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Portulaca.] 



XIX. PORTULACE^. (W. T. TliiseltoDi Dyer.) 



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iii> iEj^iNHULA ; in tne uamatic, and Ueylon. k 



much branched, prostrate, stunted ; the approximate joints naked below, 

 ith scarious appendages, and sparingly leafy above. Leaves | in., alternate, 



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.2. P. Wigrhtiana, Wall. Cat 6845; nodal appenda 

 nous, leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate. W. & A. Prodr 



^.Western Peninsula; in the Carnatic, and Ceylon. 

 otems * ' ' 



clothed wi 



, il-„.^^,,^ ici^uivcu, uuuai appenuages aooui six m a wnon, equalling me leaves, 



ai ncate, lanceolate, acute, persistent. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile, surroundei 



P^ 1t}^V^^ aiid tufted appendages. Sepals about ^V in., broadly ovate-lanceolate. 



<?M ci-r^ ^^^^®' ^'^^^ netted veins. Stamem 5 (or more?) shorter than the petals. 



«5i/^ tihform, 4-fid to ^ its length. Seeds numerous, granulate. t 



nr ^" ?l^^drifida, Linn,; annual, nodal appendages pilose, leaves ovate 

 ^r ovate-lanceolate. Wight III. il t. 109 : Wall Gat. 6843. P. meridiana, 



W -^1 ^^* ^^' ^^^- ii- 463. P. geniculata, Royle lU. 221. lUecebrum 

 ^;;emcUlatum, Burm. Ind. 66 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 31. 



^hroughout the warmer parts of India and Ceylon.— Distkib. Tropical Asia and 



pettied* ^'^^^^ • ' ^^^''™' ^^°*^^g a^ tte nodes. Leaves 

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'^?f silky hai 

 middle. 



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'o 



, ^ ^ J in., opposite, very shortly 



tube * • ' ^^^' appendages more or less copious. Flowers terminal, solitary. Calyx- 

 *:l?*°^f sed in the extremity of the axis, surrounded by a 4-leaved involucre and 



miaa\T% ]''^' -^^^^'^ ^ (yellow). {Stamens 8-12.) Style filiform, 4-fiJ to the 

 hrJl' • ^7^^^ minutely tuherclei— Stunted specimens have the habit of Polygonum 

 '^'^iarmdes which has been mista" - - ^ - 



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Lea 



itaken for this species 



ves terete. 



short «■ *^^?rosa, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 91 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 464 ; perennial stems 

 MnL ^P^^^**ing from a tuberous root. P. cristata, Ham. and pilosa, Hh. 



RooTi ■?^'"*^^ '* Sindh, Stocks ; Western Peninsola ; Csylon, 

 ^m% sJT- ^° ' sl'ghtly fusiform, with a few branches towards the extremity, villous. 

 Jin of ^"'' T^^Ji"g- Leaves \-^ in., alternate, fleshy, linear; nodal appendages 

 rounded ?^^?^^ tufted brown hairs. Flowers (yellow) in smaH terminal clusters, sur- 

 fted^lJa 1 * "^^^^^^es and tufted hairs. Stamens 20-qo. Style filiform. 5-cleft. 



^^«« black, firraniilo,. _ r«i.-.i__ n- i . ., . .1. n '^ z^ 1? M.,^!! 



ormu 



8. p. 



suflFrutlcosa, WigJd 



aL stems 



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J'estern Pen 



INSDLA, WigU. 



num»'^""'' "^"""^y' divided. Stem about 1 ft., subligneous at the base, DreaKing up 

 «tose. Rr.rI?!!V*^^®^'^'iig branches. Leaves about k i"-. a'^"'^ J °<>^*' appendages 



aW sT*^' '^'y ^^o"-*. brown. 

 ,l!.H*^'^. and setose 



Flowers 



^^men»lt .\T^r,^^^^^ appendages equalling about I the base of the capsule, 

 "^ntric rn^ r ^^' ^'^^^ ^-cleft to the middle, W. & A.). Seeds very small with con- 

 ""iffemchirfl • "?'""*^ tubercles.— Allied to the tropical Afiican P.foliosa, Ker, which 

 '^e Primarv t '° • '*' ^"""'^ *^e production of lateral flower-bearing shoots overtopping 



P^'^ary terminal heZ 



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ovuJes 



TAZ.ZNVM 



Flowers 



p 3 or shrubs. Z«aw5 flat, exstipulate. _ _ i o « j 



"'Uies 00 "Vt ^; hypogynous. Stamens «. 6>iwn/ superior: style 3-tid ; 

 pressed «f . ^?^?^e globose or ovoid, 2-3 valved. Seeds subglobose or com - 

 S »'^ronhmiate.__D^gj^j3 Warm countries throughout the world. 



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