2 PORTULACACEAE. {Vou. II. 
2. Talinum parviflorum Nutt. Small- 
flowered Talinum. (Fig. 1427.) 
Talinum parviflorum Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 
I: 197. 1838. 
Perennial, similar to the preceding species, 
leafy below. Leaves terete or nearly so, linear, 
rather more slender, broadened at the base; 
scape-like peduncles very slender, 3/—9’ tall; 
cymes loose, their branches and pedicels as- 
cending; flowers pink, 4//-5’’ broad; sepals 
ovate, deciduous, acute or subacute; stamens 
5 (or sometimes fewer?); style somewhat 
longer than the stamens; capsule oval, 2/” 
high, about 1/” in diameter; bracts of the 
cyme narrowly lanceolate, slightly prolonged 
posteriorly. 
In dry soil, Minnesota to Arkansas, New Mex- 
ico and Texas. May-Sept. 
3. Talinum calycinum Engelm. 
Large-flowered Talinum. 
(Fig. 1428.) 
Talinum calycinum Engelm. in Wisliz. Rep. 88. 
1848. 
Perennial, erect from a very thick root, 
slender, 6’-10’ high. Leaves nearly terete, 
clustered at the base, 14/2’ long, the base 
triangular-broadened, slightly prolonged pos- 
teriorly; cyme terminal, somewhat compound, 
searious-bracted, its branches ascending; flow- 
ers pink, 10’’-15’’ broad; sepals broadly ovate, 
persistent, cuspidate; petals twice as long as 
the calyx; stamens 12-30; style twice as long 
as the stamens; capsule globose-ovoid, about 
3’ in diameter. 
In dry soil, Kansas to Texas. June. 
2. CLAYTONIA L,. Sp. Pl. 204. 1753. 
Annual or perennial succulent glabrous herbs, with petioled basal leaves, and opposite or 
alternate cauline ones. Flowers terminal, racemose or cymose. Sepals 2, ovate, persistent. 
Petals 5, hypogynous, distinct, or slightly united by their bases. Stamens 5, inserted on the 
bases of the petals. Ovary few-ovuled; style 3-lobed or 3-cleft. Capsule ovoid or globose, 
3-valved, 3-6-seeded. Seeds compressed, orbicular or reniform. [In honor of John Clayton, 
1686 ?-1773, American botanist. ] 
_ About 25 species, mainly natives of northern North America. The genus is not well distin- 
guished from Jon/éia. 
Upper leaves not connate. 
Perennials; leaves linear, lanceolate, oval or ovate. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3'-7' long. 1. C. Virginica. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 2'-3' long. 2. C. Caroliniana. 
Annual, diffuse; leaves spatulate or oblanceolate. 3. C. Chamissot. 
Upper leaves connate, forming an orbicular disk. 4. C. perfoliata. 
