106 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 



1. G. maritima, L. 



Glabrous perennial from a creeping rootstock, usually branched, ascend- 

 ing or erect, 3-6, in. high; leaves linear; flowers white or pink. Common, 

 forming mats, on low alkaline soil, Man.-Alta. 



5. ANDROSACE. 



Calyx 5-eleft, with a short tube; corolla salver-shaped or funnel- 

 shaped, the tube shorter than the calyx, 5-parted; stamens 5, on 

 the corolla-tube, included; capsule few to many-seeded. SmaU 

 herbs with clustered root leaves and very small flowers in umbels. 



1. A. occidentalis, Fursh. 



Annual, small, 2-3 in. high ; minutely pubescent; leaves ovate to oblong, 

 entire; scape one or more; flowers white, with leafy calyx lobes longer than 

 the corolla. Dry sandy ground, S. Man.-Alta. 



2. A. puberulenta, liydb. 



ResembUng the former, but pubescence even less marked; scapes often 

 several; leaves oblanceolate, acute, in a rosette; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 strongly keeled; corolla white, about equal in length to the calyx. Dry 

 soil, Man.-Alta. 



3. A. Septentrionalis, L. 



Glabrous; leaves lanceolate to oblong, irregularly toothed; scape 2-6 

 in. high; corolla white, longer than th^ calyx. Dry plains and gravelly 

 ridges, Man.-Alta. 



4. A. subumbelUta, Small. 



Almost glabrous, 2-3 in. high; peduncles several, often spreading, and 

 shorter than the pedicels, which lengthen in fruit; leaves oblong, rather thick ; 

 corolla white, longer than the calyx. Dry soil and alpine regions, Man.- 

 Alta. 



6. DODECATHEON. American Cowslip. 



Calyx 5-cleft; corolla 5-parted, with a short tube, the lobes re- 

 flexed; stamens 5, united at the base, filaments short, anthers long 

 and united into a cone or beak, exserted; style thread-like, exserted; 

 capsule oblong, many-seeded. Glabrous perennial herbs with basal 

 leaves, and rather showy rose-pink flowers in an umbel supported by 

 a naked scape. 



1. D. Meadia, L. Shooting Stab. 



Leaves obtuse at the apex, narrowing into margined petioles. Moist, 

 shghtly alkaline soil, Man.-Alta, 



