PORTULACEZ. XI. Craytonta. 81 
Juss. gen. 314. Lam. ill. t. 144. Gaertn. fr. 2. p. 220. t. 129. 
St. Hil. mem. mus. 2. p. 197. t. 4. f. 15.—Limnia, Lin. act. 
ups. 1746. p. 180.—Claytonia and Limnia, Haw. syn. p. 11. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 oval, op- 
posite, permanent sepals (f. 20. a. f. 19. b.). Petals 5, obcor- 
date (f. 20. b.), or obovate (f. 19. a.), hypogynous, equal, un- 
guiculate ; claws connate at the base. Stamens 5 (f. 20. b.), 
inserted at the claws of the petals. Ovarium sessile. Style 1, 
trifid at the apex; lobes stigmatose inside. Capsule 1-celled, 
3-valved, 3-seeded. Seeds sessile-—Herbs glabrous, rather 
succulent, usually perennial. Leaves quite entire: radical ones 
petiolate; upper usually opposite and sessile, and sometimes con- 
nate. Racemes terminal. Flowers white or rose-coloured. 
§ 1. Scape with 2 opposite leaves, which are sometimes con- 
nate, 
* Roots fibrous, annual. 
1 C. perrorta‘ra (Donn, hort. cant. p. 25.) leaves without 
nerves: upper ones connate or perfoliate, forming a roundish 
disk; radical leaves petiolate, oval-rhomboid ; lower pedicels of 
raceme in bundles ; petals entire or somewhat emarginate. ©. H: 
Native of Mexico, on the mountains of St. Augustin ; and on 
the rocky mountains in North America; also of Cuba, if C. 
Cubénsis, Bonpl. ann. mus. 7. p- 82. t. 6. pl. equin. t. 26. be 
the same.—Sims, bot. mag. 1336. Límnia perfoliàta, Haw. syn. 
p. 12. Flowers small, white. Root fibrous. Leaves edible, 
and used like those of the Purslane. 
Perfoliate Claytonia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1794. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
2 C. ALSINOÌDES (Sims, bot. mag. 1309.) root fibrous ; leaves 
reticulately veined, rhomboid, acute; upper leaves opposite, 
sessile, ovate, mucronate: radical ones petiolate, ovate, acumin- 
ated; pedicels of raceme for the most part solitary, bractless ; 
petals emarginate. ©. H. Native of the north-west coast of 
America, at the sources of the Columbia; particularly plentiful 
about Indian villages, where it seems to hold the place of chick- 
weed in our country. Flowers white. 
Var. B, rosea (D. C. prod. 3. p. 361.) flowers rose-coloured ; 
leaves almost nerveless. ©. H. Native of Nootka Sound. 
C. Sibírica, Sims, bot. mag. 2243. Sweet, br. fl. gard. t. 16. 
but not of Pall. 
E ei Claytonia.. Fl. Mar. June. Cit. 1794. Pl. 
3 loot. 
3 C. UNALASCHE'NSIS (Fisch. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 
P. 434.) leaves nerved: upper ones opposite, sessile, rhomb- 
Ovate : radical ones petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; ra- 
cemes twin; bracteas ovate; pedicels solitary, twice longer 
than the bracteas ; petals emarginately bifid. ©. H. Native 
of the Island of Unalaschka, in humid sandy places. C. bífida, 
Willd. herb. The petals are said 
to be white in the dried state: 
Unalaschka Claytonia. Fl. 
ar. Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. 4 to4 ft. 
4 C. parvirzora (Dougl. mss. 
ex Hook. fl. bor.amer. 1. p- 225. 
t.73.) root fibrous ; radical leaves 
numerous, linear-spatulate, 3- 
nerved, with anastomosing veins, 
on long petioles ; the 2 cauline 
Ones joined into a perfoliate, 
ovate leaf, which is reticulately 
veined ; racemes solitary, rather 
Compound, unibracteate. ©. H. 
ative of North America, abun- 
t along the course of the Co- 
umbia, in open parts of the forest, 
VOL. II. 
where wood has been burnt, or the ground turned up by deer. 
Flowers rose-coloured and white. This species differs from C. 
perfoliata in its linear-spatulate radical leaves, ovate bracteas, 
and profusion of small flowers. (f. 19.) 
