* Caule folioso, foliis omnibus alternis, (habitu ad Calaadrinias accedem.)
1. C. linearis; caulibus ramosis, foliis anguste linearibus obtusis alternis siccitate sub
lente 3-nerviis, racenns terminalihus secundis basi bracteatis, petabs integris. (Tab.
LX XI.)—Douglas, MSS. apud Hort. Soc. Land.
R ada amraa, fibrosa. Coulee phres ex eadem radice, debiles, assmgentes, filiformes, ramosi, folioei.
folia omnia alterna, 2-3 undas longa, snperiora sensim minora, omnia angusto linearia obtusa subsuoonlenta,
siomtato, sub lente, 3-nervia, nervis venis anastomosantibus. Racemi terminales aexuoso-cnrvati, pedicdlo
mfero folio sen bractea lanceolata snfWto. j g ® disepalns: eepalis ovato-rotundatis obtosis. Petala
calyce longiora obovata obtusa Integra. Stamina 5.
Hab. Moist rocky places; on the Great and Little Falls of the Columbia, abundant. Douglas.
Tab. LXXI. Claytonia linearis. Fig. 1 , Unexpanded flower; Jig. 2, Flower expanded -.—magnified.
2. C.fihcmlis; caulibus ad basin ramosis, foliis inferioribus obovatis acutis reticulatim
venosis in petiolum decurrefltibus caulinis lineari-spathulatis, racemis terminalibus, floribus
bracteatis, petalis integris. (Tab. LXXIL)—Dorfes, MSS. apud Hort. Soc. Land.—
C. parvifolia? Moc. Ic. PI. Nootk. ined. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 361.
Ra d a parra, fibrosa, annua. Caules plnrimi ex eadem radice, erecti, graciles, filiformes, ad basin solnin-
modo ramosi. Folia radicalia plurima atqne cauUna inferima obovata, acuta, camoso-membranacea, 3- 5-
nema, nervm venoso-reticulatis, basi in petiolum latinscnlnm attonnata: cauUna snperiora pluxima sensim
mrnora lmean-spathnlata. Racemi terminales. Pedicelli nndique vend omnes basi unibracteati: bractea
parya ovato-lanceolata. F7ores majnsculi. Petala iudyce dnpio triplove longiora, integra. Stamina 5.
H ab. Rocks; Nootka and Queen Charlotte’s Islands, on the North-West coast of America. A. Menzies,
Esq. July, 1787. Plentiful on moist rocks of the Columbia, near the ocean. Douglas, Dr. Scouler.
T ab. LXXH. Claytonia filicaulis. Fig. 1 , Mower; Jig. 2, Root-leaf:—magnified.
* * Scapo foliis 2 opposihs nunc connatis (Claytonise verte.)
3. C. Virginia; radice tuberosa, foliis omnibus (radicalibus paucissimis) lineari-lanceo-
latis obsolete 3-nerviis venis anastomosantibus, racemo solitario nutante, pedicellis elongatis
infimo bracteato, petalis integris. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 294. Pot. Mag. t. 941. Mich. Am. v. 1.
p. 160. Pursh, FI. Am. v. \ .p. 175. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p . 306. Bigel. PI. Post. ed. 3. p.
98. Toney, PI. o/Un. St. v. 1. p. 259. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 361— C. grandiflora.
Sweet, Pr. FI. Oard. t. SI6.—ß. foliis iatioribns fere ovato-lanceolatis in petiolum attenu-
atis. Torrey, PI. o f Un. St. 1. c.—-j. spathulmfolia. De Cand. 1. c.—C. Caroliniana. Mick.
Am. v. 1. p. 160— C. spathulaefolia. Salisb. Parad. Land. t. 71. Pursh, FI. Am «*1
p. 174.
Hab. *. Near Montreal Mr. Cleghom. Saskatchawan. Drummond—ß. Throughout Canada, and as
tar as the Saskatchawan. Lady Dalhousie, Mrs. Sheppard, Drummond. St.' John’s, New Brunswick.
Dr. Boott. On the west side of the Rocky Mountains, under the shade of solitary Pines. Douglas.—The
petals are yery yariable in breadth and blindness. The yar. /}. appears to be more abundant in the British
Possessions than and this is obseryed by Dr. Torrey to be tbie case in the New England States.
