94 FAM. 115, 116, 117. 



115. Turneraceae, Turner a Family, 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate, exstipulate leavesr 

 and solitary, axillary flowers; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5, in- 

 serted on the calyx; stamens 5, inserted below the petals; 

 ovary free, 3-carpelled, 1-celled; styles 3; ovules numer- 

 ous in 2 rows on the 3 parietal placentae; capsule 1-celled, 

 3-valved. 



Herbs simple or sparingly branched, with yellow flowers; stigmas 3, 2- 



cleft, brush-like. In pine-land. Spring and Summer. - - Piriqueta 

 P. viridis. Glabrous; leaves linear. 

 P. Caroliniana (fulva). Hirsute with fulvous hairs, and stellate-tomentose. 



116. Cistaceae, Rock-rose Family, 



Herbs, woody at the base, or low shrubs, with simple 

 leaves and regular flowers; sepals 5, of which the 2 outer 

 ones are smaller or wanting; petals 5, 3, or none; stamens 

 few or many, hypogynous; ovary 1-several celled; style 

 single, stigma entire or 3-lobed; capsule 3-5 valved, few 

 or many seeded. 



1. Flowers with 5 petals, or apetalous; — leaves with flat or revolute 

 blades; flowers of the first or of both kinds; petals fugacious, 

 yellow; styles short or obsolete. Spring and Summer. 



Helianthemum, Frost-weed, Rock-rose 



H. Carolinianum. Hirsute; leaves mostly at the base, obovate, ciliate; flow- 

 ers few, all alike. Dry sandy soil. 



H. corymbosum. Tomentose; leaves obovate to oblong, pale beneath; flow- 

 ers in a terminal fastigiate cyme; those with petals have 25-30 stamens 

 and 20 ovules; those without petals have 3-6 stamens and 9 ovules; calyx 

 of both pubescent. Dry sand towards the coast. 

 1. Flowers with 3 petals, persistent; — leaves numerous; flowers small, 

 greenish or purplish; stamens 3-12; stigmas 3; capsule 3-1 celled, 

 about 6-seeded. Summer. __>.___ Lechea 



L. minor. More or less pubescent; stem-leaves oval or oblong, ciliate; flow- 

 ers red-purple; outer sepals longer than the inner. Dry sand. 



L. villosa (major). Villous-pubescent ; stem-leaves oblong-elliptic; flowers green- 

 purple; outer sepals about as long as the inner. Dry sand. 



117. Violaceae, Violet Family. 



Herbs or shrubs with simple, alternate or basal, stip- 

 ulate leaves, and perfect, irregular flowers, solitary or 

 clustered; calyx of 5 sepals; hypogynous corolla of 5 petals; 

 stamens syngenesious or connivent; style 1, ovary 1-celled; 

 fruit a loculicidal capsule, 3-valved and many seeded. 



Acaulescent or caulescent herbs with solitary, nodding flowers on axil- 

 lary scapes or peduncles, late in the season succeeded by cle- 

 istogamous flowers bearing fruit; the lowermost petal saccate 



