60 FAM. 77, 78, 79. 



6. Loment, 2- jointed, elongated; — annuals or biennials from a thick 

 root, with a cluster of lyrate leaves, and with pinkish flowers; 

 pods 2-3 seeded. Cultivated for its root. 



Raphanus sativus, Garden Radish 

 An interesting curiosity is the Anastatica Hierochuntica, the so-called Rose of 

 Jericho.* Leaves obovate, flowers small, white, spicate; fruit a silicle with 

 transverse partition, each cell with 1 seed. After flowering the leaves drop, 

 the branches roll up into a ball, thus protecting the fruit near their tips. 

 When later properly moistened, the branches straighten, the fruits open, 

 and the seeds germinate quickly. 



77. Resedaceae, Mignonette Family. 



Herbs with alternate, entire or pinnate leaves and 

 minute stipules; flowers small, 4-7 parted, in racemes or 

 spikes, fragrant; stamens 8-many, inserted on the hypo- 

 gynous, one-sided torus; pistil 1, ripening into a 3-6 horned 

 capsule. 



Reseda odorata, Mignonette. Spreading annual with spatulate or oblanceo- 

 late leaves; flowers yellowish-white in spicate racemes. Cultivated. 



78. Droseraceae, Sundew Family. 



Low marsh-herbs with alternate mostly radical leaves, 

 circinate in vernation; the foliage covered with glandu- 

 lar hairs exuding a viscid secretion; flowers in spikes or 

 racemes on scapes; sepals 4-8, withering; petals 4-8, white 

 to purple; stamens 4-8, usually 5, anthers extrorse; ovary 

 1-celled, many ovuled, superior; styles 2-5, distinct, entire 

 or cleft; fruit a capsule, 1-celled, 2-5 valved. Low pine- 

 land or mossy swamps around ponds and lakes. Spring 

 and Summer. Drosera, Sundew. 



1. Leaves with blade and petiole, not filiform, -------2 



1. Leaves filiform; — scapes smooth, erect; flowers bright purple, rarely 



white, __----___ D. filiformis 



2. Blades suborbicular, shorter than the petioles; scapes smooth, erect; 



flowers white, -------- D. rotundifolia 



2. Blades cuneate, longer than the petioles; scapes glandular-pilose, 



erect; flowers white, ------- D. brevifolia 



2. Blades spatulate, shorter than the petioles; scapes smooth, - - - - 3 



3. Scapes erect, flowers pink, ------- D. capillaris 



3. Scapes decumbent, flowers white, - - - - - - D. intermedia 



79. Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher -Uant Family. 

 Acaulescent marsh-herbs; leaves hollow, pitcher- or 

 trumpet-shaped, winged on one side, sticky and pubes- 



* A member of the Compositae, the Asteriscus pygmaeus is also called Rose of 

 Jericho; the involucre closes over the fruits when dry, and retreats when moistened. 

 Both are "Resurrection-plants." 



