Spragiiea. PORTULACACEyT?. *j^ 



nnitisli : ])otala 2 to 4 linos lonf?, pain roao-coldr. -;- Pftcif. T{. Hop. iv. 70. C. lance- 

 olnta, Pnrsli, FI. 17r), chioHy ; Clray, in Am. Jour. Sci. xxxiii. 40G. C. Caroliniana, 

 var. laiiceoldta, Watson, I'ot. Kinj,' Exj). 42. 



Sahnl]iiiu' and nljiine in the Siorra Ncvaila (Cisco, Kellogg), northward to the British Iwundary, 

 and ea.st to Colorado. Tlio typical form of the Atlantic States lias leaves with slender i)etioles. 



8. C. triphylla, Watson. A similar species, slender, tlie cauline leaves 3 in a 

 ■\vhorl, or rarely 2, narrowly linear : raceme compound, pedunculate ; the pedicels 

 each with a small scarions bract : sepals rounded, obtuse : petals 2 lines long. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. x. 345. 



In the Sierra Nevada : Yoscmite Valley (_Gray) ; above Cisco {Walton, Kellogg); Sierra Co., 

 Lcnimoii, and probably frequent. 



0. C. umbellata, Watson. Very low and Hoshy : cauline leaves two, opposite, 

 orbicular or rliomi)oidal to oblong-ovate, 4 to 9 lines long, on slender petioles : 

 flowers 3 to 5 in a sessile uml)el shorter than the leaves : petals 3 to 4 lines long, a 

 little exceeding the rounded obtuse sepals. — Bot. King Exp. 43, t. G. 



On Mt. Davidson and in Tr\ickoo Pa.ss, Nevada ( Watson) ; near Stcainlwat Springs, W. Nevada, 

 Mnvn. Probably in northeastern California. 



* * * Perenniai, untk a thickened caudex. 



10. C. Nevadensis, Watson. Ajiparently propagating by runners, the leaves 

 and scapes clustered at the summit of a rather slender rootstock : leaves orbicular 

 or obovate, an inch or less in diameter, abruptly attenuate into a very slender peti- 

 ole : scapes about ecpialling the leaves, with a j)air of sessile oblong-ovate leaflets, 4 

 to 8 liiuis long : flowers unibellatf^Iy fascicled or in 2 or 3 very short mcemcs : sepals 

 ovato-obiong, acuto : polal.s broadly Bpatulato, 4 lines long, with narrow claws. 



Northern Sierra Nevada, Lcmmoti. Nearest C. snriiicv/nna, Meyer, of Ala.ska, a more slender 

 species, with long racemes, rounded sepals, and jietals broad at base. C. arc/ica, of Alaska, &c., 

 and C. mcgarrhmi of the Kocky Mountains have decidedly fusiform roots. 



4. MONTIA, Linn. 

 Sepals 2, ovate, persistent, herb.aceous. Petals .'), united at base, 3 somewhat 

 smaller. Stamens 3, rarely more, on the tube of the corolla. Ovary free, 3-ovuled : 

 stylo 3-cloft, very short. Cajjsulo 3-valvod, 3-seeded. Seeds black, dull, tuber- 

 culate, rarely smoothish and shining. — A small branching glabrous succulent annual ; 

 with opposite leaves, and small axillary or racemose flowers. A single species. 



1. M. fontana, Linn. Stems procumbent or ascending, 1 to 3 inches long : 

 leaves spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 3 to 9 lines long : flowers a line long or le^«;s : 

 capsule globose. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 202. M. fontana k lampro^perma, Cham, 

 in Linnfca, vi. 50-5, t. 7. 



Wet places near San Francisco, and in the foot-hills of the Sierm Nevada, and northward to 

 nohrinK Straits ; Cireonlnnd. Common in Europe, S. America, &c. Usually reailily distinguishwl 

 from Clii]itonia l>y the 0]>aciue seed. 



6. SPRAQUEA, Torr. 



Sepals 2, orbicular-cordate, scarious-hyaline, persistent. Petals 4. Stamens 3. 

 Ovary 8- 10-ovtded : stylo long, bifid at the apex. Capsule 2-valved, membrana- 

 ceous. Seeds black ai\d shining. — A glabrous biennial herb ; with mostly ni<lical 

 fleshy leaves, and ephemeral flowers in dense scorpioid spikes umbellate-clustered 

 on a scaiio-like j-xvluTicle. 



1. S. umbellata, Torr. Stems seveml from a tliickened root, simple, erect or 

 ascending, 2 to 12 inches high : radical leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, on thick 



