72 PORTULACES. 
11 Crayronra. Sepals 2 (f. 19. a. f. 20. a.), permanent. 
Petals 5, unguiculated (f. 19. b. f. 20.b.); claws connate at the 
base. Stamens 5 (f. 20.d.). Style one, trifid at the apex (f. 
19. c. f. 20. c.); lobes stigmatose inside. Capsule 3-valved (f. 
20. c.), 8-seeded. 
12 Mo’ntia. Calyx of 2, rarely of 3 sepals. Petals 5, 
rather connate at the base, 3 of which are a little smaller than 
the rest. Stamens usually 3 in front of the smaller petals, 
making 9, very rarely 3-4. Capsule 3-valved, 3-seeded. 
13 Leprrrna. Calyx 8-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 3. 
Styles 3, short, acute. Capsule 3-valved, 3-seeded. 
14 Coroza’ntuus. Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals wanting. Sta- 
mens 4-6. Stigmas 4-5. Capsule 4-7-valved, many-seeded. 
15 Giner'nsta. Calyx 5-parted, permanent, petaloid on the 
margins and in the inside. Stamens 5. Ova- 
rium girded by a 5-lobed fleshy scale. Capsule 3-valved, many- 
seeded. 
16 AYLME'RIA. 
Petals wanting. 
Calyx 2-parted, coloured. Petals 5. Sta- 
mens 10, membranous, connected into a hypogynous tube, the 
5 inner ones abortive. Style one, crowned by a depressed capi- 
tate stigma. Capsule bladdery, membranous, valveless. Seeds 
numerous in the bottom of the cell. . 
17 Hypropy’x1s. Calyx 5-parted, permanent. Corolla un- 
equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short, inserted in the 
corolla. Ovarium superior. Style simple, crowned by a 3-lobed, 
capitate stigma. Capsule triangular, 1-celled, many-seeded, 
opening transversely. 
I. TRIA’'NTHEMA (from zpetc, treis, three, and aySoc, an- 
thos, a flower; flowers are usually disposed by threes). Sauv. 
meth. fol. p. 127. Lin. gen. no. 537. D.C. prod. 3. p. 351.— 
Zalèya, Burm. fl. ind. p. 110.—Rocàma and Papulària, Forsk. 
desc. 69. et 71. 
Lin. syst. Pent-Decándria, Monogiynia. Sepals 5, perma- 
nent, connected together at the base, rather coloured on the in- 
side, and mucronated under the apex. Petals wanting. Sta- 
mens 5-10, rarely more, distinct, inserted in the bottom of the 
calyx ; anthers kidney-shaped. Ovarium ovate. Styles or 
stigmas filiform, 1-2, rarely 3. Capsule opening transversely 
below the middle; the upper valve, which separates like a lid, 
is hollow, and contains a seminiferous cell; therefore both cells 
are either simple, or of two divisions, one or few-seeded.— More 
or less fleshy herbs, which are sometimes suffruticose at the base. 
Leaves opposite, quite entire, petiolate. Petioles dilated into a 
stipula-formed membrane on both sides. Flowers axillary, ses- 
sile, usually by threes. 
Sect. I. Zare ya (meaning not explained by Burmann). Burm. 
fl. ind. p. 110. D. C. prod. 3. p. 3852. Stamens 10 or more. 
1 T. porya’npra (Blum. bijdr. p. 1137.) stems herbaceous, 
procumbent; branches terete; leaves linear, obtuse; flowers 
pedunculate, solitary, polyandrous, trigynous. %. S. Native 
of Batavia, in bogs. 
Polyandrous Trianthema. PI. er. 
2 T. covinpta (Ham. ex Wall. cat. no. 6838.) stems suffru- 
ticose, trailing ; leaves opposite, elliptic, emarginate at the apex; 
those opposite each other of unequal size; flowers axillary, ag- 
gregate, sessile. h.S. Native of the East Indies, in Mungger. 
Plant glaucous. The number of stamens and styles unknown. 
Govindia Trianthema. Shrub prostrate. 
