FAM. 137, 138. 109 



above, slightly paler beneath; corolla campanulate. white or pinkish; an- 

 thers included; style exserted; berries black, hardly edible. Dry soil. Late 

 Spring. 



137. Armeriaceae Plumbaginaceae\ Plumbago Family. 



Shrubs or acaulescent herbs with perfect regular flow- 

 ers; calyx 4-5 toothed; corolla hypogynous, the 4-5 petals 

 distinct or united; stamens 4-5. opposite the petals with 

 the filaments distinct or united; ovary 1 -celled, styles 

 5. distinct or united; fruit a utricle or achene, or capsu- 

 lar. 



1. Shrub with alternate leaves, clasping; flowers 4-5 parted in terminal 



bracted spikes; calyx tubular, glandular; claws of petals united 

 into a slender tube; styles united to near the top; fruit a cap- 

 sule, -------- Plumbago, Lesiwort 



P. Capensis, a shrub with pale blue flowers; P. ccerulea, partly herbaceous, with 

 blue flowers; and P. coccinea, also partly herbaceous but taller, with scar- 

 let flowers, are cultivated species flowering in Sam 



2. Acaulescent herbs with basal leaves and branched scapes; flowers 



5-parted. subtended by bracts; calyx funnelform. not glandular; 

 claws of petals distinct or nearly so; styles distinct; fruit a utri- 

 cle, - Limanium Statice , i:j Lj '..--. Rjsemiry 



L. Carolinianum (S. Carolinians . Scapes erect, much branched; calyx-tube 

 bristly to above the middle; corolla pale purple. Salt marshes. Late 

 Summer. 



138. Primulaceae, Primrose Family. 



Caulescent or scapose herbs with alternate, opposite 

 or whorled leaves; flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 4-9 

 lobed; stamens as many as corolla-lobes and opposite to 

 them, adnate to the tube; ovary superior or partly inferior, 

 1-celled. with free central placenta; style 1, stigma entire 

 or lobed; fruit a 1-celled capsule, opening by 2-8 valves; 

 seeds 2-many. 



Caulescent herbs with alternate, entire leaves; flowers white or pink, in 

 nple or panicled racemes; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; sta- 

 mens 5. sometimes alternating with staminodia; ovary part- 

 ly inferior; capsule 5-valved; seeds numerous. Early Sum- 

 mer. ------- Samolus, Wtitr-pimperntl 



S. floribundus. Racemes sessile or short-ped uncled; corolla white, staminodia 

 present. Fresh and salt marshes. 



S. ebracteatus. Racemes long-ped uncled; corolla pink, staminodia absent. 

 Brackish and salt marshes. 



