the grain-fields, not yet 

 common in California. 



3. SILENE, Lobel, (CATGHFLT). More or less viscid herbs. Calyx 

 synsepalous, membranaceous, striate, 5-toothed. Petals (usually ves- 

 pertine), commonly with cleft limb and appendaged claw. Stamens 10. 

 Styles 3. Pod dehiscent at summit by 3 or 6 teeth. 



* Annuals. 



1. S. antirrhina, Linn. Erect, slender, glabrous, glandless except a 

 viscid belt of an inch, more or less, in the middle of each internode of the 

 branches: leaves lanceolate, acute, 1 in. long: pedicels erect: mature 

 calyx oval, 3 lines long, the teeth short: petals red, the blade emarginate, 

 a line long; crown inconspicuous: seeds minutely papillose. In sandy 

 soil, both along the seaboard and in the interior. March, April. 



