xaumbcrgia PRTMULACE.^ 437 



GLUAX 



late, not at all ciliate except a few hairs at the base of the clasping petiole, 

 the lower ones often subcordate at base: lobes of the calyx lanceolate, 

 acuminate, about 4 lines long: lobes of the corolla obovate, but little longer 

 than the calyx. In marshes along the Rogue river near Grant's Pass Or. 



7 XAUMBURGIA Moench Meth. Supp. 32. 



Erect perennial herbs with opposite entire leaves, the lower re- 

 duced to scales, and small yellow flowers in short axillary spikes. 

 Calyx 5-7-divided, the sepals linear, slightly imbricated. Corolla 

 deeply 5-7-parted, with very short tube and narrow segments. 

 Stamens 5-7, sxserted; filaments slender, glabrous, slightly unit- 

 ed at base, alternating with as many small tooth-like staminoidea 

 at each sinus of the corolla. Style slender, equalling the stamens: 

 stigma capitate. Capsule 5-7-valved, few-seeded. 



N". thyrsiflora Duby in DC. Prodr. viii, 60. LysiinacJtia thyrsiflora 

 L. Glabrous or becoming so : stem 1-2 feet high, from a slender rootstock : 

 leaves lanceolate, sessile, 1-2 inches long, the lower smaller and the lowest 

 reduced to ovate scales : peduncles from only 2 or 3 pairs of leaves near the 

 middle of the stem, axillary, shorter than the subtending leaf, bearing sev- 

 eral or numeous small flowers in a dense head or oblong spike : lobes of the 

 calyx linear-lanceolate, acute, half as lpng as the narrow purple-dotted 

 lobes of the corolla : capsule globose, glandular dotted, few-seeded. In wet 

 bogs, Oregon to Alaska and the eastern States. Europe. Asia and Japan. 



8 GLAUX Tourn. L. Gen. n. 291. 



Small leafy-stemmed herbs with opposite entire leaves and 

 small axillary white or pink apetalous flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 

 the lobes petaloid, imbricated in the bud, about as long as the 

 campanulate tube. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the calyx 

 and alternate with its lobes : filaments subulate-filiform: anthers 

 cordate, attached by their backs to the filaments. Capsule 5- 

 valved at the top, few-seeded. 



G. maritima L. Sp. 207. Glabrous and glaucous or pale : stems slen- 

 der, 6-12 inches high from slender perennial rootstock3, very leafy: leaves 

 from oval to oblong-linear, 3-6 lines long, entire, sessile : flowers usually 

 in the middle axils only, solitary and very nearly sessile, white or pink: 

 calyx-lobes oval, 1-2 lines long: seeds oblong, brown. In salt marshes, 

 California to Alaska and across the Continent. Europe and Asia. 



* * Glabrous, capsule circumscissile; the top falling like a lid. 

 Seeds numerous. 



9 ANAGALLIS Tourn. L. Gen. n. 206. 



Low annual or perennial herbs with usually opposite leaves 

 and small red, white or blue axillary flowers. Calyx 5-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla completely rotate, 5-parted, the rounded lobes 

 convolute in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the 

 corolla: filaments bearded or pubescent: anthers broadly oblong. 

 Style filiform. Capsule globose, many-seeded. Seeds minute, 



A. arvensis L. Sp. 148. Glabrous throughout: stems diffuse, usually 

 much branched, 4-sided, 4-12 inches long from an aunual root: leaves 

 opposite or in threes or sometimes the upper ones alternate, ovate, sessile, 

 6-12 lines long: flowers scarlet, 2-3 lines broad, solitary, on long filiform 



