CARYOPHYLLEA. TT 
2. Cerdia glauca, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 22. (Tab. IV. 
fige. 10-13.) . 
Cespitosa, glauca, ramis erectis strictis, foliis exstipulatis subulatis apiculatis appressis, floribus 
pedunculatis solitariis axillaribus, pedunculis quam folia duplo brevioribus bibracteatis, sepalis 
zequalibus ovato-lanceolatis apiculatis carinatis margine scariosis integris, stamine 1 vel interdum 
2, capsula 6—-8-sperma. 
Herba annua (?), cespitosa, glabra, glauca, 3-5 poll. alta, ramis erectis strictis confertis. Folia 
exstipulata, approximata, lineari-subulata, apiculata, erecta, 2-3 lin. longa, basi leviter dilatata 
et amplexicaulia. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculati; pedunculi foliis duplo breviores, 
bibracteati, bracteis foliis similibus ; sepala eequalia, ovato-lanceolata, circiter 1 lin. longa, api- 
culata, dorso carinata, margine scariosa integra; stamen 1, vel interdum 2, filamentis basi 
subito dilatatis; ovarium globosum, stylo breviter bifido. Capsula immatura facile in valvas 4 
dividua, 6-8-sperma; semina ma#ura a nobis non visa. 
Nort Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 63). 
Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. IV. Fiaee. 10-13. 
Fig. 10, a plant, natural size; 11, portion of a branch, enlarged; 12 and 13, enlarged flowers. 
3. Cerdia purpurascens, Mog. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 377; Calques des 
Dess. Fl. Mex. 1092. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
4. Cerdia virescens, Moc. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 377 ; Mém. Paron. 
p. 9, t. 2. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
13. POLYCARPZEA. 
Polycarpea, Lam. in Journ. Hist. Nat. i. p. 8, t. 25; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 154. 
About twenty-five species, inhabiting warm countries, chiefly in the Old World. The 
following is probably not a true Polycarpea. 
1. Polycarpxa cuspidata, Schl. in Linnza, xiii. p. 408. 
SoutH Mexico, Mineral del Monte (Ehrenberg). 
Order XIX. PORTULACEZ. 
Portulacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 155. 
Herbs or undershrubs, rarely shrubby. About 125 species, referred to fifteen genera, 
the majority American, South-African, and Australian; a few are scattered over Asia, 
North Africa, and Europe. 
