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 Claytonia sibirica. Siberian Claytonia. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 2-valvis. Cor. 5-petaIa. Stigma 3-fidum. Caps. 3- 

 valvis, l-locularis, 3-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Claytonia sibirica; foliis nervosis : radicalibus caulinisque 

 ovatis, racemo secundo. Willd. Sp. PL 1. p. Ilb6. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 53. 



Claytonia sibirica ; foliis ovatis. Spec. PL 294. 



Limnia. Lin. in Act Stock. 1746. p. 130. t. 5. 



Claytonia sibirica has a very near affinity with Alsinoides 

 (supra No. 1309) but differs in having* its leaves nerved and 

 paler underneath, stem more simple ; in the colour and shape 

 of the petals, which are more obtuse and terminate in a slender 

 claw. 



Mr. Salisbury in his account of Claytonia spatulcefolia 

 (Paradisus Londinensis 77) has suggested that the Siberian 

 species must perhaps be restored to their former title of 

 Limnia, as differing in habit and in having only three seeds 

 in the pericarpium, which bursts with elasticity; but virginica 

 zndperfoliata, both natives of America, have for the most part 

 only three seeds, and the capsules of the latter certainly burst 

 with elasticity. Notwithstanding the criticism of the same 

 learned botanist, we must maintain that our drawing of the 

 petals of virginica is correct, as applied to the plant from 

 which it was taken, and confirmed by a living specimen which 

 we have since examined. . 



Claytonia sibirica is a hardy annual. Native of Siberia. 

 Propagates readily by seed. Flowers most part of the sum- 

 mer. Communicated by Mr. Knight of the Exotic Nursery 

 m May 1820. 



