PORTULACACEX 31 
11. LQ@FLINGIA, Linnean. 
1. I. squarrosa, Nutt. Glandular-pubescent: 2-6 inches high, 
ILLECEBRACER. 
PENTACZENA, Bartling. 
1. P. ramosissima, H.&A. Prostrate: subulate pungent gray-green leaves crowded: 
stipules silvery: sessile flowers clustered: sepals 5, hooded, ending in » spine. 
PORTULACACEER. 
° Sepals 2, united below and adherent to the partly inferior ovary. 
Flowers yellow or rose-red: capsule opening by a lid...............-...+s000 cseveees I 
* * Sepals 2, persistent, not adherent to the superior ovary. 
Style 3-cleft (rarely 2-cleft in Calandrinia): sepals green. 
Stamens more than 6: petals 5 or more..............ceee eee eee Sievwvaveus rie ajorereeawees: 2 
Stamens 5 (3 in No, 8): petals 5.0.2.0... 0.6 eee e cece nee ce cee ene neneseeereeee 3 
Stamens 3: petals 5, unequal, coherent: leaves or leaf and bract opposite.......... vier 
Style 2-cleft: sepals membranous rounded-cordate exceeding the 2 or 4 petals......... 5 
“* * Sepals 4 to 8, distinct, unequal, persistent........-..0ceeececcecccceeercce seeeee O 
1. PORTULACA, Tournefort. 
1, P. oleracea, L. Leaves obovate to spatulate: petals yellow, 1 to2 lines. Nat 
2. BP. pilosa, L. Leaves linear: nearly terete: petals red, 2 or 3 lines long. 
2. CALANDRINIA, HBK. 
Leafy stems, annual: flowers in racemes: petals 3 to 5, rose-red.......-- smisieisie Ly 2 
Leaves mostly all radical: perennial: sepals orbicular. 
Leaves linear, all radical: short scape 2-bracteate. Alpine..............sseeeeee 3, 4 
Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, all radical (except No. 5).............seeeeees 5, 6, 7 
C. Menziesii. Hooker. Sepals keeled, acute: capsule ovoid, acute. 
Breweri, Watson. Capsule longer, conical, obtuse on deflexed pedicels, 
pygmea, Gray. Bracts scarious: sepals dentate: petals red. 
Nevadensis, Gr. Larger: bracts green: sepals entire: petals white. 
oppositifolia, Watson. Stem with 2 or 3 pairs of opposite leaves: petals white, 
cotyledon, Wat. Scape with lanceolate ciliate bracts: petals rose-red. 
Leana, Porter. Similar: petals 6 to 8. N.Cal. Or. 
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