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PORTULACACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



2. Claytonia caroliniana Michx. Caro- 

 lina or White-leaved Spring Beauty. 

 Fig. 1 74 1. 



Claytonia caroliniana Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : i6o. 

 1803. 



Similar to the preceding species but some- 

 times more nearly erect. Basal leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate or oblong, iJ'-3' long, 6"-g" wide, 

 obtuse; stem-leaves on petioles 3''-6" long; 

 flowers fewer. 



In damp woods. Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, 

 Connecticut, south to North Carolina along the 

 Alleghanies, and to Ohio and Missouri. Rare or 

 absent near the coast in the Middle States. As- 

 cends to 5000 ft. in Virginia. March-May, 



Claytonia lanceolata Pursh, a related species, 

 with sessile shorter stem-leaves, occurs from the 

 Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast, and 

 perhaps in the extreme western portion of our 

 territory. 



3. CRUNOCALLIS Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 33: 139. 1906. 



A somewhat succulent low herb, perennial by long stolons, bearing bulblets, the leaves 

 opposite, the inflorescence a few-flowered terminal raceme. Sepals 2, nearly equal. Corolla 

 regular, of 5 similar and equal distinct petals. Stamens 5. Ovary about 3-ovuled. Capsule 

 i_3.seeded, the seeds roughened. [Greek, beauty of a spring, in allusion to the habitat of 

 the plant.] 



A monotypic genus of western North America. 



I. Crunocallis Chamissonis (Ledeb.) 

 Rydb. Crunocallis. Fig. 1742. 



Claytonia Chamissoi Ledeb. ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. 

 I : 790. 1825. 



Montia Chamissonis Greene, Fl. Fran. i8o. 1891. 



Crunocallis Chamissoi Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 33 : 

 139. 1906. 



Annual, glabrous, stoloniferous at the base, 

 stems weak, ascending or procumbent, 3'-9' 

 long. Leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed into a petiole or sessile, l'-2' 

 long, 3"-5" w ide ; flowers few, pink, racemose, 

 3"-4" broad, the petals much longer than the 

 calyx; pedicels slender, 4"-is" long, recurved 

 in fruit; capsule very small. 



In wet places, Minnesota to British Columbia 

 and Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to 

 New Mexico, and to California. May-June. 



4. MONTIA [Micheli] L. Sp. PI. 87. 1753. 



Small annual glabrous herbs, with opposite fleshy leaves and minute nodding solitary or 

 loosely racemed white flowers. Sepals 2 (rarely 3), broadly ovate, persistent. Petals 3, 

 hypogynous, more or less united. Stamens 3 (very rarely 5), inserted on the corolla. Ovary 

 3-ovuled ; style short, 3-parted. Capsule 3-valved, 3-seeded. Seeds nearly orbicular, com- 

 pressed, minutely tuberculate. [In honor of Guiseppe Monti, Italian botanist and author of 

 the eighteenth century,] 



A genus of few species, widely distributed in the colder parts of both hemispheres, the follow- 

 ing typical. 



