Sesuvium. FICOIDE. 361 
ple, oblong-spathulate, thickish, pubescent, crowded at the apices of the 
branches, exstipulate. Flowers yellow, bracteated, somewhat terminal. 
. We scarcely know where to arrange the only genus of which this order is com- 
posed. Some refer it to Rosacee ; Kunth purposes to place it near the Geraniacee: 
we think it has considerable affinity with the Neuradec, of which Grielium has been 
alternately referred to R and Geraniacee, and that it may be left near them 
(a suborder of Ficoidee) and Crassulacee. We cannot see any resemblance to Tere- 
7 yee with which De Candolle arranges it. In some points it approaches the 
nacee. 
I. SURIANA. Plum.; Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 389. 
Character the same as of the order. 
1122. (1) S. maritima (Linn.)—DC. prod. 2. p. 91; Spr. syst. 2. p. 438; 
Wight! cat. n. 1178.—Pluk. t. 241. f. 5. 
ORDER LXXIV.—FICOIDEZ. Juss. 
Subord. 1. AizomEx (Spreng.) Sepals definite (usually 5, but 
varying from 4 to 8), more or less combined at their base, equal or un- 
equal: æstivation valvate or imbricate. Petals indefinite, coloured, 
sometimes wanting. Stamens perigynous, distinct, definite or indefi- 
nite: anthers oblong, incumbent. Ovarium cohering with the tube of 
the calyx, or free, syncarpous, plurilocular (usually 5-celled) : style 
wanting or very short: stigmas several, distinct, nearly or (almost al- 
ways) quite sessile. Fruit with several cells, usually a capsule, and 
either bursting in a stellate form at the apex, or by valves, or trans- 
versely; rarely nut-like and indehiscent. Seeds usually indefinite, 
rarely definite or solitary. Embryo on the outside of a mealy albu- 
men, curved or rarely spiral.— Leaves succulent, opposite or alternate, 
simple. 
I. SESUVIUM. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 434. 
Calyx 5-partite, persistent ; the segments coloured on the inner side. Pe- 
tals none. Stamens 15-30, inserted into the bottom of the calyx at the apex 
of its short tube. Ovary free, sessile. Style none. Stigmas 3-5, linear. 
Capsule 3- or rarely 4-5-celled, dehiscing transversely: the axis and pla- 
centas persistent. Seeds numerous. Embryo curved like a hook.—Sea-side 
fleshy glabrous herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite, quite entire, almost 
Veinless, Flowers axillary, alternate, solitary, sessile or shortly pedicellate. 
_ 1123. (1) S. re Rottl.!:) stems prostrate, throwing out roots at the 
joints, ths vei ual made apa di leaves oval, spathulate, or oblong- 
ear: flowers pedicellate: stigmas 3.— Willd. enum. p. 521; Dc. prod. 3. 
= P458; Spr. syst. 2. p. 504; Wall.! L. n. 5836; Wight! cat. n. 1179.—S. 
.. Portulaeastrum, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 509; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 655.— Rumph. 
Amb. 6. t. 72. f. 1. — —Tranquebar, in moveable sand by the sea-shore. 
 Rottler seems to have distinguished two states of this: to the one, “ caule 
Subrepente, foliis orbiculatis, non edule,” he gave the name of S. repens ; and 
to the other, * caulibus ascendentibus, foliis cuneiformibus, edule,” he gave 
that of S. Portulacastrum. In the herbarium, we cannot distinguish the two 
except by the shape of the leaves, and there are numerous gradations between 
