LIMNANTHACEAE,  Meadow-foam Family

Diffuse delicate glabrous herb; leaves pinnately divided into narrow lobes; flowers small, hypogynous, bisporangiate, solitary in axils, stalked; sepals 3, separate; corolla regular; petals 3, separate, white, about 2 mm long. shorter than sepals; stamens 6; carpels 3 or 2, ovaries separate or nearly so, styles arising from base of ovaries. united at base but separate at top; carpels separating. each 1-seeded, indehiscent.

Limnanthaceae