PORTULACE&. XI. CLATTONIA. 



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Juss. gen. 314. Lam. ill. t. 144. Gsertn. fr. 2. p. 220. t. 129. 

 St. Hil. mem. mus. 2. p. 197. t. 4. f. 15 Limnia, Lin. act. 

 ups. 1746. p. 130. Claytonia and Limnia, Haw. syn. p. 11. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 oval, op- 

 posite, permanent sepals (f. 20. a. f. 19. i.). Petals 5, obcor- 

 date (f. 20. &.), or obovate (f. 19. a.), hypogynous, equal, un- 

 guiculate ; claws connate at the base. Stamens 5 (f. 20. >.), 

 inserted at the claws of the petals. Ovarium sessile. Style 1, 

 trifid at the apex ; lobes stigmatose inside. Capsule 1 -celled, 

 3-valved, 3-seeded. Seeds sessile. Herbs glabrous, rather 

 succulent, usually perennial. Leaves quite entire : radical ones 

 petiolate ; upper usually opposite and sessile, and sometimes con- 

 nate. Racemes terminal. Flowers white or rose-coloured. 



nate. 



1. Scape with 2 opposite leaves, which are sometimes con- 



Roots fibrous, annual. 



1 C. PERFOLIA'TA (Donn, hort. cant. p. 25.) leaves without 

 nerves : upper ones connate or perfoliate, forming a roundish 

 disk ; radical leaves petiolate, oval-rhomboid ; lower pedicels of 

 raceme in bundles ; petals entire or somewhat emarginate. Q . H. 

 Native of Mexico, on the mountains of St. Augustin ; and on 

 the rocky mountains in North America ; also of Cuba, if C. 

 Cubensis, Bonpl. ann. mus. 7. p. 82. t. 6. pi. equin. t. 26. be 

 the same. Sims, bot. mag. 1336. Limnia perfoliata, Haw. syn. 

 p. 12. Flowers small, white. Root fibrous. Leaves edible, 

 and used like those of the Purslane. 



Perfoliate Claytonia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. i to ^ ft. 



2 C. ALSINOIDES (Sims, bot. mag. 1309.) root fibrous; leaves 

 reticulately veined, rhomboid, acute ; upper leaves opposite, 

 sessile, ovate, mucronate : radical ones petiolate, ovate, acumin- 

 ated ; pedicels of raceme for the most part solitary, bractless ; 

 petals emarginate. O- H. Native of the north-west coast of 

 America, at the sources of the Columbia ; particularly plentiful 

 about Indian villages, where it seems to hold the place of chick- 

 weed in our country. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, rosea (D. C. prod. 3. p. 361.) flowers rose-coloured ; 

 leaves almost nerveless. Q. H. Native of Nootka Sound. 

 C. Sibirica, Sims, bot. mag. 2243. Sweet.br. fl. gard. t. 16. 

 but not of Pall. 



Chickweed-like Claytonia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1794. PI. 

 | foot. 



3 C. UNALASCHE'NSIS (Fisch. in Rocm. et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 434.) leaves nerved : upper ones opposite, sessile, rhomb- 

 ovate : radical ones petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; ra- 

 cemes twin ; bracteas ovate ; pedicels solitary, twice longer 

 than the bracteas ; petals emarginately bifid. 0. H. Native 

 of the Island of Unalaschka, in humid sandy places. C. bifida, 

 Willd. herb. The petals are said 



to be white in the dried state. 



Unalaschka Claytonia. Fl. 

 Mar. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl.ito^ft. 



4 C. PARVIFLORA (DoUgl. HISS. 



ex Hook. fl. bor.amer. 1. p. 225. 

 t. 73.) root fibrous ; radical leaves 

 numerous, linear-spatulate, 3- 

 nerved, with anastomosing veins, 

 on long petioles ; the 2 cauline 

 ones joined into a perfoliate, 

 ovate leaf, which is reticulately 

 veined ; racemes solitary, rather 

 compound, unibracteate. .H. 

 Native of North America, abun- 

 dant along the course of the Co- 

 lumbia, in open parts of the forest, 

 VOL. in. 



FIG. 19. 



where wood has been burnt, or the ground turned up by deer. 

