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or 5): seeds the largest in the genus, black and lustrous.— 
Vancouver Island to Northern California. 
++ 2+ Slamens 5; seeds closely striate and transversely 
ineolate. 
5. M. DIFFUSA (Nutt. ), Greene, 1. c. Claytonia diffusa, 
Nutt., T. & G. FL. i. 202. Leaves broadly ovate to lanceolate, 
or aieuiter petioles; flowers very small.—Columbia River to 
northern California. 
* * Leafy-slemmed perennials, stoloniferous or bulbi- 
ferous; racemes terminal and axillary, not involucrate- 
bracted; petals 5, scarcely unequal; stamens 5. 
+ Stems filiform; leaves alternate; raceme terminal. 
6. M. parvirotta (Moc.), Greene, 1. c. Claytonia parvi- 
folia, Moc.; DC. Prodr. iii. 361; perhaps also C. sarmentosa, 
Bong. Sitch. 137. Stems slender, erect or spreading, 2 to 12 
inches long, ending in a few-flowered raceme: leaves obovate 
to lanceolate.—Alaska to California. 
+ + Leaves opposite; racemes axillary. 
7. M. Cuamissonis (Esch.), Greene, l.c. 180. Claytonia 
Chamissonis, Esch.; Spreng. Syst. i. 790. Slender, $ to 1 
foot high: leayes lanceolate in several pairs, the lowest pro- 
ducing bulblets or stolons and the plant so propagating: 
flowers few in the raceme.—Alaska to California and Arizona, 
in marshes. 
8. M. Hau (Gray), Greene, 1. c. Claytonia Halli, 
Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. 283. Smaller, and within 2 or 3 
pairs of leaves; not known to produce stolons or bulblets.— 
Wet places, from Oregon to northern California. 
* * * Leaves all radical; stems scapiform; racemes invol- 
ucrate; petals and stamens 5 each, 
