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3. Talinum mexicanum, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 23. 
Pusillum, glaberrimum, caudice brevi crassiusculo subsimplici, foliis confertis linearibus (probabi- 
liter semiteretibus vel triangulatis) crassis carnosis, floribus parvis aurantiacis, sepalis fere 
orbicularibus cito deciduis, petalis obovatis, staminibus 5, capsula globosa vel ovoidea, semi- 
nibus numerosis. 
Herba suffrutescens glaberrima, 2—4-pollicaris, caudice crassiusculo subsimplici, apice tantum 
folioso. Folia conferta, carnosa, linearia (probabiliter semiteretia vel triangulata), acuta, 3-6 lin. 
longa. Flores parvi, aurantiaci, dichotomo-cymosi, cymis paucifloris, quam folia duplo triplove 
longioribus, pedunculis pedicellisque filiformibus, bracteis bracteolisque simillimis minutis- 
simis squamiformibus; sepala fere orbicularia, lineam diametro, cito decidua; petala obo- 
vata(?), sepalis duplo longiora; stamina 5, filamentis filiformibus. Capsula globosa vel ovoidea, 
circiter sesquilineam diametro, seminibus numerosis, maturis a nobis non visis. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 69). 
Hb. Kew. 
This species is closely allied to 7. parviflorum, Nutt., of which we have seen no 
complete description; but it appears to differ in its yellow flowers, orbicular, early 
deciduous sepals, and small, nearly globose capsule. The specimens collected by 
Fendler (no. 71), named 7. parviflorum, Nutt., by Dr. A. Gray, are very much like 7’. 
mexicanum in size and habit. 
4. Talinum napiforme, DC. (char. amplif.), Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, 
p. 23. 
Suffrutescens, glaberrimum, caudice crassissimo tuberiformi brevi subsimplici, apice tantum folioso, 
foliis confertis carnosis linearibus planis basi dilatatis, floribus albis, cymis laxis paucifloris 
longiuscule pedunculatis, pedunculis pedicellisque gracilibus, bracteis minutissimis, sepalis 
. orbicularibus, petalis oblongo-ovatis, staminibus 5, capsula ovoidea polysperma. 
Herba suffrutescens, glaberrima, 4-6-pollicaris, caudice crassissimo tuberiformi brevi, apice tantum 
folioso. Folia conferta, carnosa, linearia, plana, 1-2-pollicaria, obtusiuscula, basi dilatata. 
Flores albi, mediocres, dichotomo-cymosi, cymis axillaribus laxis, quam folia triplo longioribus, 
pedunculis pedicellisque gracilibus nudis, bracteis minutissimis ; sepala orbicularia, concava, 
cito decidua, sesquilineam diametro ; petala oblongo-obovata, sepalis duplo longiora ; stamina 5, 
filamentis filiformibus ; stylus trifidus, stigmatibus latis. Capsula 3-valvis, ovoidea, circiter 
2 lin. longa, seminibus numerosissimis compressis.—DC. Prodr. li. p. 357. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 70). 
Hb. Kew. 
_ Parry and Palmer’s specimens agree so well with the tracing (in the Kew Library) 
of the drawing upon which DeCandolle founded the species, that we do not hesitate to 
refer it to that species. = 
5. Talinum patens, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 863; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. ii. t. 151. 
Talinum paniculatum, Jacq. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 71); 
Sourn Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1290), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1618), Orizaba 
