Ord. 14. PORTUIACACEJ. 



1. CALANDRINIA, jffB. E. 



1. Calandrinia Menziesii, Hook. 



Hab. In various parts of Oregon.— Stamens mostly 8. Petals 

 twisted together after flowering, and afterwards, by the elongation of 

 the capsule, separating at the base like a calyptra, as in Galyptridium. 



2. PORTULACA, Tourn. 



1. PORTULACA OLERACEA, Linn. 



Hab. On the Upper Sacramento, California: apparently indigenous. 



3. CLAYTONIA, Linn. 



1. Claytonia Caroliniana, var. sessilifolia, Torr. 



Hab. On the Spokane River, Washington Territory.— The speci- 

 mens resemble in every respect the plant collected by Dr. Bigelow in 

 Whipple's Expedition, in the report of which this plant is described. 

 It is C. lanceolata of Hooker's Flora, but not of Pursh. 



2. Claytonia perfoliata, Donn. 



Hab. Puget Sound, and on the Columbia and Kooskooskee Rivers.— 

 A variable species as to height, and in the size and form of the leaves. 



