CLAYTONIA VIRGINICA. 



VIRGINIAN CLAYTONIA. 



Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Portulaceoe, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix biparted. Petals 5. Stigma trifid. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 3 to 5-seeded. 

 Seeds reniform. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate ; racemes solitary ; leaves of the calix somewhat acute ; 

 petals obovate, retuse ; root tuberous. Pursh. 



Root perennial, tuberous, umber-brow, of various shapes, often ob- 

 scurely quadrangular, with projecting angles, from which very small 

 radicles proceed. Leaves long or linear-lanceolate, somewhat fleshy, 

 glabrous, with a conspicuous mid-rib, but without veins, and termi- 

 nating in a long point. They are of a bright yellow-green, and of the 

 same hue on either disk. Two proceed from the same point of the 



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