5 o PINK ORDER 



1. Leaves basal in a rosette, from a tap root; stem 



leaves mere scales 



a. Petals rose-red; sepals toothed 0. pygmaea 



b. Petals white ; sepals entire 0. nevadcnsis 



2. Stem leaves 2-3, basal leaves none, from a bulb- 



like corm O. triphylla 



Portulaca Linne 1753 Purslane 

 (Lat. portulactts, purgative) 



Sepals 2, united below and partly grown together with the ovary, petals 

 usually 5, yellow or red as a rule, stamens 7-many, ovary 1 -celled, partly 

 inferior, style deeply 3-9-cleft ; flowers solitary, usually terminal; leaves 

 alternate, obovate, spatulate or cylindric ; annual. 

 Prostrate-spreading; flowers 4-6 mm. wide, opening 



only in sunshine P. olerdcea 



Spraguea Torrey 1853 

 (Named for Sprague, a botanical artist) 



Sepals 2, unequal, petals 4, rose, stamens 3, ovary 1 -celled, stigmas 2, 

 capsule 2-valved ; flowers in dense spikes, grouped in an umbel : leaves 

 mostly basal, spatulate ; biennial. 



Stems 2-10 in. high; sepals papery, as long as petals S.multiceps 



Talinum Adanson 1763 Talinum 



(Of unknown meaning) 



PL 9, fig. 14. 



Sepals 2, petals 5, pink to white, disappearing, stamens 5-10, ovary 1- 

 celled, stigmas 3, capsule 3-valved ; flowers in open clusters ; leaves alter- 

 nate, linear-cylindric ; perennial. 

 Stems 3-10 in. high ; leaves basal ; flowers pink T. parvifiorum 



AIZOACEAE CARPET-WEED FAMILY 



Sepals 4-5, united, petals none, stamens 3-5, ovary 3-5-celled, styles 3-5, 

 fruit a capsule ; flowers perfect, solitary or clustered ; annual herbs with op- 

 posite or whorled simple entire leaves. 



1. Leaves opposite, fleshy Sesuvium 



2. Leaves whorled, not fleshy Mollugo 



