70 CARYOPHYLLALES 
Stamens 5, seeds few. 2. Claytonia. 
Ovary partly inferior, capsule circumscissile, 3. Portulaca. 
1. Talinum. 385, 
Petals 5, stamens 5, 1. T. parviflorum. 
Petals usually 8-10, stamens 30 or more. 2. T. calycinum, 
1. Talinum parviflorum Nutt. 
Talinum terretifolium. 
In dry soil mostly in the western part of the state. Long Pine; 
Minden, . 
2. Talinum calycinum Engelm. 
In dry soil in the western part of the state. Ft. Robinson; Kennedy; 
Snake River; Valentine. 
2. Claytonia. 385, 
1. Claytonia virginica L. 
Frequent in shady woods along the Missouri. Bellevue; Omaha. 
3. Portulaca. 386. 
1. Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. 
A common weed all over the state. Cheyenne County; Hooker County; 
Lincoln; Wahoo; Weeping Water. 
5. AIZOACEAE. 
Mollugo. 384, 
1. Mollugo verticillata L. 
A common weed in most of the state. Endicott; Kearney; Hastings; 
Long Pine; Minden; Mullen; O’Neil; Plainview; Red Cloud. 
6. PHYTOLACCACEAE. 
Phytolacca. 381, 
th Phytolacca decandra L. Poke-berry. 
In the squtheastern part of the state. Richardson County. 
7. NYCTAGINACEAE. 
Flower cluster subtended by an involucre of united bracts. 
Fruit ribbed, 1. Allionia. 
Flower cluster subtended by an involucre of distinct bracts. 
Fruit winged. : 2. Abronia. 
1. Allionia. (Oxybaphus.) 382. 
Leaves broad, often cordate, all distinctly petioled. 1. A. nyctaginea, 
Leaves narrower, never cordate, all or at least the upper sessile. 
Leaves ovate to lanceolate. 2. A. hirsuta. 
Leaves linear. 3. A. linearis, 
1. Allionia nyctaginea Michx. 
Common all over the state. Crete; Fairbury; Gordon; Lincoln; 
Mullen; Newcastle; Weeping Water; Wood Lake. 
