384 PORTULACEE (Sond.) [Anacampseros. 
leaves ; racemes few-flowered, racemose or sub-panicled. Pl. Grass. t. 
3. Portulaca Anacampseros, Linn. Spec. 639. Talinum Anacampseros, 
Willd. Spec. 2. 862. Rulingia Anacampseros, Ehrh. Beyt. 3. 133. A. Te- 
lephiastrum et intermedia, Don, Gen. Hist. 3 p. 75. A. rotundifolia, Bot. 
Cab. t. 591. 
Has. Nieuweveldsbergen, near Beaufort, 3-so00f. Witbergen, 7-S000f. Drege / 
Stony hills near Gariprivier, Zey. Portul. 2. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Vind., Sd., D.) 
Stem 1-2 inches long. Leaves very fleshy, roundish, ovate orcuneate, about 3-4 
lines long and wide, in cultivated specimens larger. Pedunclé in the wild plant 1-2 
inches long, with 2 or 4 flowers ; in the garden specimens ‘often 4-6 inches long, 
panicled, with many and larger flowers. Sepals 4-6 lines long. Petals large, reddish. 
5, A. arachnoides (Sims. Bot. Mag. 1368) ; leaves ovate, acute 
acuminated, green, shining, cobwebbed ; axillary hairs filamentot 
shorter than the leaves ; racemes simple. FE. § Z./ 1800. Port 
trigona, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 399. Herbar. fol. IT. specimens, 
P. arachnoides, Haw. Misc. 142, Rulingia arachn. Haw. Syne12 
linum arachn. Ait. Kew. 2 v. 3. 149. eae 
Var. 8, rubens; more robust ; leaves often recurved at the ap ex 
cocuneies ish ; flowers a little larger. Burm. Afric. t. 30. A. 7 
» rubens, Haw. Mise. 142, Rulingia Haw. Syn. 125. P. trigona, 
bar. fol. Il. specimen n. 4. 
Var. yy. grandiflora; leaves more crowded, somewhat larg 
lage as well as the peduncles and flowers. A. rufescens, DC. 
. Suppl. pl. succ. 64. 
Has. Carroo near Kayserkuylsrivier, Gondsrivier, Cannaland 
Thunb. ! In the districts of Uitenhage and Albany, Drege! E. 
Noy.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., Sond.) 
Next the preceding, but the leaves are smaller, (2-3 lines lon; 
webbed, the flowers smaller, excepted in var. y. Stipules woolly, 
yellowish threads. Scape 2-4 inches high, with several pairs o 
bearing 2—3 long peduncled flowers. Petals in var. a. white, ob! 
winged. 
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6. A. filamentosa (Sims. Bot. Mag. 1367); lea i bvate-globose, 
ibbous on both sides and cobwebbed, rather rugged above ; stipulaceous 
hairs ramentaceous, straight, longer than the leaves ; raceme simple. 
DC. 1. ¢c. H. & Z.! 1499. Portulaca filamentosa, Haw. Misc. 142. Ru- 
lingia, Haw. Syn. 12g@iPalinum Ait. l. c. 
Has. Stony s in Karroo, beyond Hartequaskloof, Masson ; Gauritzrivier, 
£. § Z./ Schiloh, Klipplaatrivier, 4000f. Drege! Gamkarivier, Burke / Uitvlugt, 
Zey.’ 606. Zwartskopsrivier, Zey.! 2483. Dec.—Jan. (Herb, Vind., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Very similar to the preceding, but distinguished by the long ramentaceous stipules 
and larger rose-coloured flowers. Leaves 2~3 lines long, very thick. Scape few- 
flowered, 2~3 inches long. Petals oblong. 
7. A. lanigera (Burch. Cat. Geog. n. 2169); leaves ovate, obtuse, small, 
very densely clothed with long wool; axillary hairs ramentaceous, 
slightly curled, much longer than the leaves; raceme simple, few- 
flowered. Burch. Trav. 2. 333. DO.1.c. E.&Z.! 1801. Portulaca 
trigona, Thunb.! Herbar. fol. I. 
Has. Bachapin, Burchell ; Kamisberge, Namaqualand, E. ¢ Z./ Vitvlugt, 
Ramos, Zey. ! 605. Zilverfontein, 2-3000f. Drege! Oct.—Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., 
Hook., D., Sd.) 
