188 PINK TO MAGENTA 



SPRING BEAUTY: Claytonia. 



Claytdnia virginica. 



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. 



