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Hab. Vallies of the Rocky Mountains, in a rich soil. Drummond,—T\a% is a very beautiful species, with 



the larg-est flowers of any, and the petals constantly notched. It is, however, in many respects, very similar 



to the preceding, especially to the var. /3. : but here the cauline leaves are sessile. The root-leaves are of 



very rare occurrence, even in the most perfect specimens, and I have never seen more than one upon a root, 



though as many as three stems have arisen from tt>at root. Very nearly aUied to this is the C. Vestiana, 



Fischer, MSS. ( C. Joanniana, Roem. et Schultes\/lmt that has numerous radical leaves and a large fusiform 

 root. yl^ 



5. C Unalaschkensis ; foliis nervosis dummis oppositis sessilibus rhombco-ovatis, radica- 

 libus petiolatis lanceolato-ovatis acumii^atis, racemis geminis, bracteis ovatis, pedicellis 

 solitariis bractea duplo longioribus, petalis emarghiato-bifiJis. DC, — Fischer,' in Roem. et 

 SchulL Si/st Veget v. 5. p. 434. De Cand. Prodr. r. 3.;?. 361. ' 



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Har. Unalaschka. Langsdorff. 



6. C. perfoliata ; radice fibrosa, foliis reticulatim venosis, radicalibus numerosis longe 

 petiolatis late rliombeis, caulinis in unum suborbiculare perfoliatum coalitis, racemis fasci- 

 culatis, petalis integris aut emarginatis. — Bonn, Vat, Hort. Cant, ed, 4. p. 50. Bot, Mag. t. 

 1336. Pursh, FL Am, v, 1. p, 176, De Cand, Prodr, v, S, p, 360.— C. Cubensis. Bonpl, 

 Ann. du Mus, v, 7. p, 82. t. 6. PL (Eqiiino^, 4-. 26. — Limnia perfoliata. Haw, 



Hab. First discovered on the North -West coast of America by Mr. Menzies. Mouth of the Columbia, 

 and vallies of the Rocky Mountains, (where, however, the specimens are very diminutive,) Douglas, Dr. 

 Scouler. — This and the next species have very small flowers. 



7. C.pawijlora; radice fiibrosa, foliis radicalibus numerosis lineari-spathulatis 3-nerviis 

 venoso-anastomosantibus longe petiolatis, caulinis in unum ovale perfoliatum coalitis venoso- 

 •eticulatis, racemis solitariis subcompositis unibracteatis. (Tab. LXXIII.) Douglas, MSS, 



apud Herb. Hort, Sac. Lond. 



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Hab. Abundant along the course of the Columbia, in open parts of the forest where wood has been 

 burned, or the ground turned up by Deer. Douglas. — Flowers rose-coloured and ^\ hite. This differs, as Mr, 

 Douglas justly observes, from the preceding, in its linear radical leaves, ovate bracteas, and the profusion 

 of small flowers. 



Tab. LXXIII. Claytonia parviflora. i%.l, Fruit: — natui'dl size. 



8, C, aisinoides; radice fibrosa, foliis reticulatim venosis rhombeis acutis, radicalibus 



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plurimis longe petiolatis, caulinis sessilibus, racemis subsolitariis, pedicellis elongatis brac- 

 teatis, petalis emarginatis. — Pursh, Fl, Am. v, 1. p. 176. Bot, Mag. t 1309. De Cand, 

 Prodr. V. 3. p, 360. — ^. floribus roseis, foliis subenerviis. De Cand. Prodr, L c- — C. 

 Sibirica. Linn, Sp, PI, p. 294? (non Pall.) Bot. Mag, t, 2243. Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. 

 t. 16. 



Hab. North -"West coast of America. Mr. Menzies, M. Lewis, Dr. Scolder. At the sources of the 

 Columbia, particularly plentiful about Indian villages, where it seems to hold the place of Ahine media 

 in our country. Douglas.—^. Nootka. il/occa.— Whatever the C. Sibirica of Liuuieus may be, \vliich I have 

 no means of ascertainii^, this plant is assuredly the same as the one so called in our gardens, in the 

 Bot. Magazine (?) and in Sweet's Brit. Fl. Garden. Gmelin, who is quoted for the C. Sibirica of Linn., 

 describes the root as being as thick as a goose-quill ; Sir James E. Smith says it is tuberous ; characters better 

 according with C Joannina of Roem. and Schultes, (the C. Vestiana of Fischer in Herb, nostr.) and I may 



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