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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Setuviunt 



S. Poptulaeastpum L. Sysi. cd. 10, 1058 (17f)9) ; Jacq. Sel 

 Stirp. Amer. 155, t. 95 ; Sw. Obs. 204 ; Maef. Javi. it. 171 ; 

 Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 57 ; Bohrh. in-FI. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, 310, 

 /. 70 ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 230. Aizoon repens foliis (fee. Browne 

 Hist. Jam. 241. Portulaca Portulacastrum L. 8p. PI. 446 

 (1753). Portulaca aizoides ttiaritima <kc.. Sloane Cat. 88 & 

 Hist. i. 204. (Fig. 61.) 



"Sam pier" (S:oane). 



Sea-shore. Passage Port, Old Harbour, and Cays off Port Royal, 

 Sloane Herb. iv. 9* ! Broughton ! Macfadyen ; March ! sea-coast, Don- 



Fig. 61. — Seativinm Portulaeattrum L. 



A, Portion of plant in Hower x 5. 



B, Flower with portion of periantli and 



some stamens removed X 3. 



C, Capsule with upper part fallen x 3. 



D, Lower part of C cut across iX 3. 



E, .Seed in section x 10 ; e,i endosperm 



c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



caster Pen, Campbell I Spanish Town road, Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 6428, 6579, 

 8183, 9105. — Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Bico, 

 St. Thomas, St. Jan, St. Cruz, St. Bartholomew, St. Kitts, Sandy Is. 

 near Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Bequia, Barbados, 

 Curavao, tropical and subtropical regions. 



Stems trailing with ascending to erect branches, 6-12 in. high. Leaves 

 2*5-5 cm. 1., 2-8 mm. br. Flowers generally solitary, stalked. Perianth 

 •8-1 cm. 1., green outside, crimson inside. Seeds black, about 1 mm. 1. 



" 'Tis pickled, and eat as English Sampler " (Sloane). Dr. Dancer 

 speaks highly of the decoction as a gargle. 



