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bracts appendaged at the base: flowers 
hours Bins the middle of the day. 
esii W. Wolf. Plants similar to 
lar v j 
purple, 10-15 mm. long: stamens 40—100, 
usually 50-80: capsule 3-4 mm. in diam- 
er.— Cliffs and rocky blanks, Appalachian 
Platezu and adj. provinces, Ala. and Ga. to Tenn.—5um. 
3. T. paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. Plant Bg -woody, 3-15 dm. tall, 
with procumbent branches in T. paniculatum sarmentosum): leaf-blades 
ipti m. : flower 
spatulate, obovate, or elliptic, 3-11 cm. long: fl s numerous in elongate 
thyrsoid paniele: s —4 mm. long: corollas mostly carmine, sometimes 
yellowish, 0.8—1 em. wide: capsule 3-4 dm. in diameter. "o soil and eult. 
grounds, Fla. to Tex. and Ariz. Nat. of the W. L—(Mez., C. A., S. 4.)— 
All year. 
4. T. triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. Plant quite woody, 6-15 dm. tall: leaf- 
blades spatulate to bd elliptie, 2-9 em. long: flowers few in s decim 
ene sepals d . lon S e corolla purple, pink, or yellow, 1.5-2 c vide: 
capsule 5-8 mm. no am I rr aaa and waste pla cs, ni pen. 
Fla. and the Keys. Nat. of the W. I.—(Mez., C. A., S. A.)—AIl yea 
2. CLAYTONIA L. Perennial or annual fleshy herbs, the weak stems 
often arising from tuber-like corms. Leaves flat. Flowers spreading or nod- 
ding. Sepals 2, persistent. Petals 5. Style elongate. Ovules few.—About 10 
species, natives of N. A.—SPRING-BEAUTIES. Ros FS. 
Leaf-blades relatively short and broad: petals abruptly narrowed me claws. 
. C. caroliniana. 
p long and narrow: petals more gradually narrowed. 
Capsule 4-4.5 mm. thick: leaf-blades of a broadly linear type. 2. C. media. 
Capsule 2-3 mm. thick: leaf-blades of a narrowly linear type. 3. C. virginica. 
d Eae Michx. Plants 5—20 em. tall: leaf-blades ovate to narrowly 
about 2.5 mm. wide.—(WIDE-LEAF SPRIN 
BEAUTY.) es ar Ridge d 
and m 
northern Doe . and Tenn. to Sask. 
and N. S.; pocorn pee La.—Spr.—sum. 
2. C. modia (DC.) Small. Plants 10- 
about 1.5 —W oo 
various Did N of Gal "Plain, D. E 
to Tenn. Kans., and N MEE 
3. C. virginica L. Plants 5-25 em. tall: 
leaf-blades ded i sometimes very 
1. C. 
elliptic, 2-7 em. long: sepals 6-9 mm. ee petals 10-12 mm. long: seed 
narrow, 6—14 em. long: sepals becoming 4-7 