Small-flowered Claytonia. Pl. } foot. 
5 C. sparuza‘ra (Dougl. mss. ex Hook. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 
226. t. 74.) plant minute; root fibrous ; radical leaves numerous, 
narrow, linear-spatulate ; the 2 cauline ones ovate, acute, and 
sessile; racemes solitary, unibracteate ; petals entire. ©. H, 
Native of the north-west coast of America, in the valleys of the 
Rocky Mountains. Corolla longer than the calyx. Stems 
many from the same root. This is the smallest of all the species, 
Spatulate-leaved Claytonia. Pl. 4 foot. 
6 C. sarmenTosa (Meyer. nov. pl. in mem. acad. de Mourou. 
vol. 17.) sarmentose ; leaves nerved : radical ones oblong, ob- 
tuse, petiolate : cauline ones ovate, somewhat cordate, stem- 
clasping, but distinct: racemes terminal, solitary, bractless ; 
petals emarginate.—Native of St. George, one of the Aleutian 
Islands. 
Sarmentose Claytonia. Pl. sarmentose. 
* * Roots tuberous or fusiform. 
7 C. Virer’nica (Lin. spec. 394.) leaves all narrow, linear, 
obsoletely 3-nerved, with anastomosing veins: radical ones very 
few ; racemes solitary, nodding; pedicels elongated: lower 
ones bracteate; petals emarginate. 2. H. Native of North 
America, in New England, Virginia, and Carolina, in humid 
woods; and of Kotzebue’s Sound. The leaves of the plant, 
from the last-mentioned habitat, are remarkable for their broad- 
ness. Pluk. alm. t. 102. f. 3. Flowers white. 
Virginian Claytonia, Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt.1768. PI. 4 ft. 
8 C. GRANDIFLÒRA (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 216.) root tuberous: 
leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; racemes soli- 
tary, many-flowered ; petals oval, obtuse, entire; sepals very 
blunt. 2.H. Native of North America, near Montreal, and 
on the Saschatchawan. C. Virginica, var. /3, mèdia, D. C. prod. 
3. p. 361. D.C. pl. grass. t. 131. Flowers pink or rose-co- 
loured, with darker branched veins, and a yellow spot on the claw. 
Great-flowered Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt.? PI. 4 foot. 
9 C. acuTirLora (Sweet, hort. brit. edit. 2.) root tuberous ; 
leaves all long, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, with anastomosing 
veins; racemes solitary, nodding: pedicels elongated: lower 
ones bracteate ; petals elliptic, entire, acute at both ends ; sepals 
acutish. 2. H. Native of North America, in humid parts of 
woods. C. Virginica, Sims. bot. mag. 941. C. Virginica, var. 
a, acutiflora, D. C. prod. 3. p. 361. Flowers white. 
Acute-flowered Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt.? Pl. 4 ft. 
10 C. Carorinia'na (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 175.) root 
tuberous; radical leaves subspatulate: cauline ones oblong ; 
racemes solitary, nodding ; pedicels elongated: lower ones brac- 
teate ; petals obovate, somewhat emarginate ; sepals very blunt. 
.H. Native of North America, in Carolina. C. spatule- 
folia, Salisb. prod. p. 71. C. Virginica y, spatulzfolia, D. C. 
prod. 3. p. 361. Flowers pink or rose-coloured. 
Carolina Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1789. PI. } foot. 
11 C. ranceora‘ta (Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 175. t. 3.) 
root tuberous ; radical leaves very few, oblong, on long petioles : 
cauline ones elliptic, sessile, all 3-nerved, with anastomosing 
veins; racemes solitary, nodding; pedicels elongated: lower 
ones bracteate ; petals deeply emarginate. Y.H. Native of 
North America, in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, in a 
rich soil ; and perhaps in Eastern Siberia. Flowers large, white. 
It is very nearly allied to C. Vestiana of Fisch. 
Lanceolate-leaved Claytonia. Fl, Mar. May. 
PI. 4 foot. 
12 C. A’rcrica (Adams, act, mosc. 5. p. 94,) leaves nerve- 
M 
Clt. 1812. 
