PORTULACEZR. VI. Tarum. 
3. p. 357.) flowers white. h . D.G. Native of South America, by 
the sea side. Comm. hort. 1. p.7.t.4. Portulaca fruticésa, Murr. 
syst. veg. but not of Thunb. Portulaca paniculata, Lin. spec. 2. 
p. 640. Talinum fruticdsum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 864. The 
calyx is said to be of 5 sepals, but this assertion we suspect to 
be erroneous. 
Thick-leaved Talinum. FI. Aug. Sept. Clt.1800. Sh.1 ft. 
4 T. rriancuLa‘re (Willd. spec. 2. p. 862.) stem shrubby, 
erect; leaves flat, channelled, wedge-shaped, emarginate, mu- 
cronate ; racemes simple ; rachis triquetrous. h.D.S. Na- 
tive of the Antilles, on the seashore. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 150. 
f.2. Portulaca racemdsa, Lin. spec. 640. Haw. misc. p. 139. 
Portulaca triangularis, Jacq. obs. 1. p. 35. t. 23. Rulingia tri- 
angularis, Ehrh. beitr. 3. p. 134. Flowers yellow, size of those 
of the preceding species. 
Triangular Talinum. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1739. Pl. 3 ft. 
5 T. pa‘rens (Willd. spec. 2. p. 863. var. a.) stem suffruti- 
cose, erect ; leaves flat, glabrous, lower ones obovate, obtuse, 
upper ones lanceolate, acute; panicle terminal ; peduncles alter- 
nate, dichotomous, bractless; petals oblong, acutish, 3 times 
longer than the calyx. kh. D. S. Native of Martinico, St. 
omingo, Mexico, New Granada, and Brazil, on rocks by the 
sea side; also of Buenos Ayres. Portulaca paniculata, Jacq. 
amer. p. 148. Portul. patens, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 151. Ru- 
lingia patens, Ehrh. beitr. 3. p. 125. T. paniculatum, Geertn. 
fr. 2. p. 219. t. 128. but not of Moench. nor of Ruiz et Pav. 
Flowers small, red, 3 lines in diameter. The leaves of the plant 
are used in the same manner as common purslane in Brazil. 
Spreading-panicled Talinum. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1776. Sh. 
1 to 2 feet. 
6 T. Anpre‘wstr (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 170.). stem suffruti- 
cose, erect; leaves glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, sessile; panicle 
branched, terminal ; petals oblong, obtuse. h. D. S. Native of 
the West Indies. T. patens, Andr. bot. rep. t. 253. Flowers 
large, red. 
Andren’s Talinum. FI. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1800. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
7 T. revie’xum (Cav. icon. 1. p. 1. t. 1.) stem suffruticose, 
erect; leaves flat, lanceolate or oval, obtuse, usually opposite ; 
panicle terminal; peduncles usually opposite, dichotomous, 
bractless. g. D. S. Native of South America. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1543. Haw. syn. p. 124. Portulaca refléxa, Haw. mise. 
- 141. T. patens 8, Willd. spec. 2. p. 863. T. dichotomum, 
uiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 118. This species is very nearly 
allied to T. patens, but differs in the flowers being yellow, not 
ay or purple, as in that plant, and the plant is probably bien- 
al. 
Reflexed Talinum. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 foot. 
8 T. cunzirdtium (Willd. spec. 2. p. 864.) stem shrubby, 
erect ; leaves flat, wedge-shaped, obtuse, mucronate ; panicle 
terminal ; lower peduncles 3-flowered. h. D. G. Native of 
Arabia Felix, about Surdud and Hadie ; and also of the East In- 
dies. Portulaca cuneifdlia, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 333. Origia portu- 
oa Forsk. descript. p. 103. Flowers of a reddish violet- 
our. 
Wedge-leaved Talinum. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 13 ft. 
: T. POLYGALOÌÙDES (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. 
Journ, vol, 3. p. 354.) stem shrubby, erect, branched a little ; 
branches striated, angular ; leaves flat, linear, mucronate (when 
y very narrow, with revolute edges); peduncles bibracteate at 
the base, when bearing the fruit deflexed, axillary, emulating a 
simple raceme. h. D.G. Native of Chili, in the Jarillal, and 
along the foot of the mountains near Mendoza, at an elevation 
of 3000 to 4000 feet above the sea. Flowers about a fourth of 
an inch in diameter, yellow, fading to red. The stem appears 
not to be at all fleshy, according to the dried specimens. 
