CLAYTONIA 



CUBENSI& 



PENTANDRIA honooykia. L***. 



ORDO tfATURAUS, PORTULACE/E. / m 



Folii. rrfttUmi, rfcombci*. .remit; «..li*i,, ,*H<4iM». *ufaortic«Uii.j flonlm* r.««*b, 



Planra annua, pcdali*, cra«mscula. Radix capillar!*. Folia radical it, 

 rbombca, longe pcliobu, pciioli* interne tuktils; folia cauliua, 

 perfoliate, *ubcampanulala, limbo bi*ut tridentato; omnia mar- 

 ginc rosea. Scapi plures, erecti, foliis radicalibus iriplo longiores, 

 (ewes txillaraque, solitarii, rloresr*certtO*i,sccxiQdi, leruiinalca, 

 floribu* duobus am qualtior fasekiilaiiin disposing albis; alter! sex 

 umbellati supra folium axillare, bracleolati. Corolla ditto hypogyno 

 ailixa, pctalii miiiifjuc etiiargiiiatb* unguieulali* cl in lubum bn> 

 vem coalili*. Gapuria monofocularis, (rivelm, tropcrm* Semma 

 in una parte capsuloo affiu, valvule allcrna, infra liilum carun- 

 colata. 



Habitat in Cub% insula ad porlum lfatabano. 



Pumk annuclle, liauic dun pied (3 decimetres), prevjue cltanuie. 

 Racine fibrtuMi capillairc 



Ffeonua radicales, rhomboids, ponces wr dc longs ptftiole* a bord 

 tr&mparait, ci sourem d'un rose tendrc 



Pfrious drolls, troi* foi* plus lom>* que le* fcuillc*, convcxes en 

 dehors, marutifo iutcrieurcment d'un sillon longitudinal. 



Mampk droite, qimdriqoe, munie a tea deux licr* supenturg dtae 

 fcuillc perfoliee en forme de eloelie cvasce, el niaraute a 9011 

 limbc dc deux ou Iroi* petite* dents. 



/VmAo A'A/'/. 



