PRIMROSE FAMILY 89 



Androsace Linne 1753 Androsace 



(Gr. androsakes, a kind of plant) 



PL 16, tig. 5. 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, white, rarely yellowish or pinkish, united into 

 a salver- or funnel-form corolla, the tube not longer than the calyx, stamens 

 5, included, ovary 1-celled, style 1, stigma globose, capsule top-shaped, ovoid, 

 or globose, 5-valved from the apex ; flowers in terminal umbels with basal 

 involucre ; leaves small, simple, basal ; low annual or perennial. 



1. Corolla 5-10 mm. wide, white to pinkish or yel- 



low ; perennial, the rosettes connected A. chamaejasme 



2. Corolla 2-4 mm. wide, white 



a. Fruiting calyx top-shaped, the teeth lanceo- 



late, longer than the capsule 



1 1) Bracts of the involucre ovate to oblong A. Occident alts 



{ 2 ) Bracts of the involucre lanceolate to 

 linear ; plant very variable, dwarf ros- 

 ettes or tall and diffuse A. septentriondlis 



b. Fruiting calyx globose, the teeth ovate-triang- 



ular, shorter than the capsule A.ffliformis 



Douglasia Lindley 1828 



(Named from Douglas, an English botanist) 



PL 16, fig. 9. 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, red to purple, united in a tube, stamens 5, 

 I ovary 1-celled, style slender, capsule top-shaped, 1-2-seeded; flowers soli- 

 1 tary or 2-3 in a terminal cluster; leaves small, crowded, entire, linear or 

 ; awl-shaped ; perennial. 



! Stems tufted; leaves 5-12 mm. long; flower.-, 1-3 D.montdna 



Glaux Linne 1753 Seawort 



(Gr. glaukos, sea-green) 



PI. 16, fig. 8. 



Sepals 5, united, pink or white, petals none, stamens 5, ovary 1-celled. 

 style slender, stigma globose, capsule globose-ovoid, beaked, 5-valved. at 

 the top; flowers minute, nearly sessile, axillary; leaves opposite, entire, 

 obtuse, small, fleshy ; succulent perennial. 

 Stems spreading or erect, 1-8 in. high; leaves linear 

 to oblong, 3-15 mm. long G. maritime 