4. ^ C. lanceolata; radice. tuberosa, foliis radicalibus (paucissimis) oblongis longe petiolatis,.
caulinis ellipticis sessilibus omnibus 3-nerviis venis anastomosantibus, racemo solitario
nutante, pedicellis elongatis infimo bracteato, petalis profunde emarginatis. Pursh, FI. Am.
v. 1. p. 175. t. 3. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p . 361.
Hab. Vallies of the Rocky Mountains, in a rich soil. Drummond.—This is a very beautiful species, with
the largest flowers of any, and the petals constantly notched. It is, however, in many respects, very similar
to the preceding, especially to the var. /3.: but here the cauline leaves are sessile. The root-leaves are of
very rare occurrence, even in the most perfect specimens, and I have never seen more than one upon a root,
though as many as three stems have arisen from that root. Yery nearly allied to this is the C. Vestiana,
Fischer, MSS. ( C. Joanniana, Roem. et Schultes): hut that has numerous radical leaves and a large fusiform
root.
5. C. Unalaschkensis; foliis nervosis summis oppositis sessilibus rhombeo-ovatis, radicalibus
petiolatis lanceolato-ovatis acuminatis, racemis geminis, bracteis ovatis, pedicellis
solitariis bractea duplo longioribus, petalis emarginato-bifidis. DC.—Fischer, in Roem. et
Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 5. p. 434. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 361.
Hab. Unalaschka. Langsdorff.
6. C. perfoliata; radice fibrosa, foliis reticulatim venosis, radicalibus numerosis longe
petiolatis late rhombeis, caulinis in unum suborbiculare perfoliatum coalitis, racemis fasci-
culatis, petalis integris aut emarginatis.—Donn, Cat. Hort. Cant. ed. 4. p. 50. Bot. Mag. t.
1336. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 176. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 360.—C. Cubensis. Bonpl.
Ann. du Mus. v. 7. p.. 82. t. 6. PI. (Equinoct. t. 26.—-Limnia perfoliata. Haw.
Hab. First discovered on the North-West coast of America by Mr. Menzies. Mouth of the Columbia,
and vallies of the Rocky Mountains, (where, however, the specimens are very diminutive,) Douglas, Dr.
Scouler.—This and the next species have very small flowers.
7. C. parviflora; radice fibrosa, foliis radicalibus numerosis lineari-spathulatis 3-nerviis
venoso-anastomosantibus longe petiolatis, caulinis in unum ovale perfoliatum coalitis venoso-
reticulatis, racemis solitariis subcompositis unibracteatis. (Tab. LXXIII.) Douglas, MSS.
apud Herb. Hort. Soc. Lond.
Hab. Abundant along the course of the Columbia, in open parts of the forest where wood has been
burned, or the ground turned up by Deer. Douglas.—Flowers rose-coloured and white. This differs, as Mr.
Douglas justly observes, from,the preceding, in its linear radical leaves, ovate bracteas, and the profusion
of small flowers. ,
Tab. LXXIII. Claytonia parviflora. Fig. 1, Fruit:—natural size.
8. C. alsinoides; radice fibrosa, foliis reticulatim venosis rhombeis acutis, radicalibus
plurimis longe petiolatis, caulinis sessilibus, racemis subsolitariis, pedicellis elongatis bracteatis,
petalis emarginatis.—Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 176. Bot. Mag. t. 1309. De Cand.
Prodr. v. 3. p. 360.—£>. floribus roseis, foliis subenerviis. De Cand. Prodr. 1. c.—C.
Sibirica. Linn. Sp. PL p. 294 ? (non Pall.) Bot. Mag. t. 2243. Sweet, Br. FI. Gard.
t. 16.
H ab. North-West coast of America. Mr. Menzies, M. Lewis, Dr. Scouler. At the sources of the
Columbia, particularly plentiful about Indian villages, where it seems to hold the place of Alsine media
in our country. Douglas.—/3. Nootka. Mocca.—Whatever the C. Sibirica of Linnaeus may be, which I have
no means of ascertaining, this plant is assuredly the same as the one so called in our gardens, in the
Bot. Magazine (?) and in Sweet’s Brit. FI. Garden. Gmelin, who is quoted for the C. Sibirica of Linn.,
describes the root as being as thick as a goose-quill; Sir James E. Smith says it is tuberous; characters better
according with C. Joannina of Roem. and Schultes, (the C. Vestiana of Fischer in Herb, nostr.) and I may
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