a PORTULACEH (Sond.)« “LA nacampseros. 
3 te 4 
2. P. quadrifida (Linn. Mant. 78) ; annual, diffuse, creeping ; the 
axils of leaves and joints pilose ; leaves elliptic-oblong, flat ; flowers ter- 
minal, nearly sessile, surrounded by four leaves ; petals 4; stamens 
8-12; style filiform, 4-cleft at the apex. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 399, Jacd: 
Coll. 2. 356, t. 17. f. 2. DC. 1. ¢. P. meridiana. Linn. Suppl. 248. 
Has. Uitvlugt near Steelkloof,@md between Limoenfontein, Brakvalley and 
Buffelrivier, 3-5000f. Drege! Near Cradock, Burke § Zey. / 607. Jan.—Mar. (Herb. 
Thunb., Vind., D., Sond.) 
Root thick. Stem branched, 2-4 inches long, often reddish. ‘Leaves about 1 or 
14 lines long. Flowers small. 
3. P. pilosa (Lin. Spec. 639) ; annual, diffuse, the joints with long 
hairs ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, convex on the back, about 
equal in length to the axillary hairs ; floral leaves in whorls ; flowers 
sessile, crowded at the tops of the branches, surrounded by long hairs ; 
petals ovate, obtuse, retuse, a little longer than the calyx ; stamens 
15-25; stigmas 5-6. Commel. hort. Amst. 1. t. 5. Ker. Bot. feeg. t. 792. 
DC. 1. ©. 3.54. 
Has. Cape, Herb. Hook.; Port Natal, Gueinzius in Herb. Sond. (Native of 
South America.) 
Root tuberous. Stem terete, smooth. Leaves subulate, 6-8 lines long, smooth. 
2-8 flowers in the head, expanding from 10-12 o’clock in the morning, if the sun 
is out. 
Il. ANACAMPSEROS, Sims. 
Sepals 2, opposite, oblong, subconcrete at base. Petals 5, very 
fugacious. Stamens 1 5-20, filaments distinct, inserted in the bottom 
of the calyx with the petals, and adhering to them. Style filiform, 
trifid at the apex. Capsule conical, 1-celled, 3-valved, the valves often 
longitudinally divided, and then apparently 6-valved. Sce@®mumerous, 
winged, affixed to acentral placenta. DC. J. c. 355. Endl. gen. n. 5176. 
dae dwarf be ern ren pes roundish, ovate = greniages —- — 
very minute. es membranaceo r than leaves, or forming hair- 
like abecacious fants the axils of the nineteen cendieanatacon couty 
lobed into setaceous segments. Flowers sessile, involucrated or on elongated racemose 
peduncles, expanding only in the heat of the sun. Name from avakaumTw, to cause 
return, and epos, love. a5 
ah ae all } OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Seo. I. Avonia, 2. MAP Flowers terminal, sessile or subsessile, involucrated. 
Sepals sub-persistent. Seeds angular. Stipules membranous, densely imbricated, 
often bearded at the base, much larger than the hemispherical, fleshy, concave- 
convex leaves. (Sp, 1-3) 
Stipules tongue-shaped, woolly-bearded at base ; flowers 
shorter than theinvolure ... ... .. .. (1) papyracea, 
Stipules broadly ovate or ovate-triangular, not bearded at base: 
Stipules entire ; flowers 2-4 times longer than the 
involiens a oo ee sew ese. (2) -Quitaria. 
Stipules lacerate ; flowers equalling the involucre ... (3) ustulata. 
Seo. II. T Dill. Flowers on J i 
i . Fl scapelike peduncles, soli or race- 
mose, Sepals decid uous. Seeds winged. Stipules hair-like, axillary Sp 4-9.) 
Axillary stipular-hairs shorter than the leaves : 
Leaves obtuse, glabrous... tte eee ate eee nee (4) Telephiastrum. 
: Leaves acute or acuminate, cobwebbed ... ... ... (5) arachnoides. 
Axillary stipular hairs longer than the leaves - 
