80 PORTULACEZ. VIII. CALANDRINIA. 
3. p. 355.) plant caulescent, glabrous, diffuse ; branches leafy 
at the base and nakedish at the top, 1-2-flowered ; leaves spatu- 
late-lanceolate, acute, quite entire; flowers terminal ; sepals or- 
bicular, quite entire. h.D.G. Native of the Andes of Chili, 
near E] Paso de los Peuquenes, at an elevation above the sea of 
10,000 feet. The number of stamens in the flowers of this 
species has not been determined. 
Diffuse Calandrina. Pl. 1 foot. 
25 C. crav'ca (Schrad. in litt. ex D.C. 1. c.) plant caules- 
cent, glabrous ; leaves spatulate-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, glau- 
cous ; racemes few-flowered; fruit-bearing peduncles, 14 inch 
long, reflexed ; bracteas ovate, acute, membranous, and spotted 
with purple. 2%. D. G. Native of Chili. Stem a foot high. 
Leaves an inch and a half long, thick, tapering into the petioles. 
Flowers a little larger than those of C. compréssa. Sepals 
broadly ovate, purple, concave, reticulated with black. Capsule 
larger than the calyx, 3-valved. (Schrad. mss.) 
Glaucous Calandrinia. Pl. 1 foot. 
26 C. conre’rta (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. 
journ. 3. p. 356.) plant caulescent, perennial, glabrous; branches 
numerous from the neck of the root, simple, leafy at the base, 
nakedish towards the apex; leaves narrowly spatulate, glau- 
cous; racemes crowded, terminal; pedicels hardly longer than 
the bracteas; sepals broadly ovate ; flowers with few stamens, 
3-4. 4%.D.G. Native on the Andes of Mendoza, at El Por- 
tezuela del Valle Hermosa. 
Crowded racemed Calandrinia. Pl. 1 foot. 
27 C. cmspitésa (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. journ. 
3. p. 356.) plant tufted, stemless ; leaves linear-spatulate ; pe- 
duncles radical, 1-flowered, naked, 3-times longer than the 
leaves ; sepals broadly ovate; flowers with few stamens ; stig- 
mas 4-5 ; capsule 4-5-valved. %. D. G. Native on the Andes 
of Mendoza and Chili, and many places, at the elevation above 
the sea of from 9000 to 11,000 feet. 
Tufted Calandrinia. Fl. Mar. April. 
28 C. GRANDIFIÒRA (Lindl. 
bot. reg. t. 1194.) plant glau- 
cous ; stem suffruticose; leaves 
fleshy, rhomboid, acute, petio- 
late; raceme simple, loose; ca- 
lyx spotted ; stamens numerous; 
petals obcordate. 2/. D. G. Na- 
tive of Chili. Flower of a rose- 
purple colour. (f. 18.) 
Great-flowered Calandrinia. Fl. 
Ju. Jul. Clit. 1826. Pl. 1 ft. 
29 C. cara (D. C. 1. c.) 
leaves linear-oblong, ciliated ; 
flowers solitary, always pentan- 
drous. ©. F. Native of Peru, 
at Huassa-Huassi, among rub- 
bish and in cultivated fields. Ta- 
lìnum ciliàtum, Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 116. prod. p. 65. but not 
of Hook. Flowers purple. 
Ciliated-leaved Calandrinia. Pl. 4 foot. 
30 C.? arga (D. C. prod. 3. p. 359.) leaves spatulate-lan- 
ceolate ; flowers axillary, solitary, pentandrous. ©.? F. Na- 
tive of Peru, about Chancay and Lima, among rocks. Herb a 
foot high. Talìnum álbum. Ruiz et Pav. l. c. Flowers white. 
White-flowered Calandrinia. Pl. 1 foot. 
31 C. wirpa (D.C.1. c.) stems ascending, glabrous, leafy ; 
leaves oblong-spatulate, acutish, glabrous, attenuated at the 
base; peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves; 
sepals roundish, obtuse, pilose on the backs; stamens 1-9, 
©. F. Native of Chili, in fields and waste places, at Concep- 
tion, in the tract of Hualpen and Moquita; also about Valparaiso 
Pl. tufted. 
