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CLINTONIA* élegans. 
Elegant Clintonia. 
SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 
Nat. ord. LoseLiacea Juss. Lindley's synopsis, p. 137. 
CLINTONIA. — Calyx superus, pentaphyllus, subeequalis. Corolla 
monopetala, bilabiata, labio iuferiore cuneato trilobo, superiore erecto 
bipartito. Stamina in tubo connata, incurya. Anthere connate, duabus 
apice setigeris. Ovarium siliquiforme, triangulare, contortum, uniloculare, 
placentis duabus! parietalibus. Capsula arida, chartacea, polysperma, in 
valvulis tribus loriformibus dehiscens. Herba annua, procumbens, micro- 
phylla. Flores solitarii, axillares. 
Clintonia elegans. Douglas. 
Herba annua, procumbens, parüm ramosa, glabra. Caulis teres, angu- 
latus. Folia sessilia, ovata, trivenia. Flores solitarii, axillares. Ovarium 
sessile, longè acuminatum, foliis 4-5-plò longius, triangulare, contortum. 
Corolla cerulea, labio inferiore medio macuti albi. Anthere cerulee. 
Stigma conicum, barbá papillosá circumdatum. Capsule folis multoties 
longiores. _ Pollen ovale, medio sulcatum. 
Mr. Douglas informs us, that this is very common in 
low, grassy, over-flowed grounds on the plains of the 
Columbia, near Wallawallah river, and near the head 
springs of the Multnomah, flowering from June till August. 
ith us it forms one of the most beautiful annuals with 
which we are acquainted: notwithstanding the want of 
spreading foliage to give its flowers effect, the latter are 
of so brilliant a colour, that the plants, when grown in 
broad patches, resemble a carpet of silver and blue. 
It is propagated by seeds, which are produced in small 
* In memory of his Excellency De Witt Clinton, late Governor of the 
State of New York, — an amiable, excellent man, anda distinguished patron 
of American investigation. He was the author of several ingenious treatises 
in different branches of Natural History; and may be truly said to have 
deserved well of science, both in his own country and in all the world, 
