80 . PORTULACEA. 
(Botteri), near Regla (Galeotti, 7208).—Also widely spread in Sour America and the 
West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
This species also occurs in some of the Pacific Islands. 
6. Talinum reflexum, Cav. Ic. i. p. 1. t. 1; Bot. Mag. t. 1543. 
Texas, New Mexico to—NortH Mexico, along the Rio Grande from El Paso to Pre- 
sidio del Porte.—Also in BRAZIL. 
4, CALANDRIN IA. 
Calandrinia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 77, t. 526 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 158. 
Annual and perennial herbs, sometimes woody at the base. About sixty species are 
known, whereof sixteen are Australian and the remainder American. | 
1. Calandrinia caulescens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 78, t. 526. 
Mexico (Palmer, 1032).—Cotomsts, Perv, Bouivia. Hb. Kew. 
2. Calandrinia megarhiza, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 23. 
Acaulis, radice pergrandi tuberiformi, basi pauciramosa, ramis crassis longissimis, foliis ceespitosis 
linearibus carnosis, pedunculis (an semper?) unifloris quam folia brevioribus, sepalis ovato- 
lanceolatis apice leviter cucullatis persistentibus capsulam includentibus, seminibus 10-15 
lenticularibus atris nitidis estrophiolatis. 
Herba perennis, acaulis, glabra. Radix pergrandis, tuberiformis, siccata sesquipoll. diametro, basi 
pauciramosa, ramis crassis usque sesquipedalibus. Folia dense czspitosa, carnosa, linearia 
14-2-pollicaria. Pedunculi uniflori (vel interdum triflori’), foliis breviores ; sepala 2, ovato- 
lanceolata, 5-6 lin. longa, apice leviter cucullata, persistentia, capsulam dimidio breviorem 
includentia; petala et stamina perfecta non visa. Capsula subglobosa ; semina matura 10-15, 
lenticularia, atra, nitida, minute punctata, estrophiolata. 
GuatEMALA, Volcan de Fuego, 11,000 to 12,000 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
3. Calandrinia tuberosa, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 9. 
Nort Mexico, Zacatecas (Hartweg, 43). 
5. CLAYTONIA. 
- Claytonia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 287; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 158. 
Annual or perennial, often succulent herbs. About twenty species—one in Australia 
and New Zealand, the rest in Temperate, Frigid, and Subtropical North America, espe- 
cially in the west, and of North-eastern Asia. 
1. Claytonia perfoliata, Donn, Cat. ed. 4. p. 50; Bot. Mag. t. 1336. 
Temperate Norrn America to—SoutH Mexico, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3611), valley of 
Mexico (Bourgeau), forests of the Desierto Viejo (Bourgeau, 887). Hb. Kew. 
Naturalized in some parts of Europe and other countries. 
