. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. WEEDS OP THE PURSLANE FAMILY. 36. Poktulacv oleracea Ij. Purslane. Pussley. (A. 1. 1.) Prostrate, smooth, freely branching from a deep central root; branches 4-10 Inches long; leaves alternate, wedge-shaped, rounded at apex. Flow- ers pale yellow, sessile iu the axils. Pods globular, opening by a little lid. Seeds very small, black, kidney-shaped, marked with a fine network. (Figs. 13, e; 44.) Very common in gardens, dooryards and cultivated grounds, especially in sandy and rich soils. May-Nov. Flowers numerous, opening only in the morning sunshine, then closing
. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. WEEDS OP THE PURSLANE FAMILY. 36. Poktulacv oleracea Ij. Purslane. Pussley. (A. 1. 1.) Prostrate, smooth, freely branching from a deep central root; branches 4-10 Inches long; leaves alternate, wedge-shaped, rounded at apex. Flow- ers pale yellow, sessile iu the axils. Pods globular, opening by a little lid. Seeds very small, black, kidney-shaped, marked with a fine network. (Figs. 13, e; 44.) Very common in gardens, dooryards and cultivated grounds, especially in sandy and rich soils. May-Nov. Flowers numerous, opening only in the morning sunshine, then closing once for all. In England purslane is used extensively as a pot-herb and for salads, and serves as does parsley to garnish dishes of meats, etc. Hogs everywhere are very fond of it. It is at- tacked by a white mold which in rainy seasons servos to keep it in check. Beneath its fleshy foliage it harbors insects of many kinds, among which are the melon plant louse and the corn- root louse. Onion and melon raisers have much trouble with it, as it grows rapidly and ripens its seeds after cultivation of the crops has ceased. Remedies: close hoe cultivation, especially very early and again late in the season; seeding with winter annuals after hoed crops. The Pink Family—CARYOPHYLLACE^E. Annual or perennial herbs with the joints of the stems often swollen and sometimes sticky; leaves opposite, entire. Flowers usually either solitary on long peduncles or numerous in flat- topped cymes; sepals 4 or 5, separate or united into a tube; petals as many as the sepals or none; stamens twice as many as sepals or fewer; pistils 1, 1-celled, the ovules united to a central column. Fruit usually a capsule opening by valves on the Fig. 44. i, seed; 2, fruit or pyxis closed; S, same open. (After Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfect
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