

74, 



PORTULACE^E. III. PORTULACA. 



FIG. 15. 



cordate, mucronulate, shorter than the calyx. T? . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in that part of the province of Minas Geraes called 

 Minas Novas, near Nossa Snzra da Penha. Flowers yellow, 

 surrounded by hairs and crowded leaves. 

 Laruotte's Purslane. Shrub | to J foot. 



8 P. HALiMoloEs (Lin. spec. 639.) stem erect, diffuse, corym- 

 bose at the apex ; leaves oblong, fleshy, crowded about the 

 flowers at the tops of the branches ; flowers surrounded by 

 dense villi. Q. F. Native of Jamaica. Sloane, jam. hist. 1. 

 p. 205. 1. 129. f. 3. P. Browne, jam. p. 206. Lun. hort. jam. 

 2. p. 108. Petals connected at the base. Stamens 8-10. Style 

 3-5-parted. 



Halimum-like Purslane. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 823. PI. ft. 



9 P. RUBRICAU'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 73.) 

 stems ascending, corymbosely branched above ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, nerveless ; upper leaves in whorles ; axils pilose ; 

 flowers 4-8, crowded into a head. O- F. Native of South 

 America, in sandy places and on dry mountains on the sea-shore 

 near Laguna. Petals 5, obovate-oblong, emarginate, orange- 

 coloured. Stamens 27-30. Style 6-8-cleft. Said to be allied 

 to P. halimoid.es. 



Red-stemmed Purslane. PI. ascending -j foot. 



10 P. HIRSUT1SSIMA (St. Hil. 



fl. bras. 2. p. 121. t. 114.) stem 

 suffruticose at the base, pilose at 

 the axils of the leaves ; leaves 

 approximate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 flattish, tapering to both ends, 

 acute, shorter than the hairs ; 

 flowers crowded at the tops of 

 the branches ; petals obcordate, 

 mucronulate, a little longer than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in that part of the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes called 

 Minas Novas, near Bom-Tim and 

 Nossa Snra da Penha, and also 

 near Tejuco. Flowers yellow, 

 surrounded by a whorl of the 

 upper leaves and axillary hairs. 



Very hairy Purslane. Shrub -j to | foot. 



11 P. MUCRONA'TA (Link, enum. hort. berol. 2. p. 2.) stem 

 erect ; leaves obversely oblong, with a short taper point ; floral 

 leaves 8, constituting an involucrum ; axils pilose ; flowers ter- 

 minal, sessile. .P. Native country unknown. 



Mcrona<e-leaved Purslane. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1 822. PI. i to ^ ft. 



12 P. QUADRiriDA (Lin. mant. p. 78.) stem prostrate ; joints 

 pilose ; leaves elliptic-oblong, fleshy, flat ; flowers terminal, 

 sessile, quadrifid. Q. H. Native of Egypt, Arabia, and India. 

 Jacq. coll. 2. p. 356. t. 17. f. 2. P. linifolia, Forsk. descr. p. 

 92. Illecebrum verticillatum, Burm. fl. ind. p. 66. Stems 

 red. Flowers small, yellow. Petals 4, rarely 5, joined a little 

 way at the base. Stamens 8, rarely more. Stigmas 4. 



Var. ft, Meridiana (D. C. prod. 3. p. 354.) flowers usually 

 tetrandrous. O- H. Native of the East Indies. P. Meri- 

 diana, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 248. Nelatsjira, Rheed. mal. 10. t. 31. 

 and Roxb. There is hardly any difference between this and P. 

 quadrifidn. Flowers surrounded by wool and 4 leaves, like 

 those of P. quadrifida. 



Quadrifd-Qowered Purslane. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1773 ; ft 

 in 1791. PI. prostrate. 



* Flowers purple ; axils pilose, or perhaps sometimes naked. 



13 P. PILOSA (Lin. spec. 639.) stem diffuse ; joints beset with 

 long hairs ; leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, convex on the 

 back, bluish, about equal in length to the axillary hairs ; floral 

 leaves in whorles ; flowers crowded at the tops of the branches, 



sessile, surrounded by long hairs ; petals ovate, acutish, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 0.F. Native of South America, about 

 Curassoa, in Brazil, Martinico, Jamaica, &c. in sandy places 

 near the sea. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 212. t. 128. f. 4. Haw. misc. 

 p. 137. Ker. bot. reg. 792. Wolk. norib. 341. with a figure. 

