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Talinum reflexum. Reflex -flowered 



Talinum. 



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Clqfs and Order. 



DoDECANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. 5-petaIa. Cal. 2-phyllus. Cap/. 3-valvis, polyfperma. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms. 



TALINUM reflexum; foliis lanceolatis feflilibus oppofitis, 

 florum panicula ramofa. Cavan. Icon. v. 1. p. 1. t. 1. 

 Haworth Plant. Succul. p. 124. Ejufdem Mifc. Nat. p. 141. 



TALINUM patens. |3. mild. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 863. 



This fpecies is not recorded in the new edition of the Hortus 

 Kewenfis. It appears to be quite diftinft from patens, of 

 which Willdenow confiders it as a variety. It has cer- 

 tainly no fpecific affinity with the figure in the Botanift's Repo- 

 sitory, quoted in the Hortus Kewenfis as a reprefentation of 

 patens ; which figure, however, according to Mr. Haworth, 

 is altogether different from Talinum patens. 



Native of South-America. Cultivated in the ftove. Pro- 

 pagated by feeds, which it produces freely ; being annual or 

 biennial. Introduced before the year 1800. Communicated 

 from Mr. Vere's colle&ion, flowering in Augufl 1811. 



