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filaments flattened and ligulate, carpels breaking transversely into 

 1-seeded indehiscent joints.— Throughout the western parts of the State. 

 April — June. 



* * Carpels 3 only, partly united and forming a 3-lobed 1-celled ovoid 



capsule open at top. 



2. P. linearis (Benth.), Ourran. Aoaulesoent, 3—12 in. high, sparsely- 

 hirsute: leaves narrowly linear, 1—3 in. long, acutish: peduncle 3 scapi- 

 form, very slender: fl. %—\ in broad: petals as in the last: stamens co ; 

 filaments filiform or flattened: capsule ovate-triquetrous, % in. long or 

 more.— Gravelly hills. March — May. 



* * * Carpels 3 only, united, forming a slender elongated and twisted 



1-celled capsule ; stamens few and definite; stigmas linear. 



3. P. Torreyi, Greene. Erect, slender, dichotomous from the base, 

 3 — 8 in. high, glabrous: lowest leaves ovate-spatulate or oblanceolate; 

 upper linear, acute, entire, % — 1 in. long: fl. % — 1 in. broad, white: 

 stamens (usually 12) in two circles; filaments dilated upwards, those of 

 the outer circle conspicuously shorter than those of the inner: capsule 

 linear, % — 1J4 in. long. Feb. — May. 



3. DENDROMECOJJ , Benth. Shrubs with alternate coriaceous entire 

 leaves, and solitary rather large yellow flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4. 

 Stamens oo ; filaments filiform, short; anthers linear. Ovary linear; style 

 short; stigmas 2, short and erect. Capsule linear, many-nerved, 1-celled, 

 2-valved, the valves dehiscent somewhat elastically from base to apex. 



1. D. rigidum, Benth. Shrub 2 — 8 ft. high, with many rigid ascend- 

 ing branches and slender branchlets ; bark whitish : leaves ovate- to linear- 

 lanceolate, 1 — 3 in. long, very acute or mucronate, vertical, the very short 

 petiole being twisted, the margin scabrous-denticulate; £1. 1 — 3 in, broad, 

 the petals nearly rotate-spreading; capsules slightly arcuate, 1% — 2% in. 

 long. — In clayey or gravelly soil on higher hills. March — June. 



4. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Chamisso. Nearly or quite glabrous glau- 

 cous flaccid herbs, with colorless bitter juice (that of the roots reddish) 

 and ternately dissected leaves. Flowers solitary, yellow or orange-colored. 

 Calyx an oblong or conical mitre-like organ deciduous from the more or 

 less funnelform-dilated torus which bears the 4 petals. Stamens mostly 

 x ; filaments very short, attached to the base of the petals; anthers linear 

 or oblong, usually longer than the filaments. Ovary linear; style very 

 short; stigmas 2 or more, subulate-filiform. Capsule 10-nerved, 1-celled, 

 oo -seeded, 2-valved, the valves elastically dehiscent from base to apex, 

 forcibly ejecting the seeds; these spherical, reticulate or muricate. 



