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B. erect*. Stem simple or branched; leaves ovate to deltoid-ovate, whitish 

 below; flowers white to purple. 



2. Stamens not eiserted; cultivated plants; — erect, bushy, with ovate, 



acuminate leaves; flowers in clusters, - Mirabilis 



M. jal* pa. Plant glabrous; involucre containing only one flower, white and 

 shades of red and yellow, either striped or not; opening in cloudy weather 

 or in the afternoon (Four o'clock). 



63. Basellaceae, Madeira-vine Family. 



Somewhat succulent vines with alternate, often cor- 

 date leaves, and flowers in spike-like racemes; calyx of 

 2 sepals, corolla of 5 petals; stamens 5, opposite the petals; 

 ovary superior, 1-celled, with 3 distinct styles; fruit a 

 utricle. Cultivated under the name of Madeira-vine; 

 blooming in Fall. 



Boussingaultia baselloides, growing in waste places in South Florida and Texas; 

 a glabrous climber with short-pet ioled, ovate leaves and greenish-white or 

 maroon flowers in slender racemes, the petals longer than the sepals. 



Anredera scandens, growing in chaparral of South Texas; like the preceding, 

 the sepals are broadly winged at maturity, and the pale petals are not 

 longer than the sepals. 



64. Tetragoniaceae, Carpet-weed Family. 



Herbs, often succulent, sometimes shrubby, spread- 

 ing; leaves opposite, simple; flowers axillary; calyx of 

 4-5 sepals, corolla wanting, stamens about 4-5; ovary 

 superior or more or less inferior, 1-many celled, with styles 

 or stigmas as many as there are cells ; fruit a capsule. 



1. Sepals 5, with horn-like appendages; stamens perigynous; ovary 3-5 

 celled, half- inferior; styles 3-5. distinct. On the sea-shore. 

 Summer to Fall. - Sesuvium, Sea-Purslane 



S. maritimum ipentandrum). Leaves spatulate, short petioled; flowers mostly 



solitary, sessile; stamens 5. 

 S. portulacastrum. Leaves oblong, clasping; flowers solitary, short pedicelled; 

 sepals purple within; stamens numerous. 

 1. Sepals 5. with hyaline margins; stamens 3 or 5; ovary 3-5 celled, superior; 



.es 3, distinct, - Mollugo, Indian Chickweed 



M. verticillata, Car?tt--j:eed. Stems branching, prostrate; leaves in whorls 

 of 4-S, spatulate; stamens 3; seeds red, shining. Waste places. Summer. 



65. Portulacaceae, Purslane Family. 



Succulent herbs with alternate or opposite leaves and 

 perfect, regular flowers; calyx of 2 deciduous sepals, corolla 

 ui 4-5 or more petals; stamens hypogynous, usually of the 