Polygala-like Talinum. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
VII. Lewisia. 17 
Secr. III. Taxine’txum (a diminutive of Talinum). D. C. 
prod. 3. p. 358.—Talinum, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 65. 
Style thick. Stigmas 3, thick, flattish.—Generally annual 
herbs; and probably should have been joined with the genus 
Calandrinia. 
10 T. revoLv rum (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 
76.) stem erect, simple; leaves glabrous, lanceolate, obtuse, nar- 
rowed at the base, with revolute margins; peduncles terminal, 
somewhat dichotomous, few-flowered; petals awned, glandular 
towards the base. ©.F. Native of South America, in shady 
places near Cumana. Flowers yellow. Stamens about 48. 
Fruit unknown. 
Revolute-leaved Talinum. Pl. foot. 
- 11 T. mucrona‘tum (H.B. et Kunth, l. c.) stems erectish ; 
leaves glabrous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat 
mucronate, cuneated, and narrowed at the base; peduncles ter- 
minal, 2-3-cleft, many-flowered ; flowers racemose; petals mu- 
cronate. ©. D. F. Native of New Andalusia, near Bor- 
dones, in shady humid places. Petals yellow, length of calyx. 
Stamens about 50. 
Mucronate-leaved Talinum. PI. 4 to = foot. 
12 T. rorya’nprum (Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 115.) leaves 
roundish-obovate, acuminated ; flowers racemose, polyandrous ; 
petals obcordate, quite entire. ©. F. Native of Peru, on the 
hills called Lomas towards Pongo. Herb a foot high, noxious 
to cattle. The rest unknown. 
Polyandrous Talinum. PI. 1 foot. 
13 T. crena‘rum (Ruiz et Pav. l. c.) leaves roundish-ob- 
ovate, acuminated; flowers racemose; petals crenulated ; sta- 
mens about 20.—Native of South America, on hills about 
Pongo in the province of Atiquipa. Herb a foot high, and is 
called by the natives Langua de Vaca, as well as the preceding 
plant. The rest unknown. 
Crenated-petalled Talinum. PI. 1 foot. 
14 T. Menzies (Hook. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 223. t. 70.) 
caulescent; leaves linear-spatulate : lower ones on long petioles; 
margins naked : superior ones and sepals acutely keeled, glan- 
dularly ciliated on the back ; flowers pedunculate, axillary. ©. 
H. Native of the north-west coast of America, south of Co- 
lumbia. The habit is that of a species of Talìnum, without hav- 
ing seen the flowers; it may, however, when better examined 
turn out to be a species of Calandrinia. Root annual, rather 
fusiform. 
Menzies’s Talinum. PI. 4 foot. 
Cult, Pretty succulent plants, most of which require the 
heat of a stove; a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, or any 
light soil will suit them ; and cuttings of them are very readily 
rooted. The seeds of the annual species may be reared on a 
hot-bed, and afterwards planted out in the open border about the 
end of May. ` 
VII. LEWI'SIA (in honour of Captain M. Lewis, who accom- 
panied Captain Clarke to the Rocky Mountains of North Ame- 
rica). Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 368. Hook. in bot mise. 1. 
p. 345. t. 70. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 223. 
Lin. syst. Dodecdéndria, Monogijnia. Calyx of 5 sepals; 
sepals rather membranous. Petals 9-12, inner ones gradually 
the smallest. Stamens 12-16, hypogynous; anthers linear. 
Ovarium globose. Ovula many, fixed to a free central recep- 
tacle. Style deeply 6-parted: segments filiform ; stigmas ob- 
tuse.—Plant herbaceous, stemless. Roots fascicled. Leaves 
terete, fleshy. Scapes 1-flowered. 
1 L. repiviva (Pursh. 1. c. Hook. 1. c.) ¥. H. 
North America. 
Var. a; root blood-coloured ; flowers white. 
banks of Clarke’s river. 
Native of 
Native on the 
