CLINTO'NIA PULCHEL'LA. 
PRETTY CLINTONIA. 
EXOGEN.®. 
OR 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
DICOTYLEDONE.®. 
NATURAL ORDER, LOBELIACEiE. 
CALYCIFLOR®, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
No. 207. 
PENTANDRIA, 
HONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Clintonia. Douglas. Calyx tubo linean-tnquetro, contorto, 
cum ovario connate, limbo supero, quinque-partito Corolla summo calycis 
tubo inserta, tubo brevissimo, limbi bilabiati labio inferiore cuneato-tnlobo, su- 
periore erecto, bipartite. Stamina quinque, cum corolla inserta; blamenta 
et antlierae, quarum cluas inferiores apice setiger^, in tubum connat®. va 
RiuMinferum,uniloculare. OvuLAin placentis duabus parietalibus, linearibus 
plurima, anatropa. Stylus inclusus; stigma exsertum, conicum, barba papi - 
losa cinctum. Capscla linear!-triquetra, unilocularis, trivalvis, valvis lineaii- 
bus, revolutis, duabus medio placentiferis. Semina plurima, minima. Her- 
annuee procumbentes, in America occidentali extratropica, boreali et Au - 
trali observatse; foliis sessilibus, anguste lanceolatis, integernmis, on us 
axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus. Endlicher : Genera Plantarum, p. 
SPECIES. Clintonia pulchella. {Lindley) Foliis sepalisque obtu- 
sis, corollae laciniis superioribus ovatis acutis divaricatis labelli laeinia inter¬ 
media productiore. 
Character of the Genus, Clintonia. Tube of the calyx 
marked with three ridges and thence triangular, twisted, calyx united 
with the ovary, limb superior, five-parted. Corolla inserted on the 
very end of the tube of the calyx, the tube very short, the limb two¬ 
lipped, under Up cuiieately three-lobed, upper lip erect, two-paited. 
Stamens five, inserted along with the corolla into the tube of the 
calyx; filaments and anthers united into a tube, the two inferior an¬ 
thers bearing a slender hair at the apex. Ovary inferior, one-celled. 
OvcLES numerous anatropous, attached to two linear parietal pla¬ 
centas. Style included, stigma protruding, conical, surrounded by 
a papillose beard. Capsule marked by three narrow ridges and so 
three-cornered, one-celled, splitting into three valves; valves linear, 
revolute, two of them placentiferous in the middle. Seeds numerous, 
Ycry small. 
Description of the Species, Clintonia pulchella. A small 
annual: stem procumbent, or but slightly erect, smooth. Leaves 
alternate, sessile, linear, obtuse, smooth. Flowers axillary, solitary 
supported on long smooth peduncles. Calyx having the tube marked 