3 T. peca’npra (Lin. mant. p. 70.) stem herbaceous, gla- 
I. TRIANTHEMA. 
brous, diffuse, terete ; leaves elliptic, acute. ©. F. Native of 
the East Indies. Zaléya decandra, Burm. 1. c. t. 31. f. 3. Pe- 
tioles furnished at the base on both sides with a broad mem- 
brane. Flowers on short pedicels, disposed in fascicles in the 
axils. Sepals mucronate at the apex. Stamens 10-12. Styles 2, 
Decandrous Trianthema. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1762. PI. tr. 
4 T. rrreuerra (Rottl. et Willd. in nov. act. nat. berol. 4, 
pe 180.) stem herbaceous, dichotomous, branched; branches 
compressedly triquetrous ; leaves somewhat spatulate, petiolate; 
flowers axillary, sessile.— Native on the coast of Coromandel. 
Structure of flower unknown. 
Triquetrous Trianthema. PI. diffuse. 
5 T. uumiru'sa (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 389.) stems frutescent, 
trailing, terete ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Konde Bokeveldt. 
Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter. Thunberg in his prodro- 
mus says the flowers are monogynous, but in his flora he says 
they are digynous. 
Var. B; stamens 10, one-half shorter than the calyx, fixed by 
pairs to the base of the calycine segments.—Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, at Hex River. 
Trailing Trianthema. Shrub tr. 
6 T. a'ncers (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 399.) stem frutescent, dif- 
fuse, 2-edged ¥leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, acu- 
minated. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stamens 
10. Style 1, very short. 
Two-edged-stemmed Trianthema. Shrub diffuse. 
Sect. II. Roca‘ma (Rokama is the Arabic name of T. pen- 
tándra). Forsk. descript. p. 71. D.C. prod. 8. p. 352. Sta- 
mens 5. 
7 T. penra’npra (Lin. mant. p. 70.) stem rough from vel- 
vety hairs ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, flowers crowded in the axils 
of the leaves. 2%. (ex Forsk.) h .(ex Lin.) Native of Arabia. 
Rocama digyna, Forsk. l. c. Rocdma Arábica, Gmel. syst. 1. 
p- 455. Pluk. phyt. t. 120. f. 3. ex Lin. 
Gertn, fruct. 2. p. 213. t.128.f. 5. Lam.ill. t. 375. £.2. Sta 
mens 5. Styles 2. Perhaps 2 species are here confused, the 
stems being, according to Linnzus, erect and shrubby, and 
according to Forskal annual and prostrate. 
Var. B, obcordata (D. C. prod. 3. p. 352.) leaves obovate, 
bluntly-emarginate at the apex.—Native of the East Indies. T. 
obcordata, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34. 
Pentandrous Trianthema. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. pr. 
8 T. Monodeyna (Lin. mant. p. 69.) stem herbaceous, diffuses 
dichotomous, branched, glabrous ; leaves oval, obtuse, opposite, 
one of them smaller than the other; flowers axillary, sessile, 
bibracteolate. ©. S. Native of Jamaica, Curassoa, and Mexico. 
D. C. pl. grass. t. 109. Lam. ill. t. 375. f. 1. T. portulacas- 
trum, Sauv. meth. p. 127. Lin. spec. 635. T. procúmbens, 
Mill.—Pluk. alm. t. 95. f. 4. Stamens usually 5, alternating 
with the sepals, but sometimes. 10. Styles 1 or 2. Lower cel 
of capsule about 4-seeded : upper one 1-seeded. 
Monogynous Trianthema. FI. July, Aug. Cit. 1710. Pl. pr 
9 T. crysta'rLiNna (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 32.) stem shrubby, 
diffuse, terete, glabrous, papulose; leaves linear or lanceolate | 
T. pentándra, | 
opposite, one of them smaller than the other; flowers crowded, | 
axillary. h. G. Native of Arabia and the East Indies. Pa- 
pularia crystállina, Forsk. desc. p. 69. Stamens alternating with 
the petals. Style 1. 
Icy Trianthema. Shrub diffuse. 
Cult. The seeds of the species of Triánthema require to be 
sown on a hot-bed in spring; and about the end of May they 
may be planted out in the open border in a warm sheltered siti- 
ation, where they will probably flower and seed. Some are $4! 
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