PORTULACA. 
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; " branaceus. 5 rato- i 
diphyllus, corapressus, ee em Prraza 5, oboy ato-oblonga, emarginata. SriwixA 8-15. Srvrvs 
5-fidus. CarsuLE sessiles, 5-7, capitato-congestz, terminales, laterales et alares, bracteis compluribus dia 
phanis ovatis acuminato-subulatis glabris involuerate, ovato-conicz, membranacez, laves, glabrzp unilo. 
E à B dA. go, Ed ZA 
culares, poly- (sub4o-) sperma, versus medium circumscissz, 22lineas longa; operculum conicum calyce 
adhzrente undique obtectum ; calyx bipartitus, laciniis dorso carinato- membranaceis. Sri. podospermiis 
longis capillaceis fundo capsule per4 fasciculos affixa, turgide sublenticularia, infra apicem emarginata ibique 
hilo notata, tuberculato-scabra, nigro-fusca, glabra, magnitudine seminis Papaveris dubii. IxrEGUuENTOM. 
duplex ; exterius crustaceum, fragile; interius tenuissime membranaceum, fuscescens. Eno teres, sub- 
annularis, flavidus, endospermio centrali farinoso albocircumpositus. Coryrepoxzs lineares, obtusz, convexo- 
planz. Rapicura supera, obtusa. 
Specimen suppetens male asservatum. Descriptionem floris ex schedis Bonplandianis excerpsi. 
Portulace oleracez affinis. 
4. PORTULACA musucAvuns. T 
P. caulibus adscendentibus, superne corymboso-ramosis, rubris; foliis sparsis; floribus 
subverticillatis, lanceolatis, acutis, enerviis; axillis pilosis; floribus 4-8, capitato- confertis , 
involucratis. 
Crescit in arenosis et montosis siccis, ad litora Sinus Cariacensis, juxta portum 
Laguna Chica. o Floret Septembri. 
Cavrzs complures, adscendentes, 8-9-pollicares, superne corymboso-ramosi, carnosi, glabri, rubri. 
Fora sparsa, summa floralia subverticillata, sessilia, lanceolata, acuta, integerrima, carnosa, enervia, glabra, 
5-6lineaslonga, 1-1 7 lineam lata. Fasciculus pilorum mollium albidorum in axillis foliorum. Fronzs (haud 
suppetunt) in apice incrassato ramorum sessiles, 4- 8, conferti, bracteis 7-8 pilisque creberrimis fuscescen- 
tibus mollibus flores subzequantibus cincti, aurantiaci. BnAcrEx oblongs, acute, decidus. Caryx superus, 
profunde bipartitus, membranaceus, glaber, basi circumscissus et deciduus ; laciniis ovatis, acutis, concavis, 
wqualibus. Pzrara quinque, basi calycis inserta, sessilia, obovato-oblonga, apice emarginata, cqualia, 
glabra, calyce paulo longiora, ima basi connata (?). SrAxrsA crebra (27-30) , basi corollo inserta ipsoque duplo 
breviora. FrrAwENTA capillacea, glabra, libera. Awrurmu subrotunde. Ovx inferum, subhemisphzricum, 
glabrum, uniloculare ; ovula creberrima, reniformia, podospermiis sustensa. Podospermia capillacea, longa, 
in complures (tot quot laciniz styli?) fasciculos connata; fasciculi fundo ovarii inserti. Sryrus erectus, 
glaber, deciduus, superne infundibuliformis, profunde 6-7- ( 8-ex Bonpl. )-fidus ; laciniis lanceolatis, uni- 
nerviis, equalibus. Carsung haud suppetunt; uniloculares, polyspermz, circumscisse ( ex Bonpl.). 
Proxime affinis P.-halimoidi Linn. ( Portulacz erecto sedi minoris facie, capitulo tomentoso Sloan. 
Hist. 1. p. 205. t. 129. p. 5. ), sed in nostra folia plana, floralia capitulis multo longiora. 
ULACA mrnrriFOLi. T 
5. POR] 
P. caulibus repentibus, corymboso-ramosis; foliis sparsis, teretibus, acutiusculis; axillis 
subpilosis; floribus 3- 5, congestis, sessilibus, involucratis, purpureis. 
Verdolaja incolarum. 
Nov. Gzw. gr Srzrc. Towus VI. 10 
