Vor. II] PURSLANE FAMILY. 
1. Claytonia Virginica L. Spring 
Beauty. (Fig. 1429.) 
Claytonia Virgtnica I,. Sp. Pl. 204. 1753- 
Ascending or decumbent, perennial from a 
deep tuberous root, stem 6/12’ long, simple or 
rarely with a few branches. Leaves elongated, 
linear, or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, nar- 
rowed into a petiole, the basal 3’-7’ long, 1//- 
6’’ wide, the cauline shorter and opposite; ra- 
ceme terminal, loose, at length 3-5’ long, some- 
what secund; flowers white or pink, with darker 
pink veins, 6’’-10’’ broad; pedicels slender, at 
length 1/-114’ long and recurved; petals emar- 
ginate; capsule shorter than the sepals. 
In moist woods, Nova Scotia to the Northwest Ter- 
ritory, south to Georgia and Texas. Very variable 
in the breadth of leaves. Ascends to 2400 ft. in 
Virginia. March—May. 
2. Claytonia Caroliniana Michx. 
Carolina Spring Beauty. 
(Fig. 1430.) 
Claytonia Caroliniana Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 
160. 1803. 
Similar to the preceding species but some- 
times more nearlyerect. Basal leaves ovate- 
lanceolate or oblong, 114/-3/ long, 6//-9/’ 
wide, obtuse; stem-leaves on petioles 3//-6/” 
long; flowers fewer. 
In damp woods, Nova Scotia to the Northwest 
Territory, south to North Carolina along the 
Alleghanies, and to Ohioand Missouri. Ascends 
to 5000 ft. in Virginia. March—May. 
Claytonia lanceolata Pursh, a related species, 
with sessile shorter stem-leaves, occurs from the 
Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast, and 
probably in the extreme western portion of our 
territory. 
3. Claytonia Chamissoi Ledeb. 
Chamisso’s Claytonia. 
(Fig. 1431.) 
Claytonia Chamissot Ledeb.; Spreng. Syst. Veg. 
I: 790. 1825. 
Montia Chamissonis Greene, Fl. Fran. 180. 
ISQI. 
Annual, glabrous, stoloniferous at the base, 
stems weak, ascending or procumbent, 3/-9’ 
long. Leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, ob- 
tuse, narrowed into a petiole or sessile, 1/—2/ 
long, 3/’-5’’ wide; flowers few, pink, race- 
mose, 3/’—4’’ broad; pedicels slender, 4//-15/’ 
long, recurved in fruit; capsule very small. 
In wet places, Minnesota to British Columbia 
and Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to 
New Mexico, and to California. May-June. 
