Claytonia. PORTULACACE.'E. 201 



scattered, nearly an inch lon<^. Flowers small, bnt raihor showy. I'ttals 

 pinlv, puneate-ohlon^, deeply notched. Fisrh. dj- Mcijei; and Dnv, I. r. — 

 The founders of this species compare the tiowers with those of Gypsophila 

 acutifolia or G. perfoliata. 



11. C tenui folia : stems numerous, filiform ; leaves narrowly linear; tlie 

 radical ones insensibly deeurrent into lonii jictioles ; eauline pair sessile, 

 slisrhlly connate on one side at the base, much lon<rer than the sessile 1-brac- 

 teate subuiiihellate raceme ; petals oblonij, lonijer than the calyx. 



California, Dono-lds ! — Stems 6 inches high. Leaves about a line wide 

 (radical ones as long as the stems), acute. Raceme compound. Flowers 

 smaller than those of C. perfoliata. 



§ 3. Annual: stems decumbfnt, stolonifcrous, ii-ilh mimerous opposite (or 

 verticillate?) leaves, proliferous : (aiid hence) racemes apparently ax- 

 illary. — Alsinastrum. 



-^12. C. aquatica (^ult. \ mss.): " csnspitose, decumbent, stoloniferous ; 

 leaves opposite, spatulate or oblong-obovate, attenuate below, obtusish ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, peduncled, simple, few-flowered; petals obovate, entire, more 

 than twice the length of the calyx. 



'• In small springs, &c. Rocky Mountains, and on the plains of the Oregon 

 near its confluence with the Wahlamet. — Stems spreading and rooting at the 

 joints. Leaves 1-2 inches long, attenuated into a short petiole, slightly vein- 

 ed. Racemes 5-8-flowered, with a single bract at the origin of the lowest 

 pedicel. Flowers rather large, white." Nutt. — C. stolonifera, C. A. Meyer, 

 from Unalaschka (the description of which we are now unable to tind or to 

 refer to) is perhaps this species. It is evidently nearly allied to C. flagella- 

 ris, Bongard. 



y:-13. C. flagellaris (Bongard): stems csespitose, flagelHform, here and 

 there producing fascicles of leaves and rootlets ; leaves oval, attenuate into 

 a short petiole, veiny ; petals more than thrice the length of the calyx, bitid, 

 the lobes obtuse. Bong. veg. Sitcha, I. c. p. 136. 



Sitcha. — Stems decumbent. Leaves ctespitose, broadly oval (the limb 

 about i an inch in length and width), the younger ones oblong. Flowers 

 racemose, white. Bongard. 



§4. Annual: roots fibrous: stems branched: leaves several, alternate: 

 racemes terminal and often axillary or opposite the leaves. — Naio- 



CRENE. 



_j6. 14. C. parvifolia (Mogino) : stems branching from the base, filiform, as- 

 cending ; leaves succulent ; the radical ones rosulate, obovate-spatulate, 

 acute; the eauline linear-spatulate ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels filiform, bracteate ; petals oblong, entire (or acutely bifid at the point?), 

 thrice the length of the calyx. — " J/of. icon. pi. Noolk. ined.'''' ; DC. prodr. 

 3. p. 361. C. filicaulis. Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 224, t. 72. 



On shadv racist rocks along streams, Nootka, Menzies, Merino. Oregon, 

 near the ocean, Douglas, Dr. Scolder, ex Hook. ; and at the confluence of 

 the Wahlamet. Nuttall ! Aug. — Stems 5-6 inches long. Leaves pale green 

 (as succulent as in many species of Sedum, JVuft.), nearly veinless ; the ra- 

 dical ones attenuate into a very short petiole ; the eauline very small : the 

 uppermost minute and bract-like. Racemes 3-7-flowered : jiedicels much 

 longer than the bracts. Flowers rather large, rose-color. — Mogino's plant is 

 said to have the petals acutely bifid at the apex ; but a<5 described bv Hooker, 



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