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TJIT' 



t Talinum 



Engelm. Pl. Lindh 



Common througliout South 



^stern Texas. Also found by Dr. Wislizenus in the Jornada del Muerto. 



33. "T. AURANTiACUM, /3. ANGusTissiMUM ; foUls anguste linearibus; peduncul 



ad basin vel vix supra basin 



palis magis membr 



brevioribus ; stylo stamina aequante ovario vix long 

 3 Oak Creek, and on the San Felipe; July. 



Li\ 



(is quam petala 

 re." Engelmann. — Bottoms of 

 The flowers, according to Mr. 



3. 92 of Drum- 



Wright, expand in the afternoon and last till the next mid-day. JSTo. 



mond's 3d Texan collection, from San Felipe, is the same form. The earlier flowers 



in one of Wrighfs specimens show peduncles nearly as long below the articulation 



the ordinary T. aurantiacum; the 



flowers of which have it abbreviated 



that it is not a distinct 



3 



Dr. Engelmann suspected it might be. To T 



I must also refer Nos. 41, 714, and 715 of Coulter's Mexican 



from Zimapan, & 



(from the character) one from Wislizenus's North 

 which Engelmann had characterized as a new species. The pe- 



duncles in vigorous specimens are sometimes 2 - 3-flowered 



34. T. s. 



thick, tuber 



To ch 



Engehn. Pl. LindJi. l. c. On the Leona ; June 



Eoot 



add, " bracteolis subulatis 



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Engelm. — Yery near T 



patens, which is cultivated in the gardens under the name of T. purpureum, and pei 

 haps a prostrate variety of it. 



35. " T. SPATHULATUM (sp. uov.) i caule erecto gracili folioso ; foliis camosis oblan- 

 ceolato-spathulatis breviter cuspidatis in petiolum sensim attenuatis ; cymulis axil- 



laribus bracteatis laxe triflor 

 teis ovatis cuspidatis niinutii 



apicem m paniculam disposit 



br 



florib 



Wright flava]; seminibus nigris nitentibus tuberculatis 



longe pedicellatis [ 



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Engelmann. — Moun- 

 tains of New Mexico east of the Eio Grande ; August. — " Well distinguished from 

 the neaiiy related T. sarmentosum by the narrowcr, spatulate leaves (2-3 inches 



and half an inch or more wide), by the short ovate bracts, the larger capsule, 



y much larger seeds, which are much more distinctly tuberculate.'' 



and the 



Engelm. To which I may add that the flowers 



are yellow, according to Mr 



Wrighfs note. ^ I believe it is in Coulter's Mexican collection, and have scarcelv 



doubt that it is T. reflexum, Cav 



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Calyx ebracteatus, diphj 



persistentib 

 bricata. cit< 



TALINOPSIS, Nov. Gen 



lus; sepalis sequalibus, o-" 



Petala 5, hypogyna, libera 



muticis, memb 



gelatinoso-marcescentia 



alia, exunguiculata, aBstivatione im 



Stamina circ. 20, in phalanges 5 petalis 



op 



positas iisque adheerentes disposita : filamenta subulata : antherje biloculares 

 oblongis discretis. Ovarium fusiforme uniloculare: stylus columnaris, brevis apice 

 trifidus, lobis oblongis intus stigmatosis. Ovula numerosissima, subamphitropa 



mellse gracili centrali funiculis gracillimis 



caly 



semiinclusa, ab 



alvis 



Capsula fusiformis, subtri 



epicarpio coriaceo valvarum ab endocarp 



chartaceo 6-valvi dissiliente. Semina indefinita, uncinata, inappendicul 

 ^ - granulata; tegmine membranacea embryoni hamosi-arcuato conformi 



men fei 



Fruticulus glaber, ramis gracilibus nodosis ; foliis 



testa 

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