Spergulann. 'CA KV( H'll VLI^ACK.K. Ij,", 1 



eastern fnnii also when Krowinjr „„ the seashore soinetiines Jias a stontisli, jKTliajfS iK-reii- 



iiial root. 



S. Clevelandi, Hoiunson. rerennial, visci(l-{,Maii(luhir : leaves a.siomliijg, couBpicuounly 

 fa.iiiile(l ill tlie axils, almost terete and filiform, verv aiute and attenuate, 5 to 10 linttt iu 

 lenj,'th: tlowers mueh as in the laat, hut ofu<n somewhat larf^er: needs winjjed. — I'roc. 

 Am. Aca.l. xxix. 310. Tiasa uillosa, Britton, 1. c. 129. /'. rifvrhiudi, (Jreene. Fl. Frawciii. 

 127. T. rubra, K. IJrandegee, Zoe, iv. 84. — Sandy soil. Califiirnia. San Diego, Clnrlan,!. 

 Mrs. lirandtyre; San .lose, Mrs. Bush; and at the I'residio, Sun Kranci.sc... ./^/.sofi. Differ 

 ing from the S. American S. nV/osa, C'andK-.ss., in its lower gr.nvth, .listimtly smaller floweni, 

 shorter pedicels, and .somewiiat firmer and le.ss Haccid lea\es. 



* # Slender spreading or erect annuals of tlie West and Southwest, scarcely fleshy, and 

 with short deltoid stipules. 



-K- Corolla roseate (or white <), more tlian half .ts longa.s the sepals. 

 S. salsuginea, Fkx/.l. Vi.scid-pul)Osccnt to nearly glahrous : leaves not fxscided, linear- 

 fililorm: ]ie.licels slender, ahout 2 lines long, spreading or deHexed : sepals in fruit \\ 

 lilies long, hut little exceeded by tiie capsules: upjier leaves much reduced, those in the 

 higiier parts of the almost naked inflorescence not excelling their scarious stijiules : sUunenH 

 usually only 2 to 3. — Fenzl iu Ledeh. Fl. Hoss. ii. 166. S. climulra. Boiss. Fl. Orient i. 

 7;3.'J. Areiutrid dimidru, Gu.ss. Frodr. Sic. i. 515. A. salsuginta, Bunge in Ledeh. Fl. Alt. 

 ii. It;;}; l.edel). Ic. t. 40;t. (Siberia.) 



Var. bracteata, Koiuxson, n. var. Closely simulating the Asiatic type in hahit, 

 pubescence, flowers, fruit, and seeds : inflorescence leafy ; even the uppermo.xt bracts con- 

 siderably exceeding their stipules. — .<?. diandra, Kobinson, Proc. Am. Acad. xxix. 310. 

 Tis.-iu diandra, Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, xvi. 128. — Sandy banks. Texa.*, Ihummond, 

 Lindfieimer ; Oregon, Henderson: Washington, Snksdorf. Decidedly less fleshy in stems 

 and leaves than .">. sniinn. Doubtful sjiccimens from Central California, coll. Mrs. 

 Brnndegee, are transitional to S. tenuis. 



•4- -t- Flowers very small: corolla much reduced, con.sisting of 1 to 3 minute petals, or 

 wanting. 



S. Platensis, Fenzi,. Low, glalirous, 2 to 6 inches in heiglit, diffu.<ely branched : leaves 

 a third to one inch in lengtii : stipules deltoid: flowers small, subglol.ose, 1 to 1 J lines iu 

 diameter, not closely aggregated : pedicels 2 to 3 lines long : sepals elli|)tii-ovate. a line or 

 less in length, thick in the middle but .scarious-margined : valves of the cai)sule a third to 

 half longer than the .«epals ; seeds angled, somewhat triangular in outline, finely but dis- 

 tinctly roughened. — Ann. Wien. iMus. ii. 272. 5. gracilis, Kobinson. 1 c. 311. Balardia Pla- 

 tensis, Cainbess. in St. Ilil. Fl. Bras. Merid. ii. 180, t. 111. Lejtujimum graciie, Wats. Proc. 

 Am. Acad. xvii. 367. Tissn grnrilis, Britton, Bull. Torr. Clul>, xvi. 128. — Sandy ground, 

 dried jionds, etc , Dallas, Texas, Reverchon, to S. California, Parry, Sevin, Orcutt. (S. 

 Brazil, wjience perhaps introd.) 



S. tenuis, Bomxpov, 1. c. Dichotonmnsly mnch-branched, becoming 8 to 10 inches in height, 

 somewhat glanilnlar-puberulent or jinliescent above: leaves 6 to 10 lines long: the very 

 numerous flowers short-pedicelled. tlie uppermost se.ssile in cliKse groups: bracts inconspicu- 

 ous: stamens 2 to 5: capsule twice the length of the ovate-oblong se|)als. — Lr/iiiiunuin 

 tenue, Greene, Pittonia. i. 63. Tissa tenuis, Greene in Britton, 1. c. T. diandra ? K. Bran- 

 degee, Zoe. iv. 84. — California near Alameda, Greene, Williams. Colu.sa Co.. Pt. Costa, and 

 Tulare, .\frs. Bnindegee. A species characterized by its copious branching, small cl<>S4'ly 

 aggregated flowers, and reduced corolla, yet doubtless intergradinc with .S. saliun, of which 

 it may be merely a soil variation. Var. involith.^ta, Robinson, n. var. Heads of closely 

 aggregated flowers, even at full maturity subtended anil exceeded by 2 to several foliaceous 

 bracts. — Mt. Kden, Calif., Mrs. Brnndrgfe, growing with and passing into the tyj)ical form. 



♦ * * Annuals or liiennials, more decidedly fleshy, usually of maritime or saline habitat : 

 flowers of medium size: corolla nn>re or less conspicuous, white or pink, le-^s fn-qnenlly 

 pink-purple: stipules ovate or deltoid, .^carious but not <i>ns|iicuous or silvery. 



S. salina, •!. & C. Prksl. Commonly althoui;h not alwavs pubescent : leaves oft<>n fasricle«l 

 iu the axils : sepals ovate to oblong-lanceolate, narroweil upwani although obtunc at the 



