XTIT. PORTULAOACE.^. 69 



conical. Seeds minutely tubercled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 247; Grab. Cat, 

 p. 81 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. "15; Wigbt, 111. v. 2, t. 109 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 V. 1, p. 757 ; Ti'im. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 90 ; Woodr. in Jouni. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 125; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 330.— 

 Flowers : Nov. 



A common weed. Deccan : Poona, Woodrow ! S. M. Country : Badaini, Cooke ! ; 

 Dharwar, Woodrovj ; Padshapur, liitchic, 17G5 ! Sind : Karachi, Stocks ! 



4. Portulaca tuberosa, Roxh. HoH. Beng. (1814) p. 91. A peren- 

 nial succulent herb ; root thick, fusiform : branches numerous, prostrate, 

 glabrous, 2-4 in. long. Leaves alternate, |-| in. long, flesh^y, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or acute ; stipules (or nodal appendages) a ring of long 

 brownish hairs. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile, surrounded by a 

 ring of brownish hairs and an involucre of 6-8 long leaves. Petals 5, 

 yellow. Stamens 20 or more. Style filiform, 5-cleft at the apex. 

 Capsules ovoid, with a sliort conical top, smooth and polished. Seeds 

 black, granulate. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 247 ; W. & A. Prodr. p. 356 ; Trim. 

 Y\. Ceyl. V. 1, p. 90 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 757; AVoodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, 

 p. 331. — Flowers : Aug. Vern. Jangli-gdjar. 



Sind : Jemadar ka Lauda, near Karachi, Stocks ! ; Malir, river-banks (near Karachi), 

 Woodi'ouK — DisTRiB. Ceylon. 



5. Portulaca sufFruticosa, Wight, in Wall. Cat. (1828) 6842. 

 Suffruticose, about 1 ft. high ; root woody, much divided ; branches 

 numerous, short, terete, glabrous, ascending. Leaves alternate, ^-k in. 

 long, terete, or elhptic in section, acute ; stipules (or nodal appendages) 

 a few, short, brownish hairs. Flowers large, sessile, surrounded by a 

 ring of brownish hairs and an involucre of Q-8 leaves. Stamens about 

 16. Seeds minute, black, tubercled. FJ. B. I. v. 1, p. 247 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. p. 356; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 90 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 125.— Flowers : Nov. 



A rare plant. Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Woodruw. — Distrib. Ceylon. 



2. TALINUM, Adans. 



Succulent glabrous herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or subopj^osite, 

 flat ; stipules 0. Flowers terminal, racemed or panicled, rarely solitary. 

 Sepals 2, herbaceous, ovate, deciduous or rarely subpersistent. Petals 5, 

 hypogynous. Stamens 5-many, hypogynous or adhering to the base of 

 the petals. Ovary free; ovules many ; style 3-fid or 3-furrowed at the 

 apex. Capsule globose or ovoid, papery or thinly crustaceous, 2-3-valved. 

 Seeds subgiobose or subreniform, strophiolate ; testa shining ; embryo 

 peripheric. — Distrib. Tropical and warm regions of the world ; species 

 11, chiefly American. 



1. Talinum cuneifolium, Willcl. Sji. PI. v. 2 (1799) p. 864. A 

 glabrous shrub, attaining a height of several feet, with erect, slender, 

 rod-like branches. Leaves 1-2 by g-1 in., fleshy, obovate, cuneate, 

 attenuated into the petiole, entire or emargiuate, the uppermost mucro- 

 nate. Flowers in terminal panicles, purple ; pedicels curved ; bracts 

 acute, deciduous. Sepals ovate-orbicular, apiculate, veined. Ovary 



