An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . elled, 3-vaIved, loculicidallydehiscent. Seeds small, the testa smooth, granular or sculptured. About 12 species, most of them of tropical distribution. Besides the following typical one,another occurs in the Southwestern States. I. Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet-weed. Fig. 1735. Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. PI. 89. 1753. Prostrate, glabrous, not fleshy, muchbranched,
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . elled, 3-vaIved, loculicidallydehiscent. Seeds small, the testa smooth, granular or sculptured. About 12 species, most of them of tropical distribution. Besides the following typical one,another occurs in the Southwestern States. I. Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet-weed. Fig. 1735. Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. PI. 89. 1753. Prostrate, glabrous, not fleshy, muchbranched, spreading on the ground andforming patches sometimes 20 in verticillate, in 5s or 6s, spatulate,obovate or linear, entire, obtuse, 6-i2 long,narrowed into a petiole; flowers axillary, lessthan i broad; pedicels filiform; sepals ob-long, slightly shorter than the ovoid capsule,which appears roughened by the projectingseeds; seeds reniform, itsually smooth andshining. In waste places and cultivated grounds. NewBrunswick and Ontario to Minnesota, Washing-ton, Florida, Texas and Mexico. Native of thewarmer parts of America, now widely distrib-uted as a weed. .^Iso called Indian Family 1828. PORTULACACEAE Reichenb. Consp. 161. F.\MILV. Herbs, generally fleshy or succulent, rarely somewhat woody, with alternateor opposite leaves, and regular perfect but unsymmetrical flowers. Sepals cotn-inonly 2 (rarely 5 ). Petals 4 or 5, rarely more, hypogynous, entire or emarginate,imbricated. Stamens hypog}-nous, equal in number to the petals or fewer, rarelymore; filaments filiform; anthers 2-celled, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary i-celled;style 2-3-cleft or 2-3-divided, the divisions stiginatic on the inner side; ovules2-co, amphitropous. Capsule membranous or crustaceous, circumscissile, ordehiscent by 3 valves. Seeds 2-x, reniform-globose or compressed; embryocurved. .^bout I So species, mostly natives of free from th
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