NAIAD SPRINGBEAUTY 



Claytonia -parvifolia Mocino 



As we pick our way along some of the wet, stony trails near Glacier 

 House, British Columbia, we find, if observing closely, the dainty stems 

 of the naiad springbeauty, a member of the Purslane Family, growing 

 from a small rosette of green leaves. This frail and delicate plant thrives 

 in the cool drippings from the rocky banks. It is especially interesting 

 from the fact that it propagates freely by bulblets from the axils of the 

 stem leaves. 



This plant ranges from Alaska southward in the mountains to Cali- 

 fornia and Montana. 



The specimen sketched was found near Glacier House in the Selkirk 

 Mountains of British Columbia, at an altitude of 3,500 feet. 



PLATE 94 



