. The American entomologist. Entomology. Claytonia Virginica. These form a genus of delicate, handsome plants, belonging to the Portulaccafamily. Two species are found more or less plentifully in all the States east of the Mississippi; they are Clai/- tonia Virginica (Fig. 113) and Claytonia Caro- liniana (Fig. 113), and are commonly known by the name of Spring Beauties. If we dig away the soil from the plants we shall find that they spring from small brown [Fig. lU.] tubers, buried several inches below the sur- face. Each tu- ber sends up from three to ten plants, which consist of weak, slen-
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Claytonia Virginica. These form a genus of delicate, handsome plants, belonging to the Portulaccafamily. Two species are found more or less plentifully in all the States east of the Mississippi; they are Clai/- tonia Virginica (Fig. 113) and Claytonia Caro- liniana (Fig. 113), and are commonly known by the name of Spring Beauties. If we dig away the soil from the plants we shall find that they spring from small brown [Fig. lU.] tubers, buried several inches below the sur- face. Each tu- ber sends up from three to ten plants, which consist of weak, slen- der stems, five to ten inches A long, with one pair of leaves placed oppo- site each other, and terminated by a raceme of fiowers. The flowers are about half an inch in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. New York : Max Jaegerhuber
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