 Herm. par. 215. Comm. hort. amst. 1. t. 5. Flowers 5- 

 parted, pale purple, expandingfrom 10-12 o'clock in the morning, 

 if the sun is out. Stamens about 20. Root tuberous. 



Var. ft, setacea (D. C. prod. 3. p. 354.) leaves subulate ; stems 

 erectish. O- F. Native along with the species. P. setacea, 

 Haw. misc. 159. Herm. par. 214. with a figure. Pluk. phyt. 

 t. 246. f. 6. and 105. f. 4. Flowers purple. 



Pilose Purslane. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1690. PI. to | foot. 



14 P. LANA'TA (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. p. 109.) 

 stems diffuse ; leaves linear-sublanceolate, flat ; hairs of the 

 axillae and joints longer than the leaves; flowers terminal, sur- 

 rounded by hairs and a whorle of leaves. O- F. Native of 

 Cayenne. Petals red, obcordate. Stamens 15 and more. Per- 

 haps only a variety of P. pilosa. 



Woolly Purslane. PI. to foot. 



15 P. PILOSISSIMA (Hook, bot. misc. 2. p. 221.) plant annual? 

 small ; stems branched, decumbent ; leaves terete, oblong ; 

 fascicles of hairs twice or thrice longer than the leaves. Q. H. 

 Native of Peru, at Yazo, in the valley of Canta. The flowers 

 are concealed by long white solitary tufts of hairs. It comes 

 nearest to the P. lanata, Rich. 



Very pilose. Purslane. PI. -j to ^ foot. 



16 P. UMBRAiicoLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 72.) stems branched ; axils sparingly pilose ; leaves scattered, 

 lanceolate, acute, veiny ; flowers twin ? on very short pedun- 

 cles, terminal. Q. F. Native of New Andalusia, near Cu- 

 mana and Bordones. Flowers 5 -parted, rose-coloured. Stamens 

 12. Style 4-cleft. 



Shaded Purslane. PI. | to | foot. 



17 P. PUSILLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stems branched ; axils 

 naked? leaves scattered, elliptic, nerveless, rounded at both 

 ends; flowers solitary ? almost sessile. O- F. Native on the 

 Orinoco, among rocks near Maypures, and of Trinidad. Flowers 

 rose-coloured, 4-5-petalled. Stamens 11-14. Style trifid. 



Small Purslane. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 to 2 in. 



18 P. HILAIREA'NA ; stem trailing, herbaceous, pilose in the 

 axils of the leaves ; leaves linear-lanceolate, convex on the 

 back, flat in front, acute, longer than the axillary pili ; flowers 

 crowded on the tops of the branches ; petals obcordate, much 

 longer than the calyx. Q. F. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of St. Paul. P. grandifl6ra, St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 192. but not 

 of Hook. Flowers purple, surrounded by crowded leaves and 

 hairs. 



St. Hilaire's Purslane. PI. \ to \ foot, trailing. 



19 P. GRANDIFLORA (Hook, in bot. mag. 2885.) stems diffuse, 

 branched ; leaves scattered, cylindrical, acute, with pilose axils ; 

 flowers 3-4 together, terminal, crowded, surrounded by a whorl 

 of leaves and crowded hairs ; petals longer than the calyx ; 

 style 8-9-cleft at the apex. I/ . F. Native of Chili. There 

 are varieties of this plant with either purple or yellow large 

 flowers. Root tuberous. 



Var. a, major ; (Hook, in bot. misc. 3. p. 241.) leaves an 

 inch or an inch and a half long. Bot. mag. t. 2885. 



Var. ft, microphylla (Hook, et Arn. 1. c.) leaves hardly half 

 an inch long. P. Mendocinensis, Gill. mss. Both varieties are 

 found between Rio Saladillo and Mendoza. 



Great-flowered Purslane. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 

 | to | foot. 



20 P. GILLIE' sn (Hook. bot. mag. 3064.) stems erectish, 

 branched at the base ; leaves oblong-cylindrical, rather com- 

 pressed, obtuse, dotted ; axillary fascicles of hairs erect, ad- 

 pressed ; flowers terminal, usually solitary ; petals longer than 



