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species of Claytonia known to grow in northern North America, 

 of which three occur in the eastern United States, one of these 

 with broader leaves, C. caroliniana Michx., having about the 

 same range as C. virginica, from Nova Scotia southward along 

 the Alleghanies to Georgia and Texas. 



They belong to the Purslane family, or Portulacaceae, with 

 which they agree in their fleshy leaves, and flowers that bloom 

 for a short time. The family is a large one, but the plants are 

 usually small, few of them with showy flowers like Portulaca 

 grandiflora, which occasionally escapes from cultivation. 



Elizabeth G. Brixton. 