FIG. 18. 
IX. 
Portutacaria. X. UrLucus. XI. CLAYTONIA. 
and Quillota. 
et Pay. 1. c: 
Nitid Calandrinia. Pl. 4 foot. 
32 C. moxna'npra (D. C. 1. c.) leaves spatulate-lanceolate ; 
flowers in spikes, secund, monandrous. ©.? F. Native of 
Chili, on arid hills about Conception, near the river Andalien. 
Talinum monándrum, Ruiz et Pav. l. c. Herb a hand anda 
half high. 
Monandrous Calandrinia. Pl. 3 foot. 
Cult. Calandrinia is a fine genus of succulent plants ; their 
culture and propagation are the same as that recommended for 
the species of Talinum, p. 77. The seeds of annual species 
may be sown in a hot-bed in spring, and the plants planted 
out into the open border, in a dry sheltered situation, about the 
end of May. 
Herb half a foot high. Talinum nitidum, Ruiz 
IX. PORTULACA'RIA (altered from Portulaca). Jacq 
coll. 1. p. 160. D.C. prod. 3. p. 360.—He'nkea, Salisb. prod, 
p- 174.—Anacampseros species, Lin. hort. cliff. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 permanent 
membranous sepals. Petals 5, permanent, equal, obovate, hy- 
pogynous. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, but disposed 
without any respect to the number of petals, hence there are 
probably 10, 5 of which are abortive; anthers short, usually 
barren. Ovarium ovate-triquetrous. Style wanting ; stigmas 
8, spreading, muricated with glands on the upper side. Fruit 
triquetrous, winged, indehiscent, 1-seeded.—A_ glabrous shrub, 
nativeof Africa. Leaves opposite, roundish-obovate, flat, fleshy. 
Peduncles opposite, denticulated, compressed ; pedicels 1-flow- 
ered, 3 rising from each notch in the peduncle. Flowers small, 
rose-coloured. Fabric of seeds unknown. | 
1 P. A’rra (Jacq. l. c. t. 22.), h. G. Native of the South 
of Africa. D.C. pl. grass. t. 132. Claytònia Portulacària, Lin. 
mant. p. 211. Lam. ill. t. 144. f. 2. Crássula Portulacària, 
Lin. spec. p. 406. Hæ'nkea crassifòlia, Salisb. prod. 174. Por- 
tulàca fruticòsa, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 399. exclusive of the syno- 
nyms.—Dill. hort. elth. 1. t. 101. f. 120. The plant seldom 
flowers in the gardens: at Genoa in the garden of Grimaldi. 
African Purslane-tree. Clt. 1732. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 
Cult. This plant will grow in any dry light soil; and young 
cuttings will root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 
X. U'LLUCUS (Ulluco or Melloco is the name of the plant 
in Quito). Lozano, in senan. nuov. gran. 1809. p. 185. D.G. 
prod. 3. p. 360. 7 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Calyx of 2 opposites 
roundish, concave, pellucid, coloured, deciduous sepals. Petals - 
5, longer than the calyx, cordate, attenuated at the apex, COM | 
nected at the base into a short tube. Stamens 5 ; filaments Very _ 
short, erect; anthers 2-celled, erect. Ovarium sub-globos® 
Style filiform, length of stamens; stigma simple. Capsule 1 
celled. Seed one, oblong.—Herb smooth. Root tuberous 
Stem branched, angular. Leaves alternate, cordate, quite enti" 
thick, petiolate. Flowers disposed in a terminal, simple, droop- 
ing raceme. Pedicels furnished with very short bracteas. h 
1 U. ruserdsus (Loz. l. c). %.D.G. Native of Sout 
America, in the province of Quito, growing in gardens, where č 
is called Ulluco or Melloco, The root is mucilaginous and eat 
able. 
Tuberous-rooted Ullucus. Pl. 1 foot. t 
Cult. For the culture and propagation of this succulent plan 
see Anacdmpseros, p. 76. 
XI. CLAYTO'NIA (in honour of John Clayton, who col- | 
lected plants, mostly in Virginia, and sent them to Gronon | 
who published them in his Flora Virginica). Lin. gen. 281 | 