 Flowers rose-coloured and white. This species differs from C. 

 perfoliata in its linear-spatulate radical leaves, ovate bracteasj 

 and profusion of small flowers, (f. 1 9.) 

 Small-flomered Claytonia. PI. J-foot. 



5 C. SPATULA'TA (Dougl. mss. ex Hook. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 

 226. t. 74.) plant minute; root fibrous ; radical leaves numerous, 

 narrow, linear-spatulate ; the 2 cauline ones ovate, acute, and 

 sessile ; racemes solitary, unibracteate ; petals entire. 0. H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, in the valleys of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Corolla longer than the calyx. Stems 

 many from the same root. This is the smallest of all the species. 



Spatulate-leaved Claytonia. PI. ^ foot. 



6 C. SARMENibsA (Meyer, nov. pi. in mem. acad. de Mourou. 

 vol. 1 7.) sarmentose ; leaves nerved : radical ones oblong, ob- 

 tuse, petiolate : cauline ones ovate, somewhat cordate, stem- 

 clasping, but distinct : racemes terminal, solitary, bractless ; 

 petals emarginate. Native of St. George, one of the Aleutian 

 Islands. 



Sarmentose Claytonia. PI. sarmentose. 



* Hoots tuberous or fusiform. 



7 C, VIRGI'NICA (Lin. spec. 394.) leaves all narrow, linear, 

 obsoletely 3-nerved, with anastomosing veins : radical ones very 

 few ; racemes solitary, nodding ; pedicels elongated : lower 

 ones bracteate ; petals emarginate. I/ . H. Native of North 

 America, in New England, Virginia, and Carolina, in humid 

 woods ; and of Kotzebue's Sound. The leaves of the plant, 

 from the last-mentioned habitat, are remarkable for their broad- 

 ness. Pluk. aim. t. 102. f. 3. Flowers white. 



Virginian Claytonia, Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1768. PI. ft. 



8 C. GRANDIFLORA (Sweet, fl. gard. t. 216.) root tuberous: 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; racemes soli- 

 tary, many-flowered ; petals oval, obtuse, entire ; sepals very 

 blunt. 11 . H. Native of North America, near Montreal, and 

 on the Saschatchawan. C. Virglnica, var. ft, media, D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 361. D. C. pi. grass, t. 131. Flowers pink or rose-co- 

 loured, with darker branched veins, and a yellow spot on the claw. 



Great-fioner-ed Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. ? PI. foot. 



9 C. ACUTIFLORA (Sweet, hort. brit. edit. 2.) root tuberous ; 

 leaves all long, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, with anastomosing 

 veins ; racemes solitary, nodding : pedicels elongated : lower 

 ones bracteate ; petals elliptic, entire, acute at both ends ; sepals 

 acutish. If.. H. Native of North America, in humid parts of 

 woods. C. Virginica, Sims. bot. mag. 941. C. Virginica, var. 

 a, acutifldra, D. C. prod. 3. p. 361. Flowers white. 



Acute-flowered Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. ? PI. { ft. 



10 C. CAROLINIA'NA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 175.) root 

 tuberous ; radical leaves subspatulate : cauline ones oblong ; 

 racemes solitary, nodding ; pedicels elongated : lower ones brac- 

 teate ; petals obovate, somewhat emarginate ; sepals very blunt. 

 If. . H. Native of North America, in Carolina. C. spatulae- 

 f61ia, Salisb. prod. p. 71. C. Virginica y, spatula? folia, D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 361. Flowers pink or rose-coloured. 



Carolina Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1789. PI. | foot. 



11 C. LANCEOLA'TA (Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 175. t. 3.) 

 root tuberous ; radical leaves very few, oblong, on long petioles : 

 cauline ones elliptic, sessile, all 3-nerved, with anastomosing 

 veins ; racemes solitary, nodding ; pedicels elongated : lower 

 ones bracteate ; petals deeply emarginate. If. . H. Native of 

 North America, in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, in a 

 rich soil ; and perhaps in Eastern Siberia. Flowers large, white. 

 It is very nearly allied to C. Vestiana of Fisch. 



Lanceolate-]ea\ed Claytonia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. \ foot. 



12 C. A'RCTICA (Adams, act. mosc. 5. p. 94.) leaves nerve- 

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