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11. LGBFIilNGIA, Linnstts. 

 Im squarrosa, Nutt. Glandular-pubescent: 2-6 inches high. 



ILLECEBKACEiE. 



PENTAC^NA, Bartling. 

 P. ramosissima, H. & A. Prostrate: subulate pungent gi-ay-green leaves crowded] 

 stipules silveiy: sessile flowers clustered: sepals 6, hooded, ending in a spine. 



PORTULACACEJ;. 



* Sepal* S, united below and adherent to the partly inferior ovary. 



Flowers yellow or rose-red: capsule opening by a lid. , 1 



* * Sepals S, persistent, not adherent to the superior ovary. 

 Style 3-cleft (rarely 2-oleft in Calandrinia): sepals green. 



Stamens more than 6: petals 5 or more 2 



Stamens 5 (3 in No. 8): petals 5 3 



Stamens 3: petals 5, unequal, coherent: leaves or leaf and bract opposite 4 



Style 2-cIeft: sepals membranous rounded- cordate exceeding the 2 or 4 petals 5 



* Sepals 4 to 8, distinct, unequal, persistent 6 



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1. POBTULACA, Toumefort. 



1. F. oleracea, L. Leaves obovate to spatulate: petals yellow, 1 to 2 lines. Kat. 



2. F. pilosa, Ii, Leaves linear: nearly terete: petals red, 2 or 3 lines long, 



2. CAT.ATJDBINLA., HBK. 



Leafy stems, annual: flowers in racemes: petals 3 to 5, rose-red....... 1, 2 



Leaves mostly all radical: perennial: sepals orbicular. 



Leaves linear, all radical: short scape 2-bracteate. Alpine 3, 4 



Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, all radical (except No. 5) _• - 6, 6, 7 



1. C. Blenziesli. Hooker. Sepals keeled, acute: capsule ovoid, acute. 



2. C. Breweri, Watson. Capsule longer, conical, obtuse on deflexed pedicels. 



3. C. pygmsea. Gray. Bracts scarious: sepals dentate: petals red. 



4. C. ITevadensis, Gr. Larger: bracts green: sepals entire: petals white. 



5. C. oppositifolia, Watson. Stem with 2 or 3 pairs of opposite leaves: petals wliite, 



6. C. cotyledon, Wat. Scape with lanceolate ciliate bracts: petals rose-red. 



7. C. Leana, Porter. Similar: petals 6 to 8. N. Cal. Or. 



