. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . PORTULACACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Claytonia caroliniana Michx. Caro- lina or \\'hite-lcaved Spring Beauty. Fig. 1741. Ciaytonia caroliniana Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : i6o. 1803. Similar to the preceding species but some- times more nearly erect. Basal leaves ovate- lanceolate or oblong, 1V-2' long, 6"-9" wide, obtuse; stem-leaves on petioles 3"-6" long; flowers few
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . PORTULACACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Claytonia caroliniana Michx. Caro- lina or \\'hite-lcaved Spring Beauty. Fig. 1741. Ciaytonia caroliniana Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : i6o. 1803. Similar to the preceding species but some- times more nearly erect. Basal leaves ovate- lanceolate or oblong, 1V-2' long, 6"-9" wide, obtuse; stem-leaves on petioles 3"-6" long; flowers fewer. In damp woods, Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, Connecticut, south to North Carolina along the Alleghanies, and to Ohio and Missouri. Rare or absent near the coast in the Middle States. As- cends to 5000 ft. in Virginia. March-May. Claytonia lanceolata Pursh, a related species, with sessile shorter stem-leaves, occurs from the Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast, and perhaps in the extreme western portion of our territory. 3. CRUNOCALLIS Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 33: 139. 1906. A somewhat succulent low herb, perennial by long stolons, bearing bulblets, the leaves opposite, the inflorescence a few-flowered terminal raceme. Sepals 2, nearly equal. Corolla regular, of S similar and equal distinct petals. Stamens 5. Ovary about 3-ovu!ed. Capsule i-3-seeded, the seeds roughened. [Greek, beauty of a spring, in allusion to the habitat of the plant.] A monotypic genus of western North America. I. Crunocallis Chamissonis (Ledeb.) Rydb. Crunocallis. Fig. 1742. Claytonia Chamissoi Ledeb. ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i: 790. 1825. Montia Chamissonis Greene, FI. Fran. 180. 1891. Crunocallis Chamissoi Rydl). Bull. Torr. Cluh 33 : 139. 1906. Annual, glabrous, stoloniferous at the base, stems weak, ascending or procumbent, 3-9' long. Leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, ob- tuse, narrowed into a petiole or sessile, 1-2' long. 3"-S" '^vide; flowers few, pink, racemose, 3"-4" broad,
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