CARYOPHYLLACE^. 27 



1. POLTGALA, Toumefort. 



1. F. cucullata, Benth. Flowers rose-color: broad beak obtose. Cal. 



2. P. Califomica, Nutt. Flowers greenish, purplish: sepals tomentose. CaL-Oz. 



2. KKAMEBIA., Linnseus. 

 1. E. parvifolia, Benth. Low rigid shrub: upper petals united. San Diego. 



FRANKENIACEj;. 



1. FBANEENIA, Liunsns. 

 L S". grandifolia, C. & S. Qray-green: calyz-tabe farrowed: petals pink. 



CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



* Sepals united : petal* long-clawed. 

 Petals with erect bifid appendages at the base of the blade. 



-Styles 2 (1 sp. in No. 3). Styles 3 1 



Styles 5, rarely 3 or 4: alpine 2 



Petals not appeudaged. Styles 2 3 



, Styles 3: petals bifid, white Sp. No. 6 of 1 



* • Sepals distinct or nearly so: petals loithout claws or appendages. 

 Stipules none: petals white (or pink in No. 9): raxely wanting. 



Petals bifid: pod cylindrical 4 



Petals bifid or wanting pod globular to oblong 5 



Petals entire or wanting: styles opposite sepals 6 



Styles not opposite sepals 7 



Stipules scarions: pedicel long, reflezed in fruit: leaves not rigid, fascicled, rather 



fleshy, filiform to linear: petals entire 8 



Styles 3, rarely 5 (petals wanting in 3d species) 9 



Stipules Bcarious: pedicels bracteate or none: stamens 3 to S: style 3-cIeft, or sessile 

 stigmas 3: petals minute or wanting. 



Leaves not rigid: capsnle globose 10 



Leave* and sepals rigid: capsnle 3-Bided 11 



1. STTiKITE, LinnffiOB. 



• Blade ofthepetah entire or only emargiiuxle.. 



Hairy; pinkish flowers in a 1-sided leafy spike ,...^.. „,.. . .. 4 



Glabrous: glutinous rings on the stem: pedicels long 6 



Viscid-pubescent; leafy : pedicels short: petals with 4 appendages 31 



■ Blade of the petals Infid or Z-lohed. 



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