224 PORTULACE^. [Claytonia. 



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* Caule folioso, foliis omnibus altemis, {Iiabitu ad Calandrinias accedens.) 



1. C linearis; caulibus x-ainosis, foliis anguste linearibus obtusis alternis siccitate sub 

 lente S-nervifs, racemis termlnalibus secundis basi bracteatis, petalis integris. (Tab. 

 LXXI.) — Dovgias, MSS, apud Hort, Soc, Lond, 



Radix annua, fibrosa, Caules plures ex eadeiu radice, debiles, assurgentes, filiformes, ramosi, foliosi. 



Folia omnia alterna, 2-3 uncias longa, superiora sensim minora, omnia anguste linearia obtusa subsucculenta, 



siccitate, sub lente, S-nervia, nervis venis anastomosantibus. Racemi terminales flexuoso-ciirvati, pedicello 



infero folio seu bractea lauceolata suffulto. Calyx disepalus: sepalis ovato-rotundatis obtusis. Petala 



calyce longiora obovata obtusa Integra. Stamina 5. 



H\B, Moist rocky places ; on the Great and Little Falls of the Columbia, abundant. Douglas, 



Tab. LXXI. Claytonia linearis. Fig. 1, Unexpanded flower ; fig,% Flower expanded : — magnified, 



2. C filicaulis; caulibus ad basin ramosis, foliis inferioribus obovatis acutis reticulatim 

 venosis in petiolum decurrentibus caulinis lineari-spathulatis, racemis terminalibus, floribus 

 bracteatis, petalis integns. (Tab, LXXII.) — Douglas^ MSS. apud Hort, Soc. Lond, — 

 C. pamfolia? Moc, Ic, PL NootL ined, in De Cand» Prodr. v, 3. p, 361. 



Radix parva, fibrosa, annua. Caules plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti, graciles, filiformes, ad basin solum- 

 modo ramosi. Folia radicalia pliuima atque caulina inferiora obovata, acuta, carnoso-membranacea, 3-5- 

 nervia, nervis venoso-reticulatis, basi in petiolum latiusculum attenuata : caulina superiora plurima sensim 

 minora lineari-spathulata. Racemi terminales. Pedicelli undique versi omnes basi unibracteati ; bractea 

 parva ovato-Ianceolata. Flores majusculi. Petala calyce duplo triplove longiora, integra. Stamina 5. 



Hab. Rocks ; Nootka and Queen Charlotte's Islands, on the North-West coast of America. A, Menzies, 

 Esq, July, 1 787. Plentiful on moist rocks of the Columbia, near the ocean. Douglas, Dr. Scouler. 



Tab. LXXII. Claytonia filicaulis. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, ^oot-\ea£ i— magnified. 



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Scapo foliis 2 oppositis nunc connatis (Claytonise verce,) 



3. C Virginica; radice tuberosa, foliis omnibus (radicalibus paucissimis) lineari-lanceo- 

 latis obsolete 3-nerviis venis anastomosantibus, racemo solitario nutante, pedicellis elongatis 

 infimo bracteato, petalis integi'is. Linn, Sp. PL p. 294. Bot. Mag. L 941, Mich. Am. v. 1, 

 p. 160. Pursh, FL Am. v. \. p. 175. Elliott, Carol, v. I. p. 306. BigeL PI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 

 98. Torret/, Fl.oflJyi. St. v. I. p. 259. De Cand. Prodr. v.S. p. 361.— C. grandiflora. 

 Sweet, Br. FL Gard. t. 216. — ^. foliis latioribus fere ovato-lanceolatis in petiolum attenu- 

 atis, Torrey, FL of Un. St. L c. — y. spathulaefolia. De Cand. L c. — C. Caroliniana, Mich. 

 Am. V. 1. p. 160, — C. spathulaefolia. Salisb. Parad. Land. t. 71. Pursh, FL Am. v. 1. 

 p. 174. 



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Hab. «. Near Montreal. Mr, Cleghorn. Saskatchawan. Drammond. — /3. Throughout Canada, and as 

 far as the Saskatchawan, Lady Dalhousie, Mrs. Sheppard, Drummond, St. John's, New Brunswick. 

 ^r. Boott. On the west side of the Rocky Mountains, under the shade of solitary Pines. Douglas, — The 

 petals are very variable in breadth and bluntness. The var. /3. appears to be more abundant in the British 

 Possessions than «.; and this is observed by Dr. Torrey to be the case in the New England States. 



4. C, lauceolata; radice tuberosa, foliis radicalibus (paucissimis) oblongis longe petiolatis, 

 caulinis elliptlcis sessillbus omnibus 3-nerviis venis aniistomosantibus, racemo solitario 

 nutante, pedicellis elongatis infimo bracteato, petalis profunde emarginatis. Pursh, FL Am. 

 V. 1. p. 175. t, 3. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 361. 



