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CLINTONIA* elegans. 

 Elegcwt Clintotiia. 



SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



Nat. ord. Lobeliace.c /«<ss. Lindley's synopsis, p. 137, 

 CLINTONIA. — Calyx superus, pentaphyllus, subsequalis. Corolla 

 monopetala, bilabiata, labio inferiore cuneato trilobo, superiore erecto 

 bipartite. Stamina in tubo connata, incurva. Anther cb connatse, duabus 

 apice setigeris. Ovarium siliquiforme, triangulare, contorturn, uniloculare, 

 placentis duabus ! parietalibus, Capsula arida, chartacea, polysperma, in 



valvulis tribus loriformibus dehiscens. Herba annua, procumbens, micro- 



phylla. Flores solitarii, axillares. 



Clintonia elegans. Douglas. 



Herba annua, procumbens, parum ramosa, glabra. Caulis teres, avgii- 

 latus. Folia sessilia, ovata, trivenia. Flores solitarii, axillares. Ovarium 

 sessile, longe acuminatum, foliis 4-5-plb longius, triangulare, contorturn. 

 Corolla ccerulea, labio inferiore medio macula alba. Antherse ccerulecB. 

 Stigma conicum, barbd papillosd circumdatum. Capsulae foliis multoties 

 longiores. Pollen ovale, medio sulcatum. 



Mr. Douglas informs us, that this is very common in 

 low, grassy, over-flowed grounds on the plains of the 

 Columbia, near Wallawallah river, and near the head 

 springs of the Multnomah, flowering from June till August. 

 With us it forms one of the most beautiful annuals with 

 which we are acquainted : notwithstanding the want of 

 spreading foliage to give its flowers eftect, the latter are 

 of so brilliant a colour, that the plants, when grown in 

 broad patches, resemble a carpet of silver and blue. 



It is propagated by seeds, which are produced in small 



* In memory of his Excellency De Witt Clinton, late Governor of the 

 State of New York, — an amiable, excellent man, and a distinguished patron 

 of American investigation. He was the author of several ingenious treatises 

 in different branches of Natural History ; and may be truly said to have 

 deserved well of science, both in his own country and in all the world. 



