188 PINK TO MAGENTA 



SPRING BEAUTY: Claytonia. 



Claytoma virgmica. 



Purslane Family. Mch. May. 



A plant 6-12 inches high, found in moist, 



open woods, low meadows. Common west 



and south. 



FLOWERS White veined with pink, or pink with 



veins of deeper pink; divisions 5. 

 LEAVES Long and narrow, width variable. 



Roots tuberous. 



C. caroliniana is similar to the preceding, 

 except that the flowers are smaller and fewer, 

 and leaves more oblong. 



