33. PAEONYCHIACS.E. 
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1. MoNTiA. Cal. of 2 sepals, persistent. Cor. 5-parted, 
with 3 segments smaller than the others, tube split to the 
base in front. Stam. 3, inserted in the throat and opposite 
to the smaller segments of the corolla. Ovary turbinate. 
Style very short. Stigmas 3. Caps. 3-valved, 3-seeded. 
2. Claytonia. Cal. of two sepals, persistent. Cor. of 5 
free petals. Stam. 5, opposite to and adhering to the 
petals. Style 3-cleft. Caps, globose, 3-valved, 3-seeded. 
1. Mon'tia Li7in. Blinks. 
1. M.fontdna (L.).—E. B. 1206. St. U. L— L. opposite, 
spathulate, entire. Valves of the caps, rolled longitudinally 
inwards after the seeds have fallen. — a. M. minor (Gmel.) ; st. 
short ascending rigid, ped. axillary and terminal, seeds netted- 
asperous.— /3. M. rividdris (Gmel.) ; st. flaccid ascending, ped. 
axillary, seeds netted. — Watery places. /3 in water. A. IV. — 
VIII. E. S. I. 
2. Clayto'nia Linn. 
*1. C. ptrf6liata (Donn ex Willd.) ; radical 1. fleshy rhom- 
boidal-spathulate, upper st.-l. 2 connate, raceme subverticillate 
with 1 or 2 basal flowers, pet. nearly or quite entire. — Sy. 
E. B. 260. — St. tufted, ascending, 4 — 12 in. high. Pet. white, 
just overtopping the calyx. — Naturalized. (N.W. American.) 
A. IV.- VI. ■ E. S. 
*2. C. sihir'ica (L. sec. N.E. Br.) ; radical 1. ovate-acuminate, 
upper 1. opposite sessile, fl. mostly solitarjr in raceme, pet. 
bifid. — E. B. iii. Suppl. 260 a. C. uhindides (Sims). — St. 
often 1 ft. high. Fl. more and larger than in Sp. 1.— 
Naturalized. (N.W. American.) A. IV.— VII. E. S. 
[Portulaca oleracea (L.) is a common weed near Eichmond, 
Surrey.] ' 
Order XXXIII. PARONYCHIACE^.i 
Cal. 5-parted, imbricate in the bud. Pet. usually minute and 
resembling abortive stam., or 0. Stam. indefinite, opposite the 
Sep. (when the same number), somewhat hypogynous. Ovary 
free. Styles 2 or 3. Fr. dry, 3-valved or indehiscent. Em- 
bryo more or less curved. Albumen mealy. — With stipules. 
1 Benth. & Hook. Gen. Plant, include this in the Order nieetbracem among 
the Muiioshlamydece. — H. & J. G. 
