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GLAUX 



ole, the lower ones often subcordate at base : lobes of the calyx lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, about 4 lines long : lobes of the corolla obovate, but little 

 longer than the calyx. In marshes along the Rogue river near Grant's 

 Pass Or. 



7 NAUMBURGIA Moench Meth. Supp. 32. 



Erect perennial herbs with opposite entire leaves, the lower re- 

 duced to scales, and small yellow flowers in short axillary spikes. 

 Calyx 5-7-divided, the sepals linear, slightly imbricated. Corolla 

 deeply 5-7-parted, with very short tube and narrow segments. 

 Stamens 5-7, exserted ; filaments slender, glabrous, slightly united 

 at base, alternating with as many small tooth-like staminoidea 

 at each sinus of the corolla. Style slender, equalling the stamens : 

 stigma capitate. Capsule 5-7-valved, few-seeded. 



N. thyrsiflora Duby in DC. Prodr. viii, 60. Lysimachia thyrsiflora 

 L. Glabrous or becoming so : stem 1-2 feet high, from a slender root- 

 stock: leaves lanceolate, sessile, 1-2 inches long, the lower smaller and the 

 lowest reduced to ovate scales : peduncles from only 2 or 3 pairs of leaves 

 near the middle of the stem, axillary, shorter than the subtending leaf, 

 bearing several or numerous small flowers in a dense head or oblong 

 spike: lobes of the calyx linear-lanceolate, acute, half as long as the nar- 

 row purple-dotted lobes of the corolla : capsule globose, glandular dotted, 

 few-seeded. In wet bogs, Oregon to Alaska and the Eastern States. 

 Europe, Asia and Japan. 



S GLAUX Tourn. L. Gen. n. 291. 



Small leafy-stemmed herbs with opposite entire leaves and 

 small axillary white or pink apetalous flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 

 the lobes petaloid, imbricated in the bud, about as long as the 

 campanulate tube. Stame&-C" inserted at the base of the calyx 

 and alternate with its lobes : filaments subulate-filiform : anthers 

 cordate, attached by their backs to the filaments. Capsule 5- 

 ■valved at the top, few-seeded. 



G. maritima L. Sp. 207. Glabrous and glaucous or pale : stems slen- 

 der, 6-12 inches high from slender perennial rootstocks, very leafy: leaves 

 from oval to oblong-linear, 3-6 lines long, entire, sessile : flowers usually 

 in the middle axils only, solitary and very nearly sessile, white or pink: 

 calyx-lobes oval, 1-2 lines long: seeds oblong, brown. In salt marshes, 

 California to Alaska and across the Continent. Europe and Asia. 



* * Glabrous, capsule circumcissile ; the top falling like a lid. 

 Seeds numerous. 



9 ANAGALLIS Tourn. L. Gen. n. 206. 



Low annual or perennial herbs with usually opposite leaves 

 and small red, white or blue axillary flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla completely rotate, 5-parted, the rounded lobes 

 convolute in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the 

 corolla: filaments bearded or pubescent: anthers broadly oblong. 

 Style filiform. Capsule globose, many-seeded. Seeds minute. 



A. ARVENSis L. Sp. 148. Glabrous throughout : stems diffuse, usually 

 much branched, 4-sided, 4-12 inches long from an annual root : leaves 

 opposite or in threes or sometimes the upper ones alternate, ovate, sessile, 



