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CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



Perennials. 

 Sepals \i the length of the petals; palustrine 

 Sepals exceeding the petals; montane . , . . 



Leaves filiform, 3 to 5 lines long 



2. A. Douglasii. 



3. A. paludicola. 



4. A. macrophylla. 



1. A. Californica Brewer. Glabrous annual, 1 to 4 in. high, dif- 

 fusely branching from the base, the stems delicate and filiform; leaves 

 very short, slightly fleshy, 1 to 2 lines in length, obtuse; corolla 3 

 lines in diameter; petals oblong, 1J times the length of the ovate- 

 oblong sepals; seeds small, finely roughened. 



Gravelly hillslopes or disintegrating rock outcroppings in the Coast 

 Kanges from Mt. Hamilton to Napa Co. and northward; Marysville 

 Buttes. Apr. 



2. A. Douglasii Fenzl. Annual, nearly glabrous, sometimes 

 viscid-glandular; stems much branched, 2 to 6 in. high; leaves fili- 

 form, 3 to 5 lines long or the lowermost longer; peduncles filiform; 

 flowers numerous, 4 to 5 lines in diameter; sepals oblong-ovate, 

 narrowly thin-margined; petals obovate, conspicuous; capsule sub- 

 globose; valves rounded at the apex; seeds large, smooth, compressed- 

 reniform, acutely margined. 



Sterile soil of hillsides both in the Coast Ranges and Sierras. 

 Apr.-May. 



3. A. paludicola Robinson. Glabrous flaccid plant, the stems 

 several, procumbent, rooting at the lower joints, sulcate, shining, 

 leafy throughout; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, § to 1^ in. long, 

 somewhat connate, slightly scabrous upon the margins; peduncles 

 solitary in the axils, 1 to 2 in. long, spreading or somewhat deflexed; 

 sepals elliptic, nerveless, herbaceous, 1£ to 2 lines long, about half 

 the length of the obovate petals; capsule oblong, shorter than the 

 calyx. — (A. palustris Wats, not of Gay.) 



Swamps, Southern California to Washington. Formerly at Fort 

 Point, San Francisco. Rarely collected. 



4. A. macrophylla Hook. Puberulent perennial, with running 

 rootstocks and ascending or erect stems, 3 to 4 in. high; leaves in 3 

 to 5 pairs, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute at each end, more or 

 less punctate, 1 to 3 in. long; peduncles slender, terminal or becoming 

 axillary, 1 to 5-flowered; sepals ovate, acute or acuminate, 1£ to 2 

 lines long, exceeding the petals; capsule ovoid, nearly equaling the 

 calyx. 



Shady slopes in the mountains, from Southern California to Mt. 

 Hamilton (acc. to Davy), Mt. Diablo, and northward. 



Diminutive herbs with subulate or filiform leaves without stipules. 

 Flowers minute, terminal, often long-pediceled. Sepals 5 or 4, 

 usually rotate-spreading in fruit. -Petals white, entire or slightly 

 emarginate, or often none. Stamens usually 5. Styles as many as 

 the sepals and alternate with them. Capsule dehiscent to the base by 

 entire valves. (From the Latin sagina, fattening, some species 

 abundant in sheep-grazed country.) 



7. SAGINA L. Pearl Wort. 



