124 PORTULACACEAE 



Famii^y 7. AIZOACEAE A. Br. Carpet-weed Famii^y. 

 1. MOLLUGO L. 



1. MoUugo verticillata L,. Carpet-weEd. (Man. p. 384 ; I. F. /. 

 1425.) In waste places and cult, grounds, N. B. to Minn., Fla, Tex. 

 and Mex. — Pennsylvania : North.\mpton ; Lancaster ; Lycoming ; 

 CoivUMBiA ; Frankwn ; Ai,i<EGHeny ; Chester ; Delaware. 



Famii^y 8. PORTULACACEAE Reicheub. Pursi^ane Famii.y. 



Ovary and capsule superior: capsule 3-valved. 

 Sepals deciduous: stamens more numerous tban the sepals or petals: cap- 

 sules many-seeded. i. Talinum. 

 Sepals persistent : stamens as many as the sepals or petals : capsules few- 

 seeded. 2 Claytonia. 

 Ovary and capsule wholly or partly inferior : capsule circumscissile. 



3. Portulaca. 



1. TALINUM Adans. 



1. Talinum teretifoUum Pursh. Fame-FI,ower. (Man. p. 385 ; I. F. 

 /. 1426.) On dry rocks, Pa. to Ga. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : CHESTER ; 

 Lancaster ; Dei^aware. 



2. CLAYTONIA L. 



Leaves of a linear type, mostly over 7 cm. long. i. C. Virginica. 



Leaves of an elliptic or oblong type, mostly less than 7 cm. long. 



2 C. Catollniana. 



1. Claytonia Virginica L. Spring Beauty. (Man. p. 3S5 ; I. F. /. 

 1429.) In moist woods, N. S. to the N. W. Terr., Ga. and Tex. 

 — Pennsylvajiia : Northampton ; Lancaster ; York ; Frankxin ; 

 Huntingdon ; Chester ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



2. Claytonia Caroliniana Mich X. Carolin.\ Spring BkauTy. (Man. 

 p. 385 ; I. F. /. 1430.) In damp woods, N. S. to the N. W. Terr., 

 N. C. along the Alleghenies, and to Ohio and Mo. — [Pennsylvania : 

 Wyoming; Blair; Luzerne; Clarion; Armstrong; Allegheny. 



3. PORTULACA L. 



Leaf-blades flat : corolla 0.5-1 cm. broad. i. P. oleracea. 



Leaf-blades terete : corolla 2.5-5 cm. broad. 2. P. grandijlora. 



1. Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. Pussley. (Man. p. 386; L 

 F. f. J434.) In fields and waste places, northeastern U- S. and in warm 

 and tropical Am. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Philadelphia ; 

 Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Franklin ; Huntingdon ; 

 Allegheny. 



2. Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Garden Portulaca. Sun-plant. 

 (Man. p. 387 ; I. F. /. 1437.) In waste places and on roadsiiles. Introd. 

 from S. Am. — Pennsylvania: Northampton; Philadelphia; Dau- 

 phin ; Allegheny. 



