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11. PEOTOCAEYA, DeCandoUe. 



Xntleta forming an x-shaped bur, the wings undulate or laciniate 1, 3 



Nutlets forming a flat + - shaped bur, the thin margins entire 3, 4 



1. P. linearis, DC. Wings of nutlets toothed, the teeth bristle-tipped. 



2. F. penicillata, A. DC. More diffuse: nutlets fiddle-shaped; apex bristly. 



3. P. setosa, Gr. Hispid, stouter: calyx-lobes with 3 or 4 very large bristles. 

 i, P. pusilla, 6r. Strigulose: nutlets angular, flat, wingless, with a midnerve. 



CONTOLYCLACE^. 



Twining or trailing: corolla funnelform, large, limb entire: stigmas 2. 1 



Not twining: corolla 2-3 lines long, 5-cleft, white: styles 2 3 



Corolla 2 in. long, 5-cleft, purplish: stigmas 2 Sp. 7 in No. 1 



Twining leafless thread-like orange or yellowish stems: parasitic. 3 



1. CONVOIiVXTXUS, linnaeua. 

 Solitary flower with a pair of broad bracts enclosing the calyx. 



Stems very short and erect or prostrate, trailing (See var. No. 5) 1, 3, 4 



Stems twining freely : bracts cordate-ovate or sagittate (See 5) 2 



Flowers often 2-3 together with small bracts; stems often woody 6 



Flowers with a pair of subulate bracts at base of pedicel: stamena slender 6 



Flowers 3 lines long, deeply 5-cleft: not twining 7 



1. C. Soldanella, L. Glabrous, fleshy: leaves reniform: flowers pinkish. 



2. C. sepium, L., var. Americanus, Gr. Leaves acute: corolla rose, 



3. C. Califomicus, Choisy. Short, erect, or at length prostrate; pubescent 



4. C. villosus, Gr. Densely white- velvety: leaves an inch long or less. 

 Var. fulcratus, Gr. Bracts similar to the leaves (hastate): corolla yellowish. 



5. C. occidentalis, Gr. Bracts variable: stems often very long: corolla white. 

 Var. tenuissimus, Gr. Only a ft. or a yd. high: leaves slender-hastate. 



6. C. arvensis, L. Creeping in moist places: corolla an inch long or less. 



7. C. pentapetaloides, L. A diffusely branched slender annual with spatnlAte ot 

 lanceolate mostly entire leaves . This with No. 6 naturalized from So. 



2. CBESSA, Linnsus. 

 1, 0. Cretica, L, Oray silky leaves numerous, small, entire: flowers axillary. 



3. CTJSCTJTA, Toumefort. 



Ovary and capsule depressed glabose: stamens low, very slender. It 3 



Ovary and capsule pointed; corolla withering-persistenti scales fringed. 



