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times longer than the bract, bibracteo- 
late close to the base; corolla orbibular 
2-2',’” high, shortly urceolat2, wit 
broad, reflexed lobes; stamens 10, an- 
thers comparatively large, as long as the 
appendages filaments short, 
bearded at base; style a 
length of the ovary, included, or slightly 
exsert; ovary densely tomentose at the 
summit; fr orbicular, 2-3/7 broad, with a 
smooth, thin pericarp «& scanty pulp, be- 
coming wrinkled at maturity, enclosing 
5 easily separated nutlets, nearly equal 
in size, « 2-celled by a partition from the 
ventral suture, occasionally sa cells 
fe:tile Gr more or less abortive.’’—Parry 
Dav ac pr 4 36-37. Orj A salicifolia. 
BRYANTHUS BREWERI A. Gray. 
Genus ODODENDRON Linnaeus. 
Rucucbens RON OCCIDENTALE AG 
Azalea, 2-6° high, mts above 5000°, d 
Genus PYROLA ape agar 
PYROLA APHY pa ae 
PYROLA PICTA Sm 
SARCODES Torrey. 
RKEDODEE nines INEA Torr. 
PTEROSPERA ANDROMEDEA Nutt. 
PLUMBAGINACEAE. 
STATICE Linnaeus. 
ST ieee LORT Ui Lin 
Vv californica G a-I 
LENNOACEAE 
PHOLISMA Nuttall. 
M Nutt. 
““>tems solitary, completely covered 
by the rhombic-ovate, or sometimes ob- 
long, closely imbricated scales, fils ina 
depressed, barely convex head, an e's 
nutely glandular ciliolate: corolla sabe 
lar-fursnelform, 6 lobed, lilac- -p: stamens 
Shorter « sty zo longer than in P. arenart- 
um.’’—Ge ca ac b 1 198 j 
Genus. chia aes. Torrey. 
AMMOBROMA SONORAE Torr. 
PRIMULACEAE. 
Genus DODECATHEON, a eus 
DODECATHEON CLEVELANDI Greene 
“A foot or 2 high, pale green « glan- 
‘dular: new roots (ose not at the end 
es 
of the dry season but at its beginning, 
remaining dormant pede thesummer, 
no tubers formed either originally or 
erect, spatu'ate-obovate, margins 
erose: fls 4-merous: corolla bright-p with 
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andreecium: andreecium about 3%’ long, 
filaments connate, the tube dark-p, the 
ornate exterior of esch filament chang- 
g to y at the base of the anther « con- 
tinued up the back of it nearly to the 
pex ina lanceolate form «lying in a 
regular folds, anthers otherwise 
quite twice the the a 
tude, slightly divergent around the mod- 
erately exserted pistil, retuse at the 
rather blunt apex: capsule oblong, cir- 
cumscissile at top: seeds reddish-brown, 
somewhat cubical, the testa ot eat 
reticulate.’’—Ge pitt 1 214 rs 
rW 7128 (« v alba «& oted 
dens), giant cyclamen, shooting star. 
ODECATHEON ELLIPTIC 
These are mostly considered as Firtnt 
of one species—the Lb. Meadia of Linn. 
nus ANAGALLIS Tournefort. 
ANAGALIS ARVENSIS Linn. 
Poor man’s weather glass dar, Orj 
Genus SAMOLUS = oopeoorinae 
SAMOLUS VALERANDI Linn 
vamericanaG dair Gecaacb1 406 
s CENTUNCULUS Linnaeus. 
pera nati MINIMUS Linn 
Genus GLAUX Linnaeus. 
G. maritima L. milkwort, in saline 
soil round the northern hemisphere- 
