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Cactus portnlacifolius Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 469. 



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Fig. 20. — Pereskia portulacifolia. Xo.66 



only I cm, long or less, cuneate at base, often retuse at apex; peduncles short but definite, 2 to 5 mm. 

 long, bearing several small spatulate to broadly obovate leaves; flowers rose-colored, about 3 cm. 

 broad; sepals about 3, ovate to shortly oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 8 mm. or less long; petals oblong, about 

 2 cm. long, thin, obtuse; ovary small, truncate, naked or bearing a single small leaf; immature fruit 

 hard, depressed, 2 cm. long, 2.5 cm. broad, smooth, naked or with a single small leaf 5 to 6 mm. long, 

 with a broad scar at the top 8 to 10 mm. in diameter; fruit globular, naked; seeds large, black. 



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Type locality: Tropical America 



Distribution: 



Haiti 



Synopsis (Syn. PI. Succ. 199. 1812), but it was not here 



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genus Cactus. His statement 



portulacijolius 



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from a fragmentary specimen collected by W. Buch near Gonaives, Haiti, in 1900 



