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X. Portulaca aizoides maritima erecta. Cat. p. 88. 
This has feveral Branches {pread round, reddifh, and as thick as ones 
little Finger, cornered, and fet with Twigs, ata third part of an Inches di- 
{tance round the Stalk, mounting upright a Foot high. The Leaves are 
almoft triangular, two Inches long, and one twelfth part of an Inch broad, 
pyramidal, very.igreen, tafting like others of this Kind. I did not obferye 
its Flower or Seeds, but believe them like the former. 
It grew on the fandy Shore near Paflage Fort. 
__ XI. Portulaca erecta [edi minoris facie, capitulo tomentofo. Cat. p.88. Tab.x2 Se 
Fig. 3. 
This has {mall, white, ftringy Roots, which fend up feveral round, fmooth, 
reddifh Stalks, four Inches high, having many fmall, round Leaves, like 
thofe of the Sedum minus foliis teretibus, about half an Inch long, and 
having at their tops feven or eight Leaves, encompafling feveral Flowers in 
adowny Wooll, after which follow, in a Capfula, like that of Purflan, fe- 
veral {mall, black Seeds, like thofe of that Plant. 
It grows inthe dry Savanaas after Rain. 
This differs very much from the Portulaca Curaffavica lauucinofa, crc. 
Plukenet. Phyt. Tab. 105. Fig. 4. Alm. p. 303. though the Dogtor thinks them 
the fame in his Mantiffa, p.154. 
In the Figure the Leaves on the Stalk are not taken notice of. 
XII. Portulace facie maritima fruticofa erecta amaricans. Cat.p.Q7. An por 
tulaca Americana erctta floribus alvis. Parad. Bat. Commel. hort. Amft. part. x. 
p..7 ? Ax portulaca marina latifolia, flore fuave rubente. Plum. Tournef. Inft- 
p. 236? 
This in every thing was like Purflan, only larger, and growing more up- 
right. It had along, deep, round Root, and feveral lateral fibrils went in- 
to the fandy, loofe Earth, thence drawing its Nourifhment. The Stalk was 
reddifh, as thick as ones little Finger, fucculent, rifing to at leaft two Foot 
high, having Branches thick fet with Leaves, without any order, about an 
Inch and an half long, and three quarters of an Inch broad near the end 
where it was broade{t, and round, being at the beginning narrow, and 
from no Foot-Stalk increafing to that breadth. It is juicy, has one middle 
Rib, and a very unfavoury bitterifh taft. What was its Flower or Seed I did 
not obferve, and fo cannot be pofitive that it belongsto this place. 
It grew on Gun Cayos near Port Royal. 
XIII. Portulace afinis folio {ubrotunde fucculento, flore pentapetalo dilute purpu- 
reo. Cat. p.89. Portulaca Coraffavica procumbens Capparidis folio, flore mufcofo, 
capfula bifurcata. Herm, par. Bat. p.203. Horfe-Purflane. 
This has trailing, juicy, round, {mooth, green Branches, three Foot long, 
lying on the furface of the Ground, round the top of the Root, being jointed, 
{welld at each joint, and branch’d every Inchand half, there being two lit- 
tle Branches fer againft one another, on which ftand the Leaves oppofite to 
One another, on an Inch long Foot-Stalks, being roundifh, of about an Inch 
Diameter, and not altogether fofucculent as thofe of Purflane. The Flowers 
are pentapetalous, of a light purple colour refembling thofe of Mallows. 
The Seeds are fomething flat, and round, being black, and contained in a 
green, oblong Cap{ula. 
It grows by the Kings Houle, and in feveral places in the Streets of the 
Town of St. Fago de la Vega, after Rains. 
This differs extreamly from Patulace fimilis planta Indie orientalis, ec: 
Ggg Plakenete 
