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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
Flowers pink, 6"-8" broad. Capsule globose, 2" in diameter. Bracts 
of the cyme ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1" long, prolonged posteriorly. 
On dry rocks. May-August. Common. 
2. Talinum parviflorum Nutt. Small-flowered Talinum. Per¬ 
ennial. Leafy below. Leaves terete or nearly so, linear, broadened 
at the base. Scape-like peduncle very slender, 3'-8' tall. Cymes 
loose, their branches and pedicels ascending. Flowers pink, 4"-5" 
broad. Capsule lanceolate, slightly prolonged posteriorly. 
In dry soil. May-September. Common. 
3. Talinum calycmuin Engelm. Large-flowered Talinum. Per¬ 
ennial, erect from a very thick root, slender, 6'-10' high. Leaves 
nearly terete, clustered at the base, the base triangular-broadened. 
Cyme terminal, somewhat compound, scarious bracted, its branches 
ascending. • Flowers pink, 10"-15" broad. Stamens 12-30. Capsule 
globose-ovoid, about 3" in diameter. 
In dry soil. May-June. 
II. CLAYTONIA (Gronov.) L. 
Perennial, succulent, glabrous herbs, with corms, or 
thick rootstocks, petioled basal leaves, and opposite or alter¬ 
nate cauline ones. Flowers terminal, racemose. Sepals 2, 
ovate, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, distinct. Stamens 
5, inserted on the bases of the petals. Ovary few-ovuled. 
Style 3-lobed or 3-cleft. Capsule ovoid or globose, 3-valved, 
3-6-seeded. 
1. Claytonia virginica L. Spring Beauty. Ascending or de¬ 
cumbent, perennial from a deep, tuberous root. Leaves linear or 
linear-lanceolate, narrowed into a petiole, the basal 3'-7' long, the 
cauline shorter and opposite. Raceme terminal, loose, somewhat 
secund. Flowers white or pink, with darker pink veins. Capsule 
shorter than the sepals. 
Roadsides, woods, prairies. March-May. Common. 
FAMILY 22. ALSINACEiE. Chickweed Family. 
Annual or perennial herbs with opposite, entire leaves, 
stipules small and dry or none, and mostly small, perfect 
flowers, solitary or in cymes or umbels. Calyx of 4 or 5 
sepals, separate to the base, or nearly so. Petals as 
many as the sepals, rarely wanting. Stamens twice as 
