26 CARYOPHYLLACl-^. 



bose branchlets terminated by a close cluster of several small 

 sessile (white) flowers, apparently leafless ; the cauline leaves 

 being all reduced to minute subulate bracts, which are 

 transversely connected by means of a scarious incisely mul- 

 tifid somewhat deciduous stipular membrane. 



Etymology. Name composed of stipula, the stipule, and cado, to cut; 

 in allusion to the incised stipules. 



Geographical Distribution. The single species is restricted to the 

 Atlantic border of the United States, from North Carolina to Florida ; grow- 

 ing in dry, sandy soil. 



PLATE 107. Stipulicida setacea, Mkhx. ; — of the natural size. 



1. Diagram of the flower. 



2. An expanded flower, magnified. 



3. A sepal from the same (one of the inner). 



4. A petal from the same, showing the lateral teeth. 



5. A stamen, more magnified, inside view. 



6. Outside view of the same. 



7. Vertical section through the ovary, placenta, receptacle, &c. 



8. A detached ovule, mere magnified. 



9. Magnified dehiscent capsule, with the calyx and marcescent petals. 



10. A seed, more highly magnified. 



11. Vertical section of the same, showing the embryo curved half round 



the albumen. 



