CAKYOPHYLLEvE. 31 



* * Sepals distinct. 



-i— Stipules none. 



0...1. v.ifl/1 5 capBule tubular, 10-toothed Oebastium + 



retalsOifcd -j „ 6-valved Alsine 5 



r>„*.„i„ ««*$.,„ «- „«i., „. „«,•„„*■« (capsule 3-valved: valves cleft Aeenabia 6 



Petals entire or only emargmate \ ".. 4 _ 5 valv ' e(J . Talves entire Als1nella 7 



-i— -i— Stipules present, scarious or setaceous. 



Bai.i. » nn <, n ,'« n «n<> i cspsnle 5-valved 8peegula 8 



Petals conspicuous} ".. 3 . Talved Ttssa 9 



p.,.,. „;„„,» „„n (leaves flat, not pungent PokYCABPUM 10 



Petals minute or } „ rigid, pungent Lceflingia 11 



1. VACCARIA, Dodoens. A glabrous glaucous annual. Calyx syn- 

 sepalous, pyramidal, with 5 prominent angles. Petals 5, unguioulate, not 

 appendaged. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule ovate, 1-celled, but with 



rudimentary partitions at base, 4-toothed at apex. 



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1. V. vuiiGARis, Host. Erect, 1 — 2 ft. high, simple below, cymose- 

 paniculate above: leaves cordate-ovate, acute, entire, sessile: petals red; 

 blade obcordate; claw linear: styles short: seeds dark-colored. — An Old 

 World weed of grain-fields. 



2. AGROSTEMMA, L. (Cobn-Cookm). Tall annual, sparingly 

 branched above; pubescent, not viscous. Calyx synsepalous, tubular, 

 coriaceous, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Capsule coria- 

 ceous, 1-celled, 5-toothed. 



1. A. Githago, L. Erect, 2 — 4 ft. high, soft-hirsute: leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, connate at base : fl. solitary on long upright peduncles : calyx 

 1}£ in. long, the linear teeth as long as the tube, deciduous from the 

 mature fruit: petals purple, not equalling the calyx-teeth; limb broad, 

 obtuse, entire; claw un appendaged. — A weed of the grain-fields, not yet 

 common in California. 



3. SILENE, Lobel, (Catchfly). More or less viscid herbs. Calyx 

 synsepalous, membranaceous, striate, 5-toothed. Petals (usually ves- 

 pertine), commonly with cleft limb and appendaged claw. Stamens 10. 

 Styles 3. Pod dehiscent at summit by 3 or 6 teeth. 



* Annuals. 



1. S. antirrhina, Linn. Erect, slender, glabrous, glandless except a 

 viscid belt of an inch, more or less, in the middle of each internode of the 

 branches: leaves lanceolate, acute, 1 in. long: pedicels erect: mature 

 calyx oval, 3 lines long, the teeth short: petals red, the blade emarginate, 

 a line long; crown inconspicuous: seeds minutely papillose. — In sandy 

 soil, both along the seaboard and in the interior. March, April. 